JPH04345348A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To operate an automatic doorphone recording without allowing a visitor to recognize the absence. CONSTITUTION:This set is equipped with an answering message transmitting part 3b which records a message with which the absence can not be recognized by the natural voice of a user, and the answering message is automatically transmitted to a doorphone 6 in response to the door phone call by a visitor. Also, the message of the visitor is recorded, and the visitor or the message can be recognized by reproducing and listening to it.

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 answering a doorphone answering service, and more particularly to a telephone capable of recording and transmitting a message for the doorphone, and capable of answering the doorphone without making the user aware that the telephone is not home.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of a conventional answering machine that can be connected to a door intercom.

In the figure, a conventional answering machine (13)
In addition to the voice path (2), answering message sending unit (3), and business message recording unit (4) controlled by the control unit (1), the door phone connection unit (12) connects the door phone (6). , is equipped with a door intercom incoming call detection section (7). Of course, like a normal telephone, the handset (5),
It is equipped with an outside line telephone circuit (8), an outside line connection section (9), and a key switch (11). Further, (10) is a power supply section.

[0004] In the answering machine (13) having such a configuration, in order to enter the doorphone answering mode, the key switch (11) is operated to set the control section (1) to the doorphone answering mode.

[0005] When a call is received from the doorphone (6) in this state, the doorphone incoming call detection section (7) notifies the control section (1) of the incoming call, and upon receiving this, the control section (1) sends an answering message sending section. (3) to send out the message recorded there, open the audio path (2), and open the doorbell (6).
) send a message to. Subsequently, the business message recording unit (4) is activated to be in a recording state, and the audio path (2) is switched to capture and record the voice spoken by the visitor to the doorphone (6).

When the user operates the key switch (11) to cancel the answering machine mode, the control unit (1) puts the message recording unit into the playback state and opens the audio path (2) to the handset (5). , sends the recorded voice information of the visitor to the handset (5). By listening to this audio information, it is possible to know the visitor, the visitor's business, etc. Note that the above-mentioned answering machine (13) similarly performs an answering machine operation for incoming outside calls, but the explanation thereof will be omitted.

[0007]

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] Conventional telephones with an answering machine have the above-mentioned configuration, so in the case of a doorphone answering machine, the answering machine message sending section should be the same as that for incoming outside calls, or the voice mail should be set in advance. Since a message recorded on a synthetic IC is used, it is easy for visitors to know that you are not home, which poses security problems, and users tend to avoid using it.

[0008] This invention was made to solve such problems, and it is possible to record and play back a doorbell response message that does not clearly indicate that the person is not home, and also to detect a doorphone call and automatically send the response message. The aim is to provide a phone that can

[0009]

[Means for Solving the Problems] A telephone according to the present invention includes an incoming door phone call detection unit that detects an incoming call from the door phone, an outside line telephone circuit that detects an incoming outside line call, and a first message storing and commanding unit. an answering message sending unit for an outside telephone that stores a second message and sends out a second message in response to a command; and a business message recording unit that captures and records a voice signal from the door phone or an outside line. In response to an incoming call from the door phone, a command is issued to the answering message sending unit for the door phone to send a first message to the door phone, and in response to an incoming call from the outside line, a command is issued to the answering message sending unit for the outside line to send a second message. The present invention is characterized in that it has a control section that causes the doorphone to transmit the message, and causes the voice signal from the doorphone or the outside line to be supplied to the business message recording section.

0010

According to the present invention, when an incoming call to the door phone is detected by the door phone incoming call detection section, the door phone response message sending section is activated by the control section and the first message is supplied to the door phone. The person operating the doorbell, that is, the visitor, for example, listens to this message and then speaks into the doorphone. Then, this voice is captured by the telephone as an audio signal. In the present invention, at this time, the business message recording section is activated by the control section, and the visitor's voice is recorded.

[0011] Also, if there is an incoming call from an outside line,
In response to this, the control section activates the answering machine message sending section for external telephones. Then, a second message is sent from the answering machine message sending section for the outside line and output to the outside line. A person making a call to the telephone set of the present invention using an outside line telephone speaks, for example, about the business in response to this message. These business matters are recorded as audio signals by the business message recording section.

Therefore, in the present invention, different messages are sent when a door phone call arrives and when an outside line call arrives. As a result, even if the second message clearly indicates that the person is away, no crime prevention problem will occur unless the first message is such a message.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, the telephone (14) according to this embodiment has a control section (1), a voice path (2), an answering machine message sending section (3a), and a message recording section (4), similar to a conventional answering machine. , a handset (5), a door phone incoming call detection unit (7), an outside line telephone circuit (8), an outside line connection unit (9), a power supply unit (10), a key switch (11), and a door phone connection unit (12). There is. In particular, according to this embodiment, a response message sending part (3b) dedicated to the doorbell is provided, which can be connected to the voice path (2), and is controlled by the control part (1) in response to a call from a visitor. It is now possible to send a response message and record the visitor's message.

In the telephone set (14) according to this embodiment, when there is a call from the doorphone (6), the doorphone incoming call detection section (7) detects this and notifies the control section (1). Then, the control unit (1) sends a response message, such as the user's voice recorded in advance to the doorbell response message sending unit (3b), such as, "I cannot take my hands off you right now, so please let me know what you need." is the vocal path (2
) to the doorphone (6). During this time, the control unit (1) controls a circuit (not shown) in the audio path (2) to connect the doorphone response message sending unit and the doorphone (6).

After sending the response message from the response message sending unit (3b) or at the time of starting sending the response message, the control unit (3b)
1) connects the doorphone (6), the audio path (2), and the business message recording unit (4), and connects the business message recording unit (4).
) and record the audio from the doorbell (6).

[0016] In the business message recording section (4), business messages from the door phone (6) or business messages from an outside line telephone can be recorded sequentially over time.

[0017] When listening to the business message recorded in this way, the user presses the key switch (11).
to cancel the doorbell answering machine mode. Then, the control unit (1) plays back the message recorded in the business message recording unit (4), controls the audio path (2), and transmits the audio to the handset (5) or a speaker (not shown). .

[0018] Response message sending unit (3b) for doorphone
), the message is recorded from the handset (5) or a microphone (not shown) in the same way as when recording a message to the answering machine message transmitter (3a) for an external telephone, but by operating the key switch (11), Determine whether the call is for an outside line or a doorbell, and record each separately.

[0019] As a result, the door phone incoming call detection unit (7)
When a call is received from a caller, the control unit (1) sends a response message from the doorphone response message sending unit (3b) to the doorphone (6), and in the case of an incoming external call, an answering machine message for the external telephone is sent. The sending part (3) sends the answering machine message to the outside line, and it becomes possible to distinguish and send different messages.

[0020] As described above, according to this embodiment, the user's own voice is recorded in the response message sending section of the doorbell in such an expression that it is difficult to tell that the user is away, and the response is sent to the visitor. Since messages can be sent, burglaries can be prevented and the answering machine can be used with peace of mind.

[0021] Furthermore, if the handset (5) is off-hook before the recording of the business message is completed in the doorphone answering state, the caller can make a normal call, thereby making it possible to use the answering machine.

[0022] In response to an incoming call from an outside line, the outside line telephone circuit (8) detects the incoming call and, in response to a command from the control unit (1), sends out an answering machine message for the outside line phone separately from the one for the doorbell. The message recorded in section (3a) is sent to the line, but since this operation is no different from that of a conventional answering machine, the explanation thereof will be omitted.

[0023]

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the present invention has a structure in which a message is automatically sent from the response message sending section dedicated to the doorbell when a doorphone call arrives, thereby making it possible to record the message without letting the visitor know that you are not home. This has the effect of providing a telephone with a doorbell answering machine function which is advantageous in terms of crime prevention.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a telephone according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a conventional answering machine with an answering machine function.

[Explanation of symbols]

(1) Control unit (2) Audio path (3) Answering machine message sending unit (3a) Answering machine message sending unit for external telephone (3b) Answering machine message sending unit for door phone (4) Message recording unit (5) Handset (6) ) Door phone (7) Door phone incoming call detection unit (8) Outside line telephone circuit (9) Outside line connection unit (10) Power supply unit (11) Key switch (12) Door phone connection unit (13) Answering machine (14) Telephone set

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A door phone incoming call detection unit that detects an incoming call to the door phone, an outside line telephone circuit that detects an incoming outside line call, and a door phone response message sending unit that stores a first message and sends it in response to a command. , an answering machine message sending section for an outside line phone that stores a second message and sends it in response to a command, a message recording section that takes in and records a voice signal from a door phone or an outside line, and an answering machine message sending section that stores a second message and sends it in response to a command; A command is issued to the response message sending section to send a second message to the doorphone, and in response to an incoming call from an outside line, a command is issued to the answering machine message sending section for an outside line to send the first message to the doorphone. 1. A telephone set, comprising: a control unit that supplies an audio signal to a message recording unit.