JPH0449749A - Automatic answering telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To offer a voice message specified in accordance with a caller by providing a storage part on which plural voice messages are registered corresponding to key words in advance, and a speech recognizing part which identifies the key word. CONSTITUTION:An incoming signal arriving via a telephone line is detected by a network control part 1, and the response message of automatic incoming is called from the storage part 5, and it is sent to a caller. When the voice key word from the caller is identified at the speech recognizing part 3 based on the response message, a control part 2 controls a selector part 4 by the key word in accordance with the voice key word. The selector part 4 selects the voice message in accordance with a received key word from the storage part 5. An output part 6 reproduces a selected voice message, and sends it to the caller via the control part 1 and the telephone line.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an answering machine having a voice response function in the absence of a user.

[Conventional technology]

Traditional answering machines have been configured to provide a single answering message to the caller.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The above-mentioned conventional answering machine has the drawback that the answering machine responds to a single message no matter who the caller is, so it cannot provide sufficient information to the caller, resulting in a lack of communication. be.

[Means to solve the problem]

The answering machine of the present invention includes a storage section in which a plurality of voice messages are registered in advance in correspondence with keywords, a voice recognition section that receives a voice keyword from a caller and identifies the keyword, and this voice recognition section. and a transmission control section that reads out a voice message corresponding to the keyword identified from the storage section and transmits it to the calling party via a line.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

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

In FIG. 1, the answering machine of this embodiment includes a network control unit 1 that interfaces with a telephone line and includes a communication circuit, a handset 7, and receives a caller's voice keyword sent via the telephone line. a voice recognition unit 3 for identifying keywords, a storage unit 5 in which a response message and a plurality of voice messages are registered in advance in correspondence with keywords, and a selector for receiving a keyword and selecting a voice message to be read from the storage unit 5. section 4, enter the keyword, and press the handset 7.
A recording unit 8 records voice messages from the storage unit 5 to the storage unit 5.
, an output section 6 for reproducing and transmitting the voice message selected by the selector section 4 from the storage section 5, and a control section 2 for controlling the entire embodiment.

Next, the answering operation of this embodiment will be explained.

Assume that the present embodiment is set to the answering mode. An incoming call signal arriving via a telephone line is detected by the network control unit 1, and under the control of the control unit 2, an automatic call response message is read out from the storage unit 5 through the selector unit 4, reproduced by the output unit 6, and sent to the network. A response message, for example, "How are you?" is sent to the speed caller via the control unit 1 and the telephone line.

When the voice keyword (for example, name or password) from the caller is identified by the voice recognition unit 3 based on this response message, the control unit 2 controls the selector unit 4 according to the keyword corresponding to the voice keyword, The selector section 4 selects a voice message corresponding to the received keyword from the storage section 5, and the output section 6 reproduces the selected voice message and sends it to the speed caller via the network control section 1 and the telephone line.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention has five components: a storage section in which a plurality of voice messages are registered in advance in correspondence with keywords; a voice recognition section that receives voice keywords from a caller and identifies the keywords; and a transmission control unit that reads a voice message corresponding to the keyword identified by the recognition unit and transmits it to the caller via a line,
This has the effect of providing a voice message that is specific to the caller.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Network control part, 2... Control part, 3... Voice recognition part, 4... Selector part, 5... Storage part, 6... Output part, 7... Transmission/reception part Section 8...Recording section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A storage unit in which multiple voice messages are registered in advance in correspondence with keywords, a voice recognition unit that receives voice keywords from a caller and identifies the keywords, and a voice recognition unit that corresponds to the keywords identified by this voice recognition unit. 1. An answering machine comprising: a sending control section that reads out a voice message from the storage section and sends the voice message to the caller via a line.