JPH0451637A - Receiving sound volume setting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the adjustment of a receiving sound volume at the time of answering to an incoming call by judging whether a system is in an originating state or an incoming state by means of the presence or absence of the detection of the incoming call, reducing the receiving sound volume at the time of the originating state, automatically setting the received sound volume to a standard state before the system comes to a call state after the termination of an originating processing and setting the received sound volume in the standard state as it is at the time of the incoming state. CONSTITUTION:When off-hook is executed or a speaker key is depressed in a stand-by state, a control circuit 7 recognizes the presence or absence of detection from an incoming call detection circuit 2. When the incoming call is detected, the control circuit 7 controls a channel for responding to the incoming call and sets the system in the call state. When the incoming call cannot be detected, the control circuit 7 judges it to be an operation for an origination, controls a receiving sound volume control circuit 8, reduces the received sound volume, executes the channel control for originating. Then the control circuit 7 controls the receiving sound volume control circuit 8, returns the receiving sound volume to a standard and the system comes to the call state. Thus, an operation for returning the received sound volume to the regular state is eliminated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a method for setting a listening volume in a voice recognition telephone.

(Prior Art) Conventional voice recognition telephones emit a dial tone (D
T) gives an unpleasant feeling to the voice output, so the listening volume is lowered until the end of voice recognition or until the dial button is pressed.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the above-mentioned conventional telephone, operations such as off-hook or speaker reception when making a call are the same as operations for answering an incoming call. Unable to make a decision, even when answering an incoming call, the listening volume remains low. For this reason, it is necessary to perform an operation to return the listening volume to the normal conversation state immediately after answering the incoming call, resulting in a problem that the operation becomes complicated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve these conventional problems and provide a method for setting a listening volume in a voice recognition telephone that can automatically return the listening volume to a normal state immediately after answering an incoming call.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the reception volume setting method for the voice recognition telephone of the present invention includes an incoming call detection means for detecting an incoming call, and an incoming call detection means connected to the incoming call detection means in the voice recognition telephone. and a control means for controlling the receiving volume, and when the operator performs an operation to capture the line, the control means determines whether the call is in a calling state or a call receiving state depending on whether or not an incoming call is detected from the incoming call detection means. The receiver volume is automatically set to the standard state when the call is in the call state, and the receiver volume is automatically set to the standard state when the call is in the receiving state. There is a feature in setting it.

(Function) In the present invention, when the operator performs an operation to capture the line, the control means determines whether the call is in a calling state or an incoming state based on the presence or absence of an incoming call detected by the incoming call detecting means, and makes a call. When in the call state, lower the receiver volume, automatically set the receiver volume to the standard state after the call process is completed and before entering the call state, and set the receiver volume to the standard state when the call is received. .

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a voice recognition telephone showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a diode bridge, 2 is an incoming call detection circuit, 3 is an incoming call circuit, 4 is a diode bridge, 5 is a dial circuit, 6 is a call circuit, 7 is a control circuit, 8 is a receiving volume adjustment circuit, and 9 is a call receiving circuit. 10 is a microphone, 11 is a handset, 12 is a dial key and hook switch, 13 is a voice recognition circuit, 14 is a capacitor, 15 is a resistor, 16 is a transformer, L3. L2 is an input/output terminal.

Input/output terminals Ll and L2 are connected to an exchange (not shown). A signal from an exchange (not shown) passes through a diode bridge 4, a capacitor 14, and a resistor 15, and is input to a diode bridge l. The signal that has passed through the diode bridge 1 passes through an incoming call detection circuit 2 and is input to an incoming call circuit 3. The output (ringing tone signal) of this incoming call circuit 3 passes through a transformer 16 and is connected to a speaker 9.

On the other hand, the output of the diode bridge 4 is connected to the dial circuit 5.
through which it is connected to the communication circuit 6.

A listening volume adjustment circuit 8 is connected to the talking circuit 6, and adjusts the listening volume. Further, the speaker 9 is used to generate a ringtone and, together with the microphone 10, is used for hands-free calls, and the handset 11 is used for handset calls. The control circuit 7 controls the dial circuit 5, the call circuit 6, and the volume control circuit 8 based on the states of the incoming call detection circuit 2, the dial key and hook switch 12, and the voice recognition circuit 13.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining a reception volume setting method according to an embodiment of the present invention. This shows the calling procedure and the control flow of the control circuit 7. The operation of this embodiment will be explained below according to the flow shown in FIG.

Now, in the standby state, when the off-hook or speaker key is pressed (steps 201 and 202), the control circuit 7 checks whether there is a detection from the incoming call detection circuit 2.
(Step 203). If an incoming call is detected, the call is incoming, so control the call path to respond to the incoming call (step 2).
04), set to a talking state.

On the other hand, in the case of an incoming call detection fever, the control circuit 7 determines that the operation is for making a call (off-hook or pressing the speaker key), controls the listening volume adjustment circuit 8, lowers the listening volume (step 205), and cancels the outgoing call. The communication path control is performed for this purpose (step 206). Here, the dial tone can be heard from the speaker 9 or the handset 11, but since the volume of the receiver is low, the operator can utter the voice command for voice recognition without feeling the discomfort of the dial tone. I can do it.

Next, the control circuit 7 controls the listening volume adjustment circuit 8 depending on whether the operator presses the dial key to dial (step 207) or ends voice dialing using voice recognition (step 208). Then, the receiving volume is returned to standard (step 209), and the call state is established.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the telephone can determine whether the call is an outgoing call or an incoming call. Since there is no reduction in the listening volume when answering an incoming call, it is expected that the user can make a call without having to perform an operation to return the listening volume to the normal state.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a voice recognition telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining a reception volume setting method according to an embodiment of the present invention. 14: Diode bridge, 2: Incoming call detection circuit, 3: Incoming call circuit, 5: Dial circuit, 6: Call circuit, 7: Control circuit, 8
: Receiving volume adjustment circuit, 9: Speaker, 10:
Microphone, 11: Handset, 12: Dial key and hook switch, 13: Voice recognition circuit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A voice recognition telephone is provided with an incoming call detecting means for detecting an incoming call, and a control means connected to the incoming call detecting means and controlling a receiving volume, and an operation for capturing a line is performed by an operator. If a call is received, the control means determines whether the call is in a calling or receiving state based on whether or not an incoming call is detected by the incoming call detecting means, and when the call is in a calling state, lowers the listening volume, and returns to a talking state after the call processing is completed. A method for setting a receiving volume in a voice recognition telephone, characterized in that the receiving volume is automatically set to a standard state before the call is received, and the receiving volume is set to the standard state when a call is received.