JPH0615372U - Answering machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To enable efficient operation of message playback in an answering machine that accommodates multiple lines. [Structure] When answering mode is set, the tape position at the time of this setting operation is stored for each line as the tape start position of message recording, and a request message reproduction requesting any one of each line is made. In response, the message is reproduced from the tape start position corresponding to the designated line. As a result, it is possible to reliably reproduce the message message related to the specified line and suppress the reproduction of the message message related to the line other than the specified line.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to an answering machine which accommodates a plurality of lines and records a message from each line on the same recording tape.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 An answering machine that accommodates multiple lines and records message messages from each line on the same tape is equipped with a message counter and memory. The value of the tape counter indicating the position is read and stored in the memory, and if there is a message from the line in answering machine, the number of this message is counted by the message counter. When the answering machine is released, the tape position is returned to the start position stored in the memory to rewind and then the message is reproduced.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, if multiple lines are set to answering mode at almost the same time, or if only the lines are released from answering mode, the tape start position stored in the message counter or memory is cleared after the message is played. As a result, there was a problem that the message related to this line could not be played even if the answering mode was canceled for other lines. Also, unless the answering mode is released for all the lines, if you do not clear the message counter or tape start position information, when you leave the answering mode, if at least one line in the answering mode remains, In both cases, the tape content is played back from the same recording start position, so there was a problem that the message content with the same content was heard every time, including the playback of the message message other than the specified outside line.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve such a problem, the present invention provides an answering machine that accommodates a plurality of lines and records a message from each line on the same recording tape. , Mode setting canceling means for canceling the answering mode setting for each line individually, a counter for counting the number of message messages recorded while the answering mode is set for each line, and a mode setting canceling means Depending on the answering machine's answering mode setting, the tape position at the time of this setting operation is stored as a tape start position for message recording for each line, and any one of each line is specified. When the counter determines that the message corresponding to the line is recorded, the tape start position corresponding to the line stored by the storage means It is provided with a reproducing means for reproducing the business message from. Further, when the message recording is started for the first time after the answering machine mode is set by the mode setting canceling means, the tape position at the start of the recording is stored as the tape start position of the message recording for each line.

[0005]

[Action]

 When the answering machine is set, the tape position at the time of this setting operation is stored in the storage means for each line as the tape start position for message recording, and a message message playback request specifying which of each line is specified is made. , The message is played from the tape start position corresponding to the specified line. When the message recording is started for the first time after setting the answering machine, the tape position at the start of the recording is stored as the tape start position of the message recording.

[0006]

【Example】

 Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an answering machine according to the present invention, which is connected to a base unit 1 accommodating a plurality of external lines L1 to Ln, and a base unit 1 via a wireless line. It is a cordless answering machine that consists of a plurality of handsets 31 to 3m. In FIG. 1, the base unit 1 includes a wireless transmission / reception unit 131 for performing wireless communication with external line interfaces 111 to 11n including an incoming call detection circuit 11b and a communication circuit 11c, a crosspoint 12 which is a communication path, and slave units 31 to 3m. ~ 13m, CPU 14, PB dialer 15 for generating dial signal, ID ROM 16 for storing device ID code, hook switch 18, key section 19, PB receiver 20 for receiving PB signal from outside line, recording tape, etc. The audio recording / playback unit 22 and the like are configured. Each of the slaves 31 to 3m is composed of a wireless transmission / reception unit 31, a CPU 32, an IDROM 33, a key unit 34, and the like.

Here, for example, when the key unit 34 of the handset 31 is operated to make an outside line transmission from the handset 31, this is detected by the CPU 32 and transmitted to the base unit 1 via the wireless transmission / reception unit 31. . When the CPU 14 of the master unit 1 receives the operation information of the slave unit 31 from the corresponding wireless transmission / reception unit 131, the transistor Q of the external line interface corresponding to the vacant external line is turned on to close the external line loop. , And controls the crosspoint 12 to connect the path between the external line interface and the wireless transmission / reception unit 131. Then, when the dial information by the operation of the handset 31 is subsequently received, the dial signal is sent to the outside line to call the other party, and the outside line call of the handset 31 is started by the response of the other party. Further, for example, when an incoming call arrives from the outside line L1, the CPU 14 detects the incoming call information via the incoming call detection circuit 11b, and transmits the incoming call information to the handset 31 via the wireless transmission / reception unit 131, for example. Then, when the response information to the incoming call from the handset 31 is received via the wireless transmission / reception unit 1 31, the transistor Q is turned on to close the loop of the external line to respond to the incoming call and the cross point 12 is set. It controls and connects the path between the outside line interface L1 and the wireless transmission / reception unit 131. As a result, the incoming call response of the handset 31 is started.

As described above, the master unit 1 is provided with the audio recording / playback unit 22 including a recording tape and a tape counter indicating the position of the tape, and a predetermined key unit 19 in the master unit. The answering machine mode can be set or released for each outside line by an operation or a predetermined operation of the key unit 34 of each child device. Here, when the answering mode is set for the outside lines L1 and L2, for example, when an incoming call arrives at the outside line L1, the transistor Q in the outside line interface 111 is turned on to respond to the incoming call, and the cross point 12 is set. It controls and connects a predetermined path and drives a voice IC (not shown) to send a response message to the outside line L1. Then, the message of the other party is recorded on the recording tape of the voice recording / playback unit 22. Subsequently, the same is true when an incoming call arrives at the outside line L2. In this case, the message is recorded in the area next to the message recording area of the outside line L1. When you return from the place where you are out and the answering machine is released, the message recorded on the recording tape is played.

Next, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an answering machine operation of the above-mentioned answering machine that accommodates a plurality of outside lines. The RAM 17 in the base unit 1 is provided with a flag for setting / non-setting of the answering machine for each outside line, and a message counter for storing the number of message messages for each outside line and an answering machine are provided. In order to set the value of the tape counter when set to the recording start position of the message, a start address part is provided to read and store this value. In FIG. 2, when an answering machine is set in which both the outside lines L1 and L2 are set to answering machine mode at time T1, both the message counters of the outside lines L1 and L2 are set to "0", and the tape at this time is set. The value a of the counter is set in the start address parts of the external lines L1 and L2.

After that, when there is a message from the external line L1, this is recorded on the recording tape and the value of the message counter of the external line L1 is set to "1". Then, when there is a message from the outside line L2, the value of the message message of the outside line L2 is set to "1", and when there is a message from the outside lines L1 and L2 thereafter, the message of each of the outside lines L1 and L2. The value of the counter is “2”. When the absence of the outside line L1 is released at time T3, the tape is rewound to the value stored in the start address section, that is, the value a, and then the message is reproduced. Therefore, in this case, the contents of the message of the external lines L1 and L2 are reproduced and the value of the message counter of the external line L1 is set to "0".

After the time T3 has elapsed, if there is a message on the outside line L2, the condition counter of the outside line L2 is counted as "3", "4", "5" according to the number of the message. The value of the tape counter indicating the recording position on the recording tape also increases. Then, at time T4, when the absence is set again on the outside line L1, the tape counter value b at this time is stored in the start address portion of the outside line L1. For example, at the next time T5, the absence of the outside line L1 is released. If it has been performed, the message is not recorded on the outside line L1 during this period, so that the reproducing operation is not performed. The timing of storing the value of the tape counter, that is, the value of the recording start position (rollback position during playback) in the start address part, is not when the answering machine is set, but when the message actually arrives. If this is done, the chances of playing a message related to another outside line will be reduced when the message is played back. That is, in the example of FIG. 2, if the recording start position of the outside line L2 is not the value a at the time of the absence setting but the position a'where the message of the outside line L2 is actually recorded, the outside line L2 is played when the message of the outside line L2 is reproduced. You don't have to play the message.

Next, the operation of the CPU 14 in the parent device 1 which performs such a recording / reproducing operation will be described based on the flowchart of FIG. As a result of the incoming call detection processing in step 100, when "incoming call" in step 101 is determined to be "N", in step 102, "outside line Ln absence set" is determined. In this case, when the answering / sending operation of the outside line Ln is detected and it is determined to be "Y" in step 102, the outside line Ln is set to the answering machine mode, and the voice recording / reproducing section 22 is provided in the start address section of the outside line Ln. The answering machine setting process for storing the value of the tape counter at this time is performed (step 103), and then the message counter of the outside line L n is cleared (step 104).

Further, as a result of the incoming call detection processing in step 100, for example, when an incoming call arrives at the outside line Ln and it is determined to be “Y” in step 101, it is determined in step 110 whether the incoming call outside line is in the absence setting. . In this case, if the incoming call outside line is in the answering machine, the incoming call from the outside line Ln is automatically answered (step 111) and a response message is sent out (step 112). Thereafter, in order to record the message message of the other party in the voice recording / playback unit 22, it is judged in Step 113 whether or not the value of the message counter of the outside line Ln is "0", and this is "0". If so, the value of the tape counter at this time is set to the recording start position for storing it in the start address portion of the outside line Ln (step 114), the process proceeds to step 115, and the value of the message counter is "0". If not, the process proceeds directly to Step 115. Then, in step 115, a message recording process of recording the message message to the voice recording / playback unit 22 is executed, and then the value of the message counter is incremented by 1 (step 116). The pulses coming from the counter are counted and added to the recording start address stored in the start address section, and this value is stored in a separate area of the RAM 17 (step 117). If the incoming call outside line Ln is not in the absence setting, other incoming call processing is performed (step 120).

Here, when the absence release operation of the outside line Ln is detected and it is determined to be “Y” in step 130, whether or not the value of the message counter of this outside line Ln is “0” in the following step 131. To determine. If the value of the message counter is "0", the message message is not reproduced and the process proceeds to the other absence processing of step 133, but the message message arriving at the outside line Ln is voice-recorded. If the tape has been recorded in the reproducing section 22, the tape is rewound to the recording start position stored in the start address section of the outside line Ln, and then the message is reproduced. In this way, when playing a message for an outside line, the playback of message messages related to outside lines that are unrelated to the specified outside line is suppressed as much as possible, and even for the specified outside line, messages up to the message set before Answering Machine are set. It is possible to avoid the problem that it is also played. Therefore, when a plurality of outside lines are set to the absence at about the same time and a message is recorded for each outside line, the reproducing operation can be efficiently performed.

[0015]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, when the answering mode is set, the tape position at the time of this setting operation is stored for each line as the tape start position of the message recording, and one of the lines is stored. In response to the request to play the specified message, the message message is played from the tape start position corresponding to the specified line, so that the message related to the specified line can be played back without fail. This has the effect of suppressing the playback of message messages related to lines other than the one that was touched. Also, when the message recording is started for the first time after the answering machine is set, the tape position at the start of this recording is stored as the tape start position of the message recording, so the message recording start position for the specified line can be set. Can be set accurately.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an answering machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a recording / playback operation of the above apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the above apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Master unit 3 Slave unit 11 External line interface 12 Crosspoint 13,31 Wireless transmitter / receiver unit 14,32 CPU 17 RAM 19,34 Key unit 22 Voice recording / playback unit

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. In an answering machine for accommodating a plurality of lines and recording a message from each of the lines on the same recording tape, a mode setting canceling setting of an answering mode for each of the lines individually. Means, a counter that counts the number of message messages recorded while the answering machine mode is set, for each line, and the tape position at the time of this setting operation according to the answering machine mode setting of the mode setting canceling means. Storage means for storing each line as a tape start position for recording a message, and it is determined that the message corresponding to the line is recorded by the counter in response to a request message reproduction request specifying any one of the lines. In the case of playing, the message message is played back from the tape start position corresponding to the line stored by the storage means. Telephone answering apparatus being characterized in that a stage. 2. The answering machine according to claim 1, wherein when the message recording is started for the first time after setting the answering mode by the mode setting canceling means, the tape position at the start of recording is set as the tape start position of the message recording. An answering machine which is provided with a storage means for storing each line.