JPH0810982Y2 - Answering machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention comprises a mode setting means for switching and setting a home mode and an answering machine mode in response to a manual operation, and a volume adjusting means capable of adjusting the incoming call volume. The present invention relates to an answering machine that is equipped with.

[Conventional technology]

In the conventional answering machine, the volume of the incoming call bell can be changed in multiple stages such as high, medium, and low by operating a slide switch. There is a case that you do not need the ring tone when you switch from the answering mode to the answering mode.In this case, operate the slide switch to set the volume of the ringing tone to the silent mode and set it to wait in the answering mode. ing.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

However, if you set the volume of the incoming call bell to silent mode and wait in the answering machine, you may forget to return the volume of the incoming call bell from the silent mode to the voice mode when returning to the home mode. If the user forgets to return to the voice mode, there is a problem in use that the incoming call bell does not ring despite being at home.

[Means for solving the problem]

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and the first invention (the invention according to claim 1) is provided in the above answering machine when the answering machine mode is switched to the home mode. The volume of the incoming call whose volume is set to the silent mode is forcibly made to be sound.

The second invention (the invention according to claim 2) is, in the above-described answering machine, when the answering machine is switched from the answering machine mode to the home mode, the number of incoming call signal inputs thereafter is counted, and the number of incoming call signal inputs is counted. When the number exceeds the specified number, the ring tone whose volume is set to the silent mode until then is forcibly made to be a sound.

[Action]

Therefore, according to this invention, in the first invention, when the answering machine mode is switched to the home mode by the manual operation, the ringing tone whose volume is set to the silent mode until then becomes compulsory.

Further, in the second invention, when the answering machine mode is switched to the home mode by the manual operation, the number of times the incoming signal is input thereafter is counted, and when the number of times the incoming signal is input exceeds the specified number, the volume is kept until then. The ringtone that was set to silence mode is forcibly turned on.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the answering machine according to the present invention will be described in detail.

FIG. 1 is a block circuit diagram showing an embodiment of the answering machine. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a control circuit including a processor unit (CPU) such as a well-known microprocessor. When a mode changeover switch SW1 is turned on and an answering mode is set, an external line detected by an incoming call detection circuit 2 is detected. When the number of times the incoming signal is input is counted a prescribed number, the relay 4 is operated via the driver 3, the normally open contact 4a of the relay 4 is turned on to activate the answering machine 5, and the cassette deck 6 and the speaker 7 are driven. To do. At this time, it is possible to adjust the ringing tone volume (in the present embodiment, it is possible to adjust whether there is sound or no sound).
When the bell sound switch SW2 is turned on (sound mode), a control gate signal is sent to the amplifier 8 and an amplified signal based on the incoming call signal detected by the incoming call detection circuit 2 is guided to the speaker 9, and this amplification is performed. The signal rings the incoming call bell through the speaker 9. When the mode changeover switch SW1 is turned off and the home mode is set, even if the incoming call detection circuit 2 detects an incoming call signal, the relay 4 is not operated and the answering machine circuit 5 is not operated. Further, when the bell sound switch SW2 is turned off, the control gate signal is not sent to the amplifier 8. Therefore, even if the incoming call detection circuit 2 detects the incoming call signal, the incoming call bell does not ring through the speaker 9. .

In an answering machine that performs such basic operations,
When the mode selector switch SW1 is switched from the answering machine mode to the home mode, even if the bell sound switch SW2 is in the off state (silent mode) based on the flowchart shown in FIG. If the incoming call signal is detected at, the incoming call bell is sounded through the speaker 9 based on the incoming call signal.

That is, assuming that the mode changeover switch SW1 is set to the answering machine mode and the bell sound switch SW2 is set to the silent mode, step 2 after step 201 is performed.
It is recognized in 02 that the answering machine is in the answering machine mode, and the arrival of the incoming signal from the external line is confirmed in the following step 203. When the arrival of the incoming signal is confirmed in step 203, it is confirmed whether the bell sound switch SW2 is set to the silent mode or the sound mode (step 204). In this case, since the bell sound switch SW2 is set to the silent mode, the process proceeds to step 206 based on the recognition result of the silent mode, and in this step 206, the number of times the incoming signal is input reaches the specified number. After confirming that, the answering machine 5 is activated (step 207). That is, when the bell sound switch SW2 is set to the silent mode, even if an incoming call signal is detected by the incoming call detection circuit 2, the answering machine 5 operates in a silent state without the ringing of the incoming call bell by the speaker 9. Operate. If the bell sound switch SW2 is set to the voice mode, it is recognized as the voice mode in step 204, step 205 is executed based on the recognition result, and the incoming call detection circuit 2 detects the incoming call. Based on the signal, the incoming call bell is sounded through the speaker 9.

From such a state, when the mode changeover switch SW1 is turned off to switch to the home mode, the switching to the home mode is recognized in step 202, and the arrival of the incoming signal is confirmed in step 208 instead of step 203 until then. Become so. If the arrival of the incoming signal is confirmed in step 208, the bell switch
Regardless of the setting of the SW2 to the silent mode, step 209 is executed to force the ringing of the incoming call bell based on the incoming call signal. Then, after confirming the off-hook state of the telephone (step 210), the call operation is started (step 211).

Thus, according to the answering machine according to the present embodiment, when the mode switch SW1 is returned from the answering mode to the home mode, even if the bell sound switch SW2 is forgotten to be returned from the silent mode to the voice mode, the mode switch When SW1 is returned to home mode, the incoming call bell is always forcibly ringing based on the incoming call signal, so there is no problem that the incoming call bell does not ring even though you are at home. Be certain.

In this embodiment, the mode switch SW
When 1 is switched from answering mode to home mode, the arrival of the first incoming signal makes the incoming bell sound whose volume had been set to silent mode until then, but the specified number of input The incoming call bell may be turned on after waiting for the arrival of the incoming call signal. That is, if the steps of the flow chart shown in FIG. 3 are executed instead of the steps 208 to 209 shown in FIG. It is possible to make the ringing bell sound that was set in the silent mode a sound. That is, the arrival of the incoming signal is confirmed in step 301 shown in FIG. 3, and when the arrival of the incoming signal is confirmed in this step 301, the bell sound switch SW2 is turned off in the next step 302. Check whether it is set to the mode or the voice mode. In this case, since the silent mode is set, the process proceeds to step 303, and after confirming that the number of input of the incoming call signal reaches the specified number in this step 303, the incoming call bell is forcibly ringed based on the incoming call signal. (Step 304). Needless to say, when it is determined in step 302 that the bell sound switch SW2 is set to the sound mode, step 304 is immediately executed based on the incoming signal.

In addition, in this embodiment, the mode switch SW
When 1 was switched from answering mode to home mode, the ringing tone whose volume had been set to silent mode was assumed to be audible, but the volume of the ringing tone was gradually increased. A sound system (stepwise tone system) may be used, and the bell sound switch SW2 is, for example, a non-lock switch, and the switch state is indicated by an indicator lamp and stored in a memory. When the answering mode is returned to the home mode, The memory contents of the memory may be reset to return the volume of the incoming call bell to the voice mode.

In addition, in this embodiment, the bell sound switch SW2 is a two-position switch of the sound mode or the silent mode.
It may be a multi-step switch whose volume can be adjusted in a plurality of steps, or a stepless switch whose volume can be linearly varied. Further, setting of the volume of the incoming call bell to the silent mode by the bell sound switch does not need to be in a completely silent state, and a small volume of whether or not to hear is included in the category of the silent mode.

[Effect of device]

As described above, according to the answering machine according to the present invention, in the first invention, when the answering machine mode is switched to the home mode by the manual operation, the ring tone whose volume is set to the silent mode until then is forced. Since it was made to be sounded, even if you forget to return the volume of the ringtone from the silent mode to the sound mode when returning to the home mode, the subsequent ringtone will always be emitted in the sound,
Calling of the called party while at home is ensured.

Further, in the second invention, when the answering machine mode is switched to the home mode by the manual operation, the number of incoming call signal inputs thereafter is counted, and when the number of incoming call signal input times exceeds the stipulated number, the volume is kept until then. Since the ringtone that was set to silent mode is forcibly made to be a sound, even if you forget to change the volume of the ringtone from silent mode to active mode when returning to home mode, If the number of inputs exceeds the specified number, the subsequent ringing tone will always be emitted as a sound, and the call of the called party at home will be ensured.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block circuit configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an answering machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining a control situation when the answering machine is switched from an answering machine to a home mode. FIG. 3 is a main part flowchart for explaining a control situation in which a ringing bell sound whose volume has been set to the silent mode until that time is waited for arrival of the incoming signal of the specified number of times. 1 ... control circuit, 2 ... incoming call detection circuit, 3 ... driver, 4 ... relay, 5 ... answering machine, 8 ... amplifier,
9 ... Speaker, SW1 ... Mode selection switch, SW2 ...
... bell sound switch.

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An answering machine including a mode setting means for switching between a home mode and an answering machine mode in response to a manual operation, and a volume adjusting means for adjusting an incoming call volume. When the answering machine is switched from the answering machine to the home mode by the answering machine, the answering machine is provided with the compulsory sounding means for forcibly turning the ringing tone whose volume has been set to the silent mode by the volume adjusting means. . 2. An answering machine including a mode setting means for switching and setting a home mode and an answering machine mode in response to a manual operation, and a volume adjusting means capable of adjusting the incoming call volume. When the answering machine is switched from the answering machine mode to the home mode, the number of incoming call signal inputs after that is counted, and when the number of incoming call signal inputs exceeds the specified number, the volume that was set to silent mode until then is received. An answering machine that is equipped with a forced sounding means that forcibly turns a sound into sound.