JPH1198242A - Communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To delete OGM information considered to be not necessary on a caller side through the operation of the caller side by sending an OGM stop signal to a called party from a caller communication equipment, when a called communication equipment starts transmission of the OGM information and allowing a called party to stop the operation of an OGM circuit, so as to set the automatic answering telephone set to a recording state. SOLUTION: Since a called party sets the telephone set to the automatic answering mode when the called party goes out, an OGM circuit 11 of the telephone set is set, when the telephone set reaches a speech state by an incoming call from an external line 2. During the transmission, an OGM stop signal is sent or not sent depending on whether an asterisk (*) button of a key board of a caller side is depressed or not. When this is 'NO', the called party sends OGM information, but when this is 'YES', the transmission of the OGM information of the called party is stopped, the information is cut off and a message from a caller is recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication device such as a telephone having a voice recording function or a video communication function and a portable radio telephone, which stops OGM information of a called communication device by a signal from a calling side. More specifically, the OGM information of the called-side communication device is immediately stopped by a signal from the calling side, and the absence recording circuit of the called side is operated to record a necessary message. The present invention relates to a communication device for setting a called-side image communication apparatus (for example, a facsimile) to a reception state.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a telephone with an answering function,
When a call is made from the calling telephone to the called telephone, if the called telephone is out of the office, the called telephone will say, "I'm out now. If you hear a beep, your name and OGM (Out Going Message)
Information is sent. Such long OGM information may be useless to the calling party. For example, when calling from a distant place using a public telephone and wanting to send a message to the other party, the OGM information is long, so there is no coin to be inserted into the public telephone during the telephone call, and the telephone ends up being cut off. Yes,
Also, if you have no time and are in a hurry, just ask "Go out now" and you will be able to make a decision even if you do not listen anymore. There is. As described above, it is sufficient to know that the OGM information indicates that the called party is away, and there is a problem that long OGM information is annoying to the calling party. Further, when image information (for example, facsimile) is immediately transmitted to the called side, transmission of the OGM information on the called side is problematic for the calling side.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, the OGM information from such a called-side communication device (for example, a telephone or a portable radio telephone) is stopped by a dialing operation on a calling side, and a conventional OGM is used. An object of the present invention is to provide a communication device capable of solving various problems caused by information.

[0004]

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication apparatus comprising: an OGM stop signal detecting circuit for detecting an OGM stop signal; and an OGM stop signal detecting circuit for detecting an OGM stop signal. A control unit that controls the circuit to stop, and an answering machine or an image communication device that starts operation in connection with the stop of the OGM circuit. When the incoming call signal arrives at the called communication device and OGM information starts to be transmitted from the called communication device, the OGM stop is performed by operating the operating means of the calling or calling communication device. A signal is transmitted to the called side, and the OGM stop signal detecting circuit of the called side
An M stop signal is detected, the operation of the OGM circuit is stopped, the transmission of OGM information is immediately stopped, and the answering voice recording circuit of the called side is set to a recording state, or the image communication device of the called side is turned off. Set to receive mode.

Further, the operating means of the communication device according to the second aspect is a button on a keyboard. Still further, the operating means of the communication device according to the third aspect is a button of a sharp or asterisk code. The operation means of the communication device according to the fourth aspect is a button having a predetermined number.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block circuit diagram showing a communication device according to the present invention. In this embodiment, both an answering machine function and an image communication function (facsimile) are provided. In FIG. 1, a communication device (telephone) 1 with an automatic recording function and with an image communication device is connected to an external line 2 of the telephone, and the external line 2 is connected to a relay switch 3.
A modem 5 is connected to the relay switch 3 via a transformer 4.
Is connected. The modem 5 modulates and demodulates image information transmitted and received by the facsimile apparatus via the external line 2. Terminals a and a 'of relay switch 3
Is connected to a telephone 6 with an answering function, and the telephone 6 is connected to a handset 7 provided with a transmitter and a receiver.

When the called telephone 6 dials the number of the called telephone, a ring signal for calling the called telephone is transmitted from the exchange via the external line 2 to the called telephone, and a ring signal detection circuit is provided. At 8, a ring signal is detected. And
The detection of the ring signal is transmitted to the control unit (CPU) 9 via the control bus m1. The ring signal for calling the called telephone is a calling signal for the called telephone, and this calling signal is sent to the calling telephone as a ringback tone signal from the exchange to the calling external line 2. And detected by the ringback tone detection circuit 10.
When this ringback tone signal is detected, the control unit 9
Via the control bus m2, and the control unit 9 determines that the called telephone is being called. In addition, a call signal arrives at the called telephone, and the handset 7 of the called telephone is received.
Is raised and the telephony line is activated, this is also transmitted to the controller 9.

[0008] Since the called side switches the telephone device to the answering machine mode when going out, when an incoming call is received from the external line 2 and the telephone line is in a talking state, the OGM of the telephone device is turned on.
The OGM information is transmitted from the circuit 11.

On the other hand, when the OGM information of the called telephone starts to flow at the calling telephone, a predetermined button on the keyboard (dialboard) of the calling telephone, for example, a button of a sharp or asterisk code is pressed. Then, an OGM stop signal generated by pressing this button is transmitted to the called side. On the called side, the OGM stop signal detection circuit 12 detects an OGM stop signal from the calling side. Then, the detection of the OGM stop signal is transmitted to the control unit 8 via the control bus m1. Then, the control unit 9 immediately stops the operation of the OGM circuit by the control signal via the control bus m1 and activates the answering machine 13 to record the message sent from the calling side.

In the case of image communication (facsimile communication), a signal for stopping OGM is transmitted from the calling side in the same manner as described above to stop the transmission of OGM information on the called side, and then the facsimile apparatus When the transmission button is selected from the operation buttons 14 and operated, a 1100 Hz (0.5 second continuous, 3 second cut off) CNG signal indicating that the calling side is a facsimile signal is transmitted from the calling side facsimile apparatus. . Then, the facsimile signal detection circuit 15 on the called side sets this CN
The G signal is detected, and it is detected that the calling side is a facsimile signal and transmitted to the control unit 9. Then, a control signal is sent from the control unit 9 via the control bus m5, and the contact terminals 3A and 3B of the relay switch 3 are connected to the terminal b, respectively.
And b ', and a facsimile circuit is formed. Then, after a CED signal of 2100 Hz (continuous wave) indicating that the called side is also a facsimile from the called side is confirmed by the calling side, facsimile data is transmitted from the facsimile apparatus on the calling side.

A control unit (CPU) 9 has a ROM as a program memory for operating the facsimile apparatus.
The CPU 8 operates according to the program in the ROM 16. And a control unit (CPU) 9
, An original reading device 17 and a modem 5 via the external line 2.
1 for storing image information supplied from the
8 and a printing device 19 for printing on a sheet of paper in accordance with a signal stored in the memory 18.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the above operation of the present invention. That is, in step (a), a calling signal from the calling side is received, the line on the called side is set to the handset off state, that is, the talking state, and the OGM information is transmitted. In step (b), the OGM stop signal is transmitted or not transmitted depending on whether the asterisk (*) button on the calling side keyboard (dialboard) is pressed during transmission of the called side OGM information. To do. If "No", that is, if the button is not pressed, the called party sends OGM information as shown in step (c). However, if "Yes", that is, if the button is pressed, The transmission of OGM information on the called side is stopped, and that part is cut off. In step (d), a message from the calling side is recorded. In the case of facsimile communication, facsimile communication is performed in step (d). The present invention performs such an operation.

[0013] Further, instead of the buttons of the sharp sign (#) or the asterisk sign (*) on the dial board, a button of a specific numerical number on the dial may be selected. OGM for signal of number press
What is necessary is just to set in advance so that the stop signal detection circuit 12 can detect the signal.

[0014]

As described above, in the communication device of the present invention, a calling signal such as a dial number is transmitted from the calling side and arrives at the called communication device, and OGM information starts to be transmitted from the called communication device. The OGM stop signal is transmitted to the called side by operating the operation means of the calling side or caller side communication device, and the called side detects the OGM stop signal, and receives the OGM stop signal in response to the detection output. The OGM circuit on the calling side is controlled so as to be immediately stopped, and an answering machine or an image communication device which starts operation in connection with the stop of the OGM circuit is operated. Therefore, it is possible to delete OGM information that is deemed unnecessary on the calling side by operating the operating means on the calling side, and it is possible to reduce call time and reduce call charges.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block circuit diagram showing a communication device with an answering machine function and an image communication device function according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of a communication device with an answering machine recording function and an image communication device function of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Image communication apparatus (facsimile apparatus) 2 External line 3 Relay switch 3A, 3B Contact terminal 4 Transformer 5 Modem 6 Telephone with absence recording function 7 Handset 8 Ring signal detection circuit 9 Control part (CPU) 10 Ring back tone detection circuit 11 OGM circuit 12 OGM stop signal detection circuit 13 Answer recording circuit 14 Operation button 15 Facsimile signal detection circuit 16 ROM 17 Document reading device 18 Memory 19 Printing device

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An OGM stop signal detection circuit for detecting an OGM stop signal, a control unit for controlling the OGM circuit to stop according to an output of the OGM stop signal, and a control unit for controlling the OGM circuit stop An answering voice recording circuit or an image communication device for starting operation, a call signal sent from a caller side or a caller side communication device arrives at a called side communication device, and from the called side communication device. When the OGM information starts to be transmitted, the OGM stop signal is transmitted to the called side by operating the operation unit of the calling side or the caller side communication device, and the OGM stop signal detection circuit on the called side stops the OGM. Signal for the OGM
A communication device in which the operation of the circuit is stopped to immediately stop the transmission of the OGM information, and the answering voice recording circuit of the called side is set to a recording state or the image communication device of the called side is set to a receiving state. 2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein said operation means is a button on a keyboard. 3. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein said operation means is a button of a sharp or asterisk code. 4. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein said operation means is a button having a predetermined number.