JPS5834664A - Automatic answering and recording telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make an automatic answering and recording telephone set small- sized, and to realize flexibility and promptness of a message, by using a voice synthesizer and a general tape recorder for an answering message and a recording message, respectively. CONSTITUTION:When an incoming call is received from a subscriber's line 11, an incoming call detecting circuit 6 gives incoming information to a control part 7, controls a bus controlling circuit 8, forms a loop circuit against a calling party, also synthesizes an absence message such as reason of absence, a going- out destination, a period of absence, a telephone number of a contact place, etc. which are held in a controlling memory 3, by a voice synthesizer 9, sends it out to the line 11, and subsequently, sends out a message for recording a message, to the line. When it has ended to send out the message, an electric power supply controlling circuit 12 is operated, a recording operation of a tape recorder 13 is started, and also a voice of the calling party is applied to the tape recorder 13 through the bus controlling circuit 8 and a tape recorder interface 14.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a telephone device that uses a voice synthesizer to send out a response message and a general-purpose tape recorder to sound the caller's message. It is.

Conventional devices of this type have used a tape recorder for both the answering message and the caller's message, requiring separate tapes and tape recorders for exit and bell tones. For this reason, ■ the body becomes large, ■
The mechanism is double-tracked, making it impossible to obtain reliable reliability; ■High individuality; ■Required time for rewinding and fast-forwarding the tape, making it impossible to send out the necessary message immediately; ■It had drawbacks such as being unnecessary when in the room.

In order to solve these drawbacks, the present invention uses a voice synthesizer for response messages and a general-purpose tape recorder at the beginning of the message. The ratio of mechanism control is significantly reduced, making it more compact and economical.

The aim is to achieve high reliability, message flexibility, and immediacy, and it also has the ability to respond on behalf of the owner even when the user is in the room. Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention,
1 is a keyboard, 2 is a key interface, 3 is a control memory, 4 is a display driver, 5 is a display, 6 is an incoming call detection circuit, 7 is a control unit, 8 is a bus control circuit, 9 is a speech synthesizer, 10 is a 11 is a subscriber line; 12 is a tape recorder power supply control circuit; 13 is a tape recorder;
14 is a tape recorder audio interface, 15 is an amplifier, 16 is a speaker, 17 is an off-hook detection circuit, 18
is the telephone basic function section. The operation of this embodiment will be explained below.

First, we will explain the operation when you are absent. Before going out, the user enters the reason for absence from Keyboard 1.

Enter various information for creating an out-of-office message, such as where you are out of the office, how long you will be away, and your contact phone number. The inputted message creation information is encoded through the key interface 2, stored in the control memory 3, and displayed on the display 5 through the 1-display driver 4.

As mentioned above, when a call arrives at the set firefly, the call detection circuit 6 detects the call and provides the control unit 7 with the call information. Then the control section 7
controls the bus control circuit 8, forms a loop circuit with the caller, and also records the reasons for absence, destination, period of absence, and contact telephone numbers held in the control memory 3. In order to read the absence message creation information and synthesize the corresponding absence message, the absence message creation information is given to the speech synthesizer 9 and it is driven. The synthesizer 9 accesses the voice information memo 910 shown in FIG. 2 based on the absence information given by the control unit 7, and
Compose the message shown in ①. The synthesized voice is immediately sent to the line 11 via the bus control circuit 8.

When the synthesis and exit of the absent message is completed, a voice completion signal is sent from the voice synthesizer 9 to the control unit 7 = When the control unit 7 detects the voice completion signal, it synthesizes voice to synthesize the message shown in Diagram 2 ■. drive the device 9. The speech synthesizer 9 is the second
The voice information memory IOK corresponding to the message shown in FIG. When the transmission is completed, a voice completion signal is sent from the voice synthesis 1) 9 to the control unit 7. When the control leg 7 detects the voice end signal, it controls the tape recorder power supply control circuit 12 to start the operation of the tape recorder 13 that is ready for recording. Recording is performed on the tape recorder 13 via the tape recorder audio interface 14. Note that the tape recorder 13 is always in a recordable state and the power is turned on.

Set it to K so that you can control the start and stop of recording just by turning it off. After a certain recording time has elapsed, the control section 7 controls the tape recorder power supply control circuit 12 to turn off the tape recorder 1.
3 to stop recording and restore the tape recorder audio interface 14.

Next, the operation when the user is in the room will be explained. When the control section 7 receives incoming information from the incoming call detection circuit 6 for an incoming call while the caller is in the room, the control section 7 operates the bus control circuit 8 to form a loop circuit with the caller. Next, the voice synthesizer 9 is driven to transmit the message shown in FIG. 2, and the synthesized voice is transmitted to the line 11 via the bus control circuit 8. Next, the caller's voice in response to the message is monitored by the speaker 16 via the bus control circuit 8 and the amplifier 15. The user determines the appropriate message from among the messages shown in Figure 2 - 0 according to the content of the caller's voice, selects and presses the button corresponding to that message on the keyboard 1. do. The control unit 7 monitors the keyboard 1 via the key interface 2, gives the message code corresponding to the pressed button to the voice synthesizer 9, synthesizes the message selected by the called party, and sends it to the line 11. send it out.

Further, if the user wants to stop the voice synthesizer and make a direct call and goes off-hook, off-hook information is immediately sent to the control unit 7 via the off-hook detection circuit 17. The control unit 7 stops the operation of the speech synthesizer 9 and connects the telephone basic function unit 18 to the line 11 via the bus control circuit 8.

As explained above, according to the answering machine recording telephone device according to the present invention, the mechanism is greatly simplified.

In addition to being smaller and more reliable, the device can be made significantly more economical by not using a general-purpose tape recorder for recording purposes. In addition, this device and the recording tape recorder 13 are connected only through the power supply control terminal and bell tone terminal, and can be easily attached and detached, so the recording tape recorder 13 can be removed and used for other purposes. There is also the advantage of being able to do so. Additionally, when a call comes in while you are in the room, you can collect money by simply pressing the button that corresponds to the message you want while monitoring the caller's voice. This allows you to respond without feeling burdened.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1st I! I is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, the second
Figure - An explanatory diagram showing an example of a low voice response message. Code explanation 1...Keyboard, 2...Key interface, 3
...control memory, 4...display driver, humiliation...
・Display unit, 6... Incoming call detection circuit, 7... Control unit v8
...Pass control circuit, 9...Speech synthesizer, lO...
Audio information memory, 11...Line, 12...D recorder power supply control circuit, 13...F-precoder, 14
...Boot recorder audio interface δ, 1...Amplifier, 16...Speaker, 17...Off-hook detection circuit, 18...Telephone basic functions department representative Patent attorney Akio Namiki Patent attorney Matsu Kiyotoshi Saki 1 Figure I2ffi

Claims (1)

[Claims] l) In the subscriber telephone, a memory storing voice information, a voice synthesis means for synthesizing a voice message based on the voice information, a keyboard for setting voice messages, and monitoring the status of the subscriber line. The system is equipped with a line interface that detects an incoming call and sends a message synthesized by the voice synthesis means to the line, and a tape recorder that plays the voice of the caller. A loop circuit is formed with the caller, and after the voice message preset by the keyboard is audible and sent to the line, the voice from the caller is first recorded by the tape recorder. A phone device that sounds like an alarm when you are away.