JPS5934751A - Automatic response device of remote control telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display sound recording time in listening to a message with remote control, by storing the time when a sound of the message is recorded. CONSTITUTION:When an incoming call exists to an automatic response device 2, a tape recorder 3 controlled with a control circuit 4 records a sound of message from a remote subscriber via an interface 1. A storage circuit 6 stores a time data from a clock circuit 5 and a tape position data from a tape counter 7. In listening to a message in the tape recorder 3 from a remote location, a remote controller 11 is connected to the automatic response device 2 via transmitter- receivers 13, 16 of a telephone set 12. The control circuit 4 receives a control signal from a remote control signal oscillator 14 via a remote control signal receiving circuit 9, starts the tape recorder 3 to transmit a message and transmits a time data of the storage circuit 6 via an encoder 10 corresponding to the message. This message is outputted to a speaker 18 and the sound recording time is displayed on a display device 22.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a remote controllable automatic telephone answering device, and in particular, it stores the recording time at the same time as recording a message, and displays the recording time when playing back the recorded message later. The present invention also relates to a remote-controlled telephone automatic answering device configured to display the recording time on the remote control device even when playing by remote control.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. +1)l-
1, wL telephone line Lt) (L2) and telephone automatic answering device +2) e contact! This interface circuit consists of twin transformers, etc. (8) is a tape recorder consisting of a drive mechanism for a response tape and a message tape, and it sends out all the contents of the response tape to the telephone lines (Ll) (L2) via the interface circuit flJ, and The message contents sent from (Lx) and (Lz) are taken in through a gain interface circuit (1) and recorded on a message tape. The message tape is controlled so that a plurality of messages are recorded in sequence. (4) is a control circuit which controls each part according to a preset program when a detection signal (Sl) is generated by the detection of arrival <= in the interface circuit (L), and is composed of a microprocessor. (5) is a clock unit that outputs current time data. (6
) is a storage device in which, when a call is received and a message is recorded on a tape, the time data at the time of "S" is stored under the control of the weight control circuit (4). The storage device (6) includes time data as well as a tape counter (7) configured to indicate the tape position by counting the pulse output sound configured to be generated in conjunction with the rotation of the reel shaft of the tape recorder (3). ) is read and stored by the control circuit (4), and the correlation between tape position and time data is determined. (8) is connected to the control circuit (4),
Normally, the current time is displayed when the output of the clock section (5) is supplied, but when the tape recorder (2) starts recording the message tape, the time at which the message was recorded is displayed. The display output is switched by the control circuit (4). (9) is a receiving circuit that receives and detects a remote control signal from the remote control device, and supplies the remote control signal C52)'x to the control circuit (4).

αO is the recording time data 11 (Il-tJi, diction 1 (Lt) CL2) stored in the storage device (6) when the message tape playback mode is controlled by the remote L'-control device. This is an encoding circuit that encodes the signal so that it is transmitted as f.

Then, the remote control signal is sent to the handset αQ from the remote control signal oscillator a → which sends a remote control signal to the transmitter α4 of the telephone 0'A, and the 7th peaker (IF9 and automatic telephone answering device Tsui). A receiving circuit αη receives the recorded recording time data, a loudspeaker amplifies the message signal separated by the receiving circuit α, a decoding circuit θcoating the received signal into a display signal, and the output of the decoding circuit 00. and a switching circuit υ that switches the output of the clock circuit (A).
It consists of a drive circuit (goods) that displays on the display (c) based on the output of the switching circuit ■υ.

Next, the operation of the present invention having such a configuration will be explained.

First, an incoming call is received by the automatic telephone answering device, and when the incoming call is detected by the interface circuit (1) and a detection signal (Sl) is generated, the control circuit (4) drives the tape recorder (2) to play back the entire response tape. Control signal (83)'? When a message is generated and the response is sent to the telephone line (Ll) (L2), a control signal C83)k is generated to record the message, the message tape starts running and a message is sent from the telephone line (Lt) (L2). message is recorded on tape. At this time, the control circuit (4) takes in the value of the tape counter (7) at the start of the recording song and the time data from the clock section (5), and stores the value of the tape counter (7) at a predetermined address in the storage device (6). and stores time data. When the recording of the message for the predetermined time is completed, the device returns to the standby state for the next incoming call. When the next call arrives, a new message is recorded on the message tape following the previous message recorded in the same manner as described above, and a new value of the Chi 1 counter (7) and time data are stored. In this way, a plurality of messages and message vI-recording time data can be stored.

Therefore, when you want to play back a message that was recorded while you were away when you returned home from a trip, you should first rewind the message tape, and once the tape has been rewound, play back the message.
By outputting the playback mode signal (S4) from the tape recorder (2) to the control circuit (4), the display output to the display (8) that had been displaying the current time changes to the recording time data. can be switched to display. When the message tape starts playing, the control circuit +41t:L compares the value of the tape counter (7) at that time with the value of the counter (7) stored in the storage device (6), and if they match, Read the stored time data and display it on the display (8). Therefore, it is easy to know when the message being played back was recorded.

Similarly, each time a message changes, the recording time data at that time is outputted from the storage device (6) and displayed on the display (8).

Next, I will explain how to use remote control to listen to messages recorded while you are away from home. In this case, first connect the telephone to which the NL automatic answering device is connected from the telephone you are away from, and after confirming that the telephone line is connected, connect the remote control device @(:H)'fr. Transmitter/receiver (Ll(
1F9, the remote control signal oscillator αΦ is driven by a key operation (not shown), and a remote control signal is sent from the transmitter 04 to the Kamepai automatic answering device @Tsai). When the remote control signal arrives, in the telephone automatic answering device (2), the receiving circuit (9) detects the remote control signal (S2) and supplies the remote control signal (S2) vil- to the control circuit (4).

Remote control signal C52)'l: Detected control circuit (4)
generates a control signal (S3) for rewinding the entire tape for the previous message to the tape recorder (2), and generates control No. 48 C53)'fr to reproduce the tape at the point where the tape has been rewound.

As a result, when the tape recorder (2) enters the playback state,
Similarly to the above, the control circuit (4) compares the value of the tape counter (7) at that time with the value of the counter (7) stored in the storage device (6), and if they match, the values are stored together there. At the same time, the time data encoder circuit αQ encodes the time data so that it can be sent to the telephone line (Ll) (L2) and sends it to the telephone line (LIJ (L2). At the same time, the message recorded on the message tape is played back via the interface circuit (1) and the telephone line (
Ls) (L2).

The time data signal and message signal sent from the automatic response device are sent from the handset OQ to the receiving circuit (17) via the microphone (23) in the remote control bag @ helmet, and the receiving circuit 07 transmits the time data and message. (Separate No. C. The separated time data signal is decoded by the decoding circuit OI and sent to the display via the switching circuit υ and the drive circuit 4) Recording time of the message? indicate. -The message signal separated by 10,000 minutes is amplified by the built-in speaker. Therefore, the person who operated the remote control can read the message signal recorded while he was away, and also know the time when the message was recorded. Similarly, each time the message changes, the automatic telephone answering device (2) sends the recording time data and the message, and the message is displayed on the display.

The switching circuit υ is switched to the clock circuit (1) when remote control is not being performed, and the current time is fully displayed on the display (A).

Further, in the embodiment, the message and time are associated with each other based on the value of the tape counter, but the present invention is not limited to this and other methods may be used.

As described above, the remote control telephone automatic answering device of the present invention is configured to memorize the time at which a message was recorded, sends time data to the remote control device during remote operation, and also records the recording time on the remote control device. Is it configured to display the recording time on the go? This is very useful to know.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawing is a diagram showing the configuration of an automatic response device for remote control according to the present invention. (2)...Telephone automatic answering device, (3)...
...Tape recorder, (4) ...Control circuit, (
5)...Clock unit, (6)...Storage device, (8)...Display unit, (9)...Reception circuit, OI... ...Encoding circuit, (s...
・・Remote control device, 0・・・Remote control signal oscillator, (17)・・・Receiving circuit, OI・・・Decoding circuit, Ito・・・・Clock circuit ,(stomach)····
··display.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In a remote control telephone automatic answering device consisting of a remote control device and a telephone automatic answering device, the telephone automatic answering device includes a tape recorder unit that records messages, a clock unit that outputs time data, and the clock. a storage device that stores time data from the department in association with a message; a device that sends time data stored during remote operation to a telephone line;
A remote-controlled automatic telephone answering device, characterized in that a control circuit is provided to control each of the devices, and the remote control device is provided with a device for detecting and displaying at least time data sent from the automatic telephone answering device.