JPS60162358A - Remote side confirming telephone device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain effective countermeasures to a wordless call or prankish call by giving an answer or having a conversation after confirming the calling subscriber. CONSTITUTION:A call detecting circuit 1 detects a call, and the calls given from trunk lines L1 and L2 are delivered through a speaker 9. At the same time, a call detectig signal is sent to a tape recorder part 5 to drive an endless tape. Thus an answer is transmitted automatically. In case of answer is obtained to a reply call or other prankish calls are received, the handset of a telephone 12 is never picked up continuously. Thus the endless tape has a round, and the lines L1 and L2 are separated from the speaker 9 and the part 5 by a tape fixed position detecting signal.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Technical Field) The present invention automatically outputs a response when a call is received from a telephone line network, and enables the other party to confirm the call status of the line without having to pick up the handset of the telephone. The present invention relates to a confirmation telephone device.

(Prior Art) In the past, various prank calls using telephone lines have been made constantly, and there have been no effective preventive measures, and the stress of receiving a prank call has been extremely high.

In recent years, Telephone Hustler (EPHO
There are even cases where people called ``NE HUSTLER'' just remain silent and do not respond when you answer the phone.

However, in conventional telephone devices, it is difficult to tell whether a prank call is a prank call unless confirmation is made by the called party's voice from the handset, which is very inconvenient, and there is no IF protection function.

(Object of the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a telephone device for confirming the other party, which is capable of answering and having a conversation using the handset of the telephone after confirming the other party.

(Example) Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of a counterparty confirmation telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, L2 is a telephone line (office line), l is a called detection circuit that detects a call from the telephone line, and 11 receives a called detection signal from this called detection circuit l, which will be described later. This is a relay drive signal output section that drives the relays 2a and 2b. 2
2a and 2b are relays, 2a is a contact part, and 2b is a contact drive part.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a transformer which connects the central line by closing and connecting the relay contact 2a, and sends the call on L2 to the amplifier 7 and driver circuit 8, and outputs sound from the speaker 9.

Further, 5 is a tape recorder section, which is activated by the call detection signal from the call detection circuit 1 and records a response recorded in advance on the built-in endless tape, for example, "Yes, this is XX."
is sent to the transformer 3 via the amplifier 4, and the station t! Lt, L
2 and respond to the called party.

Here, by setting the impedance Z on the office line side of the transformer 3 and the impedance Z of zI as ZαZ, the output to the speaker is large compared to the signal from the office line side, and the signal from the tape recorder 5 is attenuated. The response from the tape recorder 5 does not become large.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a tape fixed position detection unit, which detects when the endless tape reaches a predetermined position.In this embodiment, the device detects the initial position of the endless tape, and the tape is played back for one station, and the initial position is detected. It detects that it has returned to the position, and the time required for one rotation of the tape11) is approximately 1
The duration is 5 seconds.

This fixed position detection signal from the tape fixed position detection section 6 is sent to the relay 2a, 2b drive signal output section 11, and this signal stops the driving of the relays 2a, 2b and disconnects them from the central line.

The device of this embodiment, which has the following configuration, first has a central office line, L
When there is a call from 2, the called detection circuit 1 detects the called, and this called detection signal is output to the relay drive signal output section 11, which drives the contact drive section 2b via the transistor TR, Close the relay contact 2a. When contact 2a is closed, calls (calling, etc.) on central line L+ and L2 are transferred to transformer 3.
, an amplifier 7, and a driver circuit 8, and then outputted from a speaker 9.

At the same time, the called detection signal from the called detection circuit 1 is sent to the tape recorder section 5, and starts the endless tape drive of the tape recorder section 5. Accompanying this, the tape recorder section 5 automatically sends out a response such as "Yes, XX." to the office line L1+L2 via the amplifier 4.

This response can be confirmed by the speaker 9.

Responses to replies, such as “oO, sorry, ××
Would you like to stay at home, Mr. ΔΔ? '', etc., pick up the handset of the telephone (T) 12 and make a normal telephone call using the handset.

When the handset of the telephone (T) 12 is removed from the telephone hook, a strong current flows through the contact drive unit lOb of the relay 10a and fob, the contact 10a is closed, the transistor TR is turned off, and the contacts of the relays 2a and 2b are closed. Close the part 2a and connect the central line L
I, L2-H's output to the speaker and response output from the tape recorder section 5 are stopped.

If there is no response to the above-mentioned "Yes, this is XX" or if there is another prank call,
Pick up the handset of telephone (T) 12 and leave it there without answering. As a result, the endless tape makes one revolution, and the central office line, speaker 9, and tape recorder section 5 are separated from each other by the tape fixed position detection signal from the tape fixed position detection section 6.

Therefore, stress does not accumulate on the prank caller or silent caller, and the other party stops making prank calls because there is no response from the called party. Furthermore, by pre-recording a response to the other party's response at a fixed position on the endless tape, this embodiment can be applied even when the user does not want to answer the telephone.

For example, just before the endless tape's fixed position,
~,~, I could see the shrine, so please excuse me. By recording messages such as '', you can effectively deal with duress or threatening phone calls.

Also, after sending the above-mentioned response "Yes, XX.", for example, after a few seconds, listen to the response from the speaker 9,
If you want to answer, you can pick up the handset, and if you don't want to answer, just leave it there. After a few seconds have passed, you will automatically receive a message saying, ``I'm sorry, but I'm away at the moment. Please call me again later.'' Thank you very much for your help.'' or ``Unfortunately, we are currently running out of time, so please call us after 00:00 tomorrow morning.''

By automatically sending responses such as "j", you will not have to answer the phone for prank calls or unnecessary calls such as late at night, and you can respond to calls without hurting the other party. . Even when he makes prank calls, he gets the same response every time, which makes him feel creepy, so he stops making prank calls.

Further, the central office line may be controlled to be dynamically disconnected after these responses are returned. In that case, the station line may be opened using a well-known method using the tape fixed position detection signal.

Also, by recording the responses from the endless tape in a male voice, it can be made to appear that there is a man in a house or office where only women are present, and by recording in a female voice, it is possible to make it seem as if there is a man in a house or office where only women are present. You can also pretend that there is an office worker or a female secretary.

In the above explanation, the response from the tape recorder section 5 is only from one endless tape, but the configuration is such that several types of responses can be arbitrarily selected depending on the response to the first response, for example, "Yes, XX." You can also use it as This allows the handset of the telephone (T) 12 to respond only to the called party who requires a telephone response.
In addition to being able to respond to other called parties like a normal answering machine, it is also possible to automatically respond with a refusal response upon selection. FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the cheap record section 5 when multiple responses are possible.

Key human power information from the key human power section 20 is input to the selector section 21 and output selection section 25, a corresponding tape drive section is selected according to the key human power information, and recording information is output to the amplifier 4.

Here, a response of "Yes, this is XX" is recorded on the endless tape portion A22, and is automatically activated by the call detection signal of the call detection circuit 1, and the recorded information is output. Here, the operator inputs a key to the key human power section, such as a tape drive section selected as having human power, for example, the endless tape section B2.
3 is activated, and recording information from endless tape section B is output instead of endless tape section A. At this time, these endless tape sections, once started, are automatically driven to a fixed position and then stopped.

Furthermore, in the explanation of this embodiment, when the handset of the telephone T12 is removed, the relay IO is activated and the office lines L1, L2 and the transformer 3 are disconnected. The relay circuit 31 is connected, and the relay circuit contact 31a is closed when a specific key is input from the key input section shown in FIG. It may be controlled to output. In this case, for example, the normal tape drive unit 2
When the selection switch No. 4 is pressed, the relay drive section 30 is activated, and the normal tape drive section is activated by closing the relay contact 31a (not shown in FIG. 1) connected in parallel with the relay contact 2a in FIG. The output from 24 is output to the output selection section 2.
5. Station line L' I + via amplifier 4 and transformer 3
Sent to L2.

This allows the tape recorder section 5 to respond even if a direct response is not desirable after confirming the other party's response.

Further, digital information can be recorded in the normal tape drive section 24 or the like, and can be used when computers such as personal computers are to be connected to each other via a central line.

This can be used extremely effectively even when there are multiple telephone lines and there is only one person answering the call, and there is no need to miss a response to an important called party.

(Effects) As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a telephone answering device that can extremely effectively deal with S-word calls (telephone hustlers) and other prank calls, and that causes extremely little stress accumulation.

Furthermore, it is possible to provide a telephone answering device that can answer even important called parties without error.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram mainly showing the other party confirmation control section of a destination confirmation telephone device according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 mainly shows the details of the tape recorder section of another embodiment according to the present invention. FIG. In the figure, L, L2...office line, 1... called detection circuit,
2a, 2b, 10a, 10b,
31---Relay, 3...Transformer, 4.7...
Amplifier, 5... Tape recorder section, 6... Tape fixed position detection section, 8... Driver circuit, 9... Speaker, 11... Relay drive signal output section, 12... Telephone, 20 ...Key human power section, 21...Selector section, 22
．． 23... Endless tape section. 24... Normal tape section, 25... Output selection section, 30
...Relay drive unit.

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) A called detection means for detecting a call from a telephone line network, an audio output means activated by the called detection means and outputting the voice of the called line, and activated by the called detection means. and at least one response output means for outputting a preset response to the called line, separately from the telephone set. (2) The response output means is capable of outputting a response by activating the called detection means and at least one other type of response to the called line by key human power from the key human power means. The other party confirmation telephone device described in the range ts1. (3) The other party confirmation telephone device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the response output means and the sound output means become inactive when the handset of the telephone is removed. (4) The telephone device for confirming the other party according to claim 2, characterized in that the manual key operation from the key manual means is possible even after the handset of the telephone is removed.