JPS60236180A - Recording and reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to hear a recorded time as a voice at the reproducing time by recording a recording execution time as digital data in an automatic answering telephone set or the like. CONSTITUTION:A clock circuit 12 sends the signal indicating an incoming time to a digital data converting circuit 16. Digital data from the circuit 16 is recorded on a tape 1 by a head 8. After this recording, the voice signal of a calling subscriber is recorded on the tape 1 by the head 8. Thereafter, a reproduced signal due to the head 8 is applied to a reading circuit 23, and read contents are applied to a CPU2, and the CPU2 operates a voice synthesizing circuit 24. The circuit 24 synthesizes a voice signal indicating contents corresponding to data and appllies it to a speaker 26.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to recording and reproducing devices such as answering machines and tape recorders.

BACKGROUND TECHNOLOGY AND PROBLEMS Conventional answering machines record incoming calls on magnetic tape while the user is away. After informing the caller, the caller's request is recorded. However, when playing back the tape on which the business was recorded, it is not possible to know the time when the call was received. In answering machine devices, it is often important to know when a call received while the user was away received a call. Furthermore, even with a business tape recorder or a general tape recorder designed to record meetings or messages, it would be very convenient if it was possible to know when the recording was made during playback.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a recording/reproducing apparatus that satisfies the above requirements.

Summary of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording and reproducing apparatus that records the time at which the recording was performed as digital data at the time of recording, and informs the time at which the recording was performed by voice synthesis based on the digital data at the time of playback. It is.

Embodiment FIG. 1 shows a tape formant when the present invention is applied to an answering machine.

On tape 1, the user's response message [hereinafter referred to as OGM (outgoing message)] is recorded from point N0 to point N0, and from point N1 to N! The alarm sound part is formed up to the point. Tape 1 is waiting for an incoming call at point N0. When a call is received, an OGM is first played to inform the caller that an answering machine will be recording the caller. Next, after an alarm sound is recorded between points N4 and N2, digital data D+ having information indicating the time when the call was received is recorded. Coming message) is recorded. IC
When the recording of M■ ends at the N3 point, the alarm sound is recorded up to the N4 point. Tape 1 then returns to point N0 and waits for the next call. 2Ili When the 181st call arrives, OGM is played back, then fast-forwarded to point N4, digital data D2 is recorded, and then ICM■ is recorded. After the alarm sound is recorded up to the N6 point, the process returns to the No point. Similarly, when there is an incoming call, the OGM is played first, then the ICM recorded up to that point is skipped in fast forward, the digital data is recorded at the end of the last alarm part, then the ICM is recorded, and then The series of operations in which an alarm sound is recorded and the process returns to point N0 is repeated.

The portion of the tape format shown in FIG. 1 excluding the digital data D1 to D7 was prepared by the present applicant in Japanese Patent Application No. 1986-7.
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When reproducing tape 1, ICMs - O are sequentially reproduced, but before each TCM is reproduced, the digital data DI
-D, , are read out. Speech synthesis, which will be described later, is performed based on this data, and the synthesized speech signal is added to the speaker, so that the time when each ICM call was received can be expressed as, for example, "○ day, ○ hour, ○ minute." can.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of a circuit for performing the operations described above.

In this device, all the above operations are performed by the microcomputer CP.
This is done automatically based on instructions from U2. Second
The figure shows peripheral circuit systems that give instructions to the CPU 2 or are operated by instructions from the CPU 2.

If you are in automatic answering mode that records your absence, press switch 2I.
is on. When there is an incoming call, a bell sound signal is input to the terminal 3.4, and this signal is sent to the bell sound detection circuit 5.
Detected by When the detection signal is applied to the CPU 2, the relay circuit 6 is driven, the switch 7 is closed, and the line is closed. Then, the OGM of the tape 1 is played back by the recording/playback head 8, and this playback signal is transmitted from the head 8 to the amplifier 9.10 and the transformer 11, and then to the terminal 3.
4 to the caller through the line.

When the 00M playback ends, a beep sound is sent to the caller, and the tape 1 is advanced to point N2 to enter the recording mode. The clock circuit 12 changes the date and time by the switch 13°14.15.
The hours and minutes are adjusted, and a signal indicating the time when an incoming call is received is sent to the digital data conversion circuit 16. The digital data D obtained from this conversion circuit 16 is applied to the head 8 via an amplifier 17 and an equalizer 18, and is then applied to the first head 8.
It is recorded as shown in the figure. When this recording is completed, the beeping sound stops and the caller's IcM* voice signal is then transmitted over the line. This audio signal is input from the terminal 3.4 and is applied to the head 8 through the transformer 11, amplifier 17 and equalizer 18, so that the audio signal is input to the tape.
will be recorded. At this time, the bias oscillator 19 is operated and a bias current is applied to the head 8. Note that when erasing is performed, an erasing current is applied to the erasing head 20.

When the recording of ICM■ ends at the N8 point, an alarm portion is formed up to the N4 point, and then the tape 1 is rewound again to the N0 point. The same operation is repeated and the ICM■-
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D, , are recorded sequentially.

When the user returns home and wants to play tape 1, press switch 2.
Turn on 2 to set ICM playback mode.

First, data D is reproduced by the head 8 prior to reproduction of ICM■. When the reproduction of this data is completed, a pause occurs and the tape 1 is temporarily stopped.

The data signal reproduced by the head 8 is applied to the data reading circuit 23 through the amplifier 9, and its contents are read. The read data D1 is added to the CPU2,
Based on this, the CPU 2 operates the speech synthesis circuit 24. The audio synthesis circuit 24 synthesizes an audio signal with content corresponding to the data D, and this audio signal is applied to the speaker 26 through the amplifier 25. Speaker 26 says “O day ○ hour ○ minute”
After sending the audio, the pause is released, tape 1 runs, and ICM ■ is played. This reproduction signal is transmitted to the amplifier 9,
25 to the speaker 26.

In the same way, the data is read before each ICM is played, and then a pause occurs. During this pause, the synthesized voice informs the time, and then the pause is canceled and the ICM
is played. Note that the speaker 26 may also perform monitoring during recording.

The CPU 2 also includes plunger drive circuits 27 and 28, a capstan motor drive circuit 29, and a reel motor drive circuit 30.
etc. As a result, the forward plunger 31, fast forward/rewind plunger 32, reel motor 33, capstan motor 34, etc. are operated at predetermined timing.

FIG. 3 shows a flowchart for executing the automatic response mode described above. Further, FIG. 4 shows a flowchart for executing the above-mentioned ICM playback mode.

The above has described an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to an answering machine that records OGM and business on one tape. It can also be applied to answering machines that use tape. Further, the present invention can be applied to recording and reproducing devices such as business and general tape recorders. The present invention can also be applied to a device in which a user can listen to recorded messages by sending a remote control signal through a telephone from outside the home.

Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, the time at which recording was performed can be heard as audio during playback, which is very convenient.

Furthermore, since the time is recorded as digital data, the time recording portion on the tape can be minimized, which is particularly effective when used in an answering machine or the like.

[Brief Description of the Drawings] Fig. 1 is a diagram showing a tape format to which the present invention can be applied, Fig. 2 is a circuit block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 3 is a diagram showing a tape format to which the present invention can be applied.
The figure is a flowchart for executing automatic response mode.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart when executing the ICM reproduction mode. In addition, in the codes used in the drawings, i-m------------ tape 2----------------c p u8----- ---
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-----One-time clock circuit 16--------111-----Digital data conversion circuit 23-----------
---Digital data reading circuit 24--
---1 --- This is a speech synthesis circuit. Agent Masaru Saturn

Claims (1)

[Claims] a clock circuit; a conversion circuit for converting a signal indicating time obtained from the clock circuit into digital data; a means for recording digital data obtained from the conversion circuit indicating the time at which recording was performed during recording; A recording/reproducing device comprising: a circuit for reading the recorded digital data; and a circuit for synthesizing audio according to the content of the read digital data.