JPS61126850A - Automatic recording sound recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To approximately half the conventional maximum wait time for sound recording with respect to a person making the telephone call and to double the number of receiving messages capable of sound recording by sound recording the answering message approximately in the center of the tape longitudinal length and sound recording the receiving messages in front and rear of the answering message. CONSTITUTION:The sound recording of the answering message starts from the approximate center (shown by the line A-A) of the tape longitudinal length. Therefore, the answering message sound recorded part 10 is formed in the approximate center part of the tape longitudinal length. The person who is making the telephone call starts to speak his message after hearing the recorded answering message. His message is supplied to an answer/receipt sound recording part 2 via a telephone line interface 7 and a sound input part 1. At this time, the sound recording part 2 is made being in the sound recording mode by the sound recording signal from a controlling part 4, therefore, the receiving message recorded part 11 in which a received message 1 is sound recorded is formed in the part following the answering message sound recorded part 10 of the answer-recorded cum message receiving tape.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Application of the Invention] The present invention relates to an answering recorder, and in particular, the present invention relates to an answering machine that uses one regular type cassette tape to record calls without using an endless tape. This invention relates to an absence recorder that can be used as a tape for recording business matters.

[Background of the invention]

Figure 2 shows a typical type of cassette tape with a response.
FIG. 3 is a recording pattern diagram of the tape recorded by a conventional answering machine that is used as a tape for recording business matters.

In the same figure, 10 is the response message recording part at the beginning of the tape, and 11.12... is the message recording part recorded sequentially as message 1, message 2, etc. in the subsequent part. Department. Note that arrow A indicates the tape running direction (recording/playback direction).

As is clear from the recording pattern shown in Figure 2, in the conventional answering machine described above, the response message is recorded at the beginning of the response message recording tape, and then the response message is recorded at the beginning of the response message recording tape.
It was a method in which the matters were recorded one after another.

However, with this method, after sending the response message at the beginning of the tape, if you want to record the message according to the needs of the receiver, the tape should be recorded up to the last part of the previous message recording section. Since the caller had to fast-forward, the caller was forced to wait for a relatively long time.

In particular, for callers who want to record at the end of the tape, they have to wait one time for the fast-forward time of the message recording section, resulting in a considerably long waiting time.

Conventionally, in order to shorten this waiting time, the number of recordings of business is usually limited, and the last part of the tape is not used.

That is, the conventional answering machine has the drawback that in order to reduce the caller's waiting time, the tape usage efficiency has to be lowered.

In addition, as a document regarding a conventional answering machine (in which one of the above-mentioned normal type cassette tapes is used as a tape for recording response messages), for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 57-3
461 and JP-A-57-SA62.

[Purpose of the invention]

The object of the present invention is to eliminate the drawbacks of the prior art described above,
In an answering machine that uses a single regular cassette tape, when recording a message after sending a response message, the time required to locate the beginning of the message recording section can be significantly reduced. We provide an answering machine.

[Summary of the invention]

A feature of the present invention is that the response message is not recorded at the beginning of the tape used for both response and business recording, but is recorded approximately at the center of the tape, and from the response message recording section at the center, the response message is recorded at the second half and first half of the tape. There is a point where you can record your business.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained using the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a telephone system incorporating one embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 11 denotes an audio input section to which an audio signal from a telephone line or a live response message from the user is supplied, and 2 drives a tape for recording response messages, etc., to record the response message. A response/message recording section 3 records and reproduces the voice signal from the telephone line, that is, the message from the caller, and records the response message played by the response/message recording section 2 over the phone. This is an audio output unit for listening to recorded messages sent to the line or played back.

4 is a control unit that controls the entire answering machine 20, 5 is a ring detection unit when an incoming call is received, 6 is a telephone, and 7 is a telephone line interface.

Here, the operation of this embodiment will be explained using plane Il1.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the recording pattern of the response message recording tape recorded according to this embodiment. In the same figure,
The same reference numerals as in FIG. 2 represent the same or equivalent parts.

In FIG. 1, the user of this device first selects the voice input section 1.
A response message is recorded on the response/message recording tape in the response/message recording section 2. However, as shown in FIG. 3, this recording starts from approximately the center position of the longitudinal tape (line A-A'). As a result, a response message g10 is formed approximately at the center of the tape in its longitudinal direction.

Thereafter, the program is rewound to find the beginning of the response message. This completes the preparation of the device.

Next, set the device to the absence recording mode by known means,
When an incoming call is received in this state, the bell detection section 5 first detects the number of ringing calls. When the preset number of times is detected, a signal to that effect (received signal) is supplied to the control unit 4.

As a result, the control unit 4 sends a switching signal for connecting to the telephone line answering machine 20 to the telephone line interface 7 and the eighth 7. As a result, the voice input section 1 and the voice output section 3 are connected to the telephone line. Also, almost at the same time, the control section 4 sends a playback signal to the response record section 2. , the response message is played back and sent to the caller via the audio output unit 3 and the telephone line interface.

The caller who receives the response message then issues a message as necessary, and this message is supplied to the response/message recording section 2 via the telephone line interface 7 and the voice input section 1. .

At this time, the response/message recording g2 is in recording mode by the recording signal from the control g4, so the portion of the response/message recording tape following the response message recording section 10 is as follows:
A message recording unit 11 is formed in which one message is recorded.

Thereafter, the response and message recording tape is rewound to the beginning of the response message in response to a rewind signal from the control section 4. In other words, the response message is cued and the next message is waited for.

Next, when a second call arrives, the bell detector 5 first detects the number of scheduled ring calls, as in the previous call.

In response to this, the telephone line and the answering machine 20 are connected together. A response message is then sent.

After hearing this, the caller issues the message as necessary, and the recording part of the message is the part following the message recording part 11. Therefore, at this time, the message recording section 11 of the tape for both response and message recording is fast-forwarded by the fast transmission signal from the control section 4, and the portion immediately after the message recording section 11 is not distributed. .

Thereafter, the caller hears the signal (beep sound) indicating the completion of cueing and issues the message. Note that at this time, the response/message recording section 2 is in a recording state.

When the recording of the message is finished, in order to prepare for the next reception,
The response and message recording tape is rewound again to find the beginning of the response message.

In this way, the messages are recorded one after another, but in this embodiment, they are recorded on a tape that can be used for both response and message recording.

If there are 40 cases that can be answered, there are 40 cases.

This means that you can record 20 messages at the end of the answer message. This is because, as is clear from the above, the response message is recorded approximately in the longitudinal center of the tape, and the messages are sequentially recorded behind it.

When the 21st call arrives after the 200th recording is completed, a response message is first sent to the caller in the same manner as described above. After that, when it is necessary to record the message from the caller, unlike the previous method of fast-forwarding to the beginning of a predetermined part (that is, the beginning of the part immediately after the previous recording of the message), the response, The business recording tape is rewound to the beginning by a signal from the control section 4. Then, the business matter 21 will be recorded here.

When this recording of the message is completed, the tape is fast-forwarded to the beginning of the response message. That is, the response message is cued and ready for the next reception.

Next, when the 22nd@th call arrives, the message is recorded in the same manner as in the previous (b), depending on the need for recording the message of the first caller. That is, in this case, the response/message recording tape is rewound to the part following the previous message recording section, and then the message 22 is recorded following the previous message recording section.

In this way, in this embodiment, from the matter 21 to the matter 40.
up to the response message recording N510 will be recorded on the tape that also serves as a response and message recording.

Note that the recording status of the message recorded in this way is
As shown in the figure. That is, message n-1 (rL=4o) is recorded in message recording N15, and message n (that is, message 40) is recorded in message recording section 16.

Next, as described above, the operation of the control g4, which executes the control for recording the response message and the business matters sequentially, is as follows.
This will be explained using drawings.

FIG. 4(A) and FIG. 4(B) are flowcharts showing the control operation of the control section 4. FIG.

Step S1...The longitudinal position of the cassette tape (tape for both response and message recording) loaded in the response and message recording section 2 is at the center position (A-A'H position in Figure 3). Determine whether or not it is. If it is at the center position, the process advances to step S3. Initially, a response is sent to the supply reel side, and since the business recording tape (hereinafter simply referred to as tape) has been completely wound, the process advances to step S2.

Step S2: A quick transmission signal is responded to and supplied to the business recorder 2. As a result, the center position of the tape in the longitudinal direction is located.

Step S3: Outputs a response and a recording signal to the business recorder 2. As a result, the response message supplied to the message recording section 2 via the voice input section 1 is recorded approximately at the center of the tape in the longitudinal direction. That is, a response message recording section 10 is formed.

Step S4: Output a rewind signal to the response and message recording section 2. As a result, the beginning of the response message is found.Step S5... It is determined whether a received signal is supplied from the bell detection section 5 or not. If there is no supply, the system waits until it is supplied, and when it is supplied, the process advances to step S6.

Step S6: Outputs a switching signal to the telephone line interface 7. As a result, the telephone line and the answering machine 20 are brought into a connected state.

Step S7: Outputs the response and playback signal to the business recorder 2. This causes the response message to be played and sent to the caller.

Step S8: It is determined whether the number of recorded matters is greater than 472. Here, the number of messages that can be recorded on tape is preset (40 in the example above).
It is. If the number of recorded matters is not greater than rL/2, the process advances to step S9.

Step S9: Outputs a quick transmission signal to the response and business recorder 2. As a result, the starting point for recording the business is located. Note that when this cueing is completed, a beep sound is sent to the caller by known means.

Step 310: A recording signal is output to the response 5 message recording device 2. As a result, when a caller issues a message, it becomes possible to record the message, and step S11...
- Determine whether or not it is in the reception state by known means.0 If it is in the reception state, proceed to step S12; if it is in the reception state, skip step S12 and step 313
Proceed to.

Step 313: A recording cancellation signal is output to the response/message recording section 2. This ends the recording of the matter.

After that, the control operation returns to step S4, and the control operation returns to step S4.
The processes and judgments in each of the above-mentioned steps from 4 onwards are repeated. When the number of recorded cases becomes greater than 472, the determination in step S8 is established, and the process proceeds to step S14.

Step S14: Outputs a rewind signal to the response and message recording unit 2. As a result, the starting point for recording the business matter located in front of the response message recording section 10 is located. Note that when this cueing is completed, the Sl! ! , a beep will be sent to the believer.

Steps 315 to 318...these steps.

In the block, processing and judgment corresponding to each of the steps from step 310 to step S13 described above are performed. Therefore, the explanation of each of these steps will be omitted.Step 319...The number of recordings is the same as the one described above.

Decide whether you have reached it or not. I've reached the point yet.

If not, proceed to step S20.0Step S2
0...Response, outputs a fast transmission signal to the business recorder 2. As a result, the response message is cued. Thereafter, the control operation returns to step S5, and the response message is located at the beginning of the response message.
5. Step 86 to Step S8 and Step 314
~The processing and determination in step S20 are repeated.

As a result, when the number of recordings reaches the number of recordings, step S1
Since the judgment in step 9 is established, the control operation ends.

By the way, in the above example, the number of recorded messages is set in advance as a message so that it can be recorded on tape, and two messages per rL are recorded in the second half and the first half of the tape with the response message recording unit 10 as the boundary. .

However, in the present invention, it is not necessarily necessary to preset the number of recorded matters in this manner.

For example, in step S8 or step S19, instead of determining the number of recorded messages, the tape portion of the message recording section is detected by detecting the number of rotations of the reel shaft, and the boundary between this and the response message recording section 10 is detected. apv in the control unit 4, which indicates the limit for recording the second half or the first half of the tape.

If you compare it with the number of times you remember it, you can create a list of things to do.

It becomes possible to record messages over almost the entire length of the tape, without being restricted by the number of preceding messages, except for the response message recording rhyme 10.

That is, when the number of rotations of the reel shaft is within the range of the number of times stored in the apv, steps S8 and S19 are performed.
The judgment is made to hold true, and if it is still outside the range, it is judged to be false.

be.

In addition, in this embodiment, the response message s sound gio
Although the business is first recorded in the second half of the tape, and then the business is recorded in the first half of the tape, the present invention does not necessarily need to follow this order. That is, by changing the control order of the control unit 4, it is easy to record the business on the first half of the tape and then record the business on the second half of the tape, contrary to the above. You will understand.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As is clear from the above explanation, in the present invention, the response message is recorded approximately at the center of the tape in the longitudinal direction, and the message is recorded before and after the response message, so that the following effects are achieved. 0 (1) When recording the same number of tasks as before - The maximum waiting time for callers required for this recording is approximately half that of conventional answering recorders 0 (2) Conventionally In this method, the number of messages that can be recorded is reduced and recorded on tape in order to shorten the time it takes to find the starting point for recording messages after sending a response message.

I tried not to use the rear part. In other words, the tape usage efficiency was reduced.

However, according to the present invention, if the maximum waiting time required for cueing is the same as the conventional one, the number of cows that can be recorded can be doubled compared to the conventional one.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a telephone system incorporating an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a response recorded by a conventional answering machine, #Jf! -Recording pattern diagram of the dual-purpose recording tape, FIG. 5 shows the recording pattern of the response and message recording tape according to this embodiment. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of FIG. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Voice input part, 2... Response, message recording part, 4... Control part, 10... Response message recording part, ii, is, 16... Message recording part, 20... - Absence recorder. Tsumugi 1 Kuchi 4th solid (A)

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) An answering machine that uses one regular cassette tape as a tape for recording response messages can record messages from callers transmitted via telephone lines or live messages from users. a voice input section to which a response message is supplied; the response message is recorded approximately in the longitudinal center of the tape for both response and message recording; and the message is recorded in the first half of the tape with the response message recording section as the border; 1. An answering recorder comprising: a control section that outputs a control signal for recording in the second half and the second half; and a response recording section driven and controlled by the control signal. (2) The above patent characterized in that the message is first recorded on the first half of the response message recording tape and then the message is recorded on the second half according to a control signal from the control section. An answering machine according to claim 1.