JPS62189853A - Telephone recording equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain proper processing for a recorded message by providing a means for synthesizing a voice expressing a communication date and recording simultaneously the voice expressing the communication data in the case of the recording of a voice signal. CONSTITUTION:A recording circuit 7 is set in the standby state. When an incoming detection circuit detects a call signal and a call comes from a line 12, a line acquisition circuit 9 acquires the line 12. Successively, an automatic reply circuit 10 sends a voice message recorded in advance to the opposite party. The control circuit 11 makes the recording circuit 18 standby activates a voice detection circuit 17 to detect the presence of the voice of the opposite party. The voice message is recorded on a recording medium 13 via the recording circuit 8. Successively, the count information of a timer 15 is outputted and the voice synthesis circuit 14 converts the count information into voice information. Then the output of the voice synthesis circuit 14 is recorded on the recording medium 13.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a telephone recording device, and particularly to a telephone recording device for recording voice signals from a calling station such as a so-called answering machine.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, a device is set when an operator is absent, and when a call is made, a voice message from the caller is recorded. A device called a so-called answering machine (answering machine) telephone is known.

Figure f53 shows the conventional configuration of this type of device.

In FIG. 3, the circuit in the upper half of the figure has the same configuration as a normal telephone, and as shown in FIG. 1, a telephone line 12 is connected to a hook switch l and a bell circuit 5. The hook switch 1 is used to connect the dialing circuit 2 and the communication circuit 3 to the line 12 when the operator picks up the handset 4.

The dialing circuit 2 consists of a known dial pulse generating circuit and a dial tone generating circuit, and generates a selection signal corresponding to a dial 6 attached to the device.
The communication circuit 3 is composed of a loop holding circuit, a side sound prevention circuit, and the like. Further, the bell circuit 5 is used to generate a ringing tone in response to a call from the line 12.

The block designated by the reference numeral 7 in the lower half of the figure is an answer recording circuit that may be integrated into the telephone set or may be constructed separately. This circuit is connected to line 12 in parallel with the telephone section in the upper half of the diagram. Line 12 is the incoming call detection circuit 8 of block 7.
When a zero line is established, the line capture circuit 9 consisting of a loop holding circuit is activated to establish a line with the calling party upon detection of a calling signal. A circuit that transmits a voice message to the other party by reproducing (or synthesizing) the voice that has been sent, prompts the other party to record the voice message, and then, triggered by a dial tone, records the voice message sent from the other party. 11 to a recording medium 12 such as a magnetic tape or a memory, recording while the user is away is realized. The recorded message can be heard via the reproduction circuit 13 by the operator of this device performing a predetermined operation. In addition, in the above configuration, if there is a voice message from the calling side or even if there is no voice message, if the incoming call detection circuit 8 detects that the DC circuit of the line is opened, the line capture circuit 9 holds the loop. The communication will be terminated.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention 1] According to the above configuration, messages are conventionally recorded on a recording medium in the order in which calls are received; If a large number of messages are recorded in the 12, it becomes extremely troublesome to process the recorded information later. This is because in the past, no information regarding the date and time of the communication was recorded on the recording medium 12, so for example, after the device has been in the recording state for several days, the recording medium 1
It was not possible to know when each individual message recording for 2 was made.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides means for synthesizing a voice expressing the communication date and time in a telephone recording device that records the voice signal of the calling party.

A configuration is adopted in which a control means is provided for recording the voice expressing the communication date and time synthesized by the synthesis means when recording the voice signal of the calling station.

[Operation] According to the above configuration, information indicating the date and time of each recorded message is automatically recorded as a voice message, so that the recorded information can be classified or replied to later. Processing becomes much easier.

[Example] Hereinafter, details of embodiments of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a telephone recording device according to an embodiment of the invention. Here, the same or similar members as in FIG. 3 are given the same reference numerals, and detailed explanation thereof will be omitted here.

The difference between the configuration of FIG. 1 and the conventional example of FIG. 3 is the configuration of the recording circuit after the line acquisition circuit 9. That is,
The input/output signals of the line acquisition circuit 9 are connected to a control circuit composed of a microcomputer, memory, etc., and the control circuit 11 controls each circuit indicated by the reference numeral 12 and below in accordance with the procedure described later. Record voice messages.

In the figure, a circuit designated by the reference numeral 18 is a circuit that performs a recording operation in a manner compatible with a desired recording medium 13 composed of a magnetic tape or a memory used for PCM recording. PC
It consists of an M-system audio signal conversion circuit, etc.

Furthermore, the speech synthesis circuit 14 is configured to convert information regarding the current time output from a timer 15 composed of a timer element etc. into an audio signal and send it to the recording medium 13. Further, the voice detection circuit 17 detects the presence or absence of a voice message sent via the line 12.

Next, the control procedure performed by the control circuit 11 in the above configuration is shown in the flowchart of FIG.

The procedure shown in FIG. 2 is stored in the memory of the control circuit 11 as a control program.

The recording circuit 7 of FIG. 1 is set to a standby state in step Sl of FIG. 2 by a predetermined operation procedure similar to that known in the art. In the standby state consisting of steps Sl and S2, the incoming call detection circuit 8 detects a calling signal in step S2, thereby detecting the presence or absence of a call.

Only when there is a call, the process shifts from this standby state to the operations from step S3 onwards.

When there is a call from line vi12, the line capture circuit captures the line in step S3, and then in step S
At step 4, the automatic response circuit 10 transmits a prerecorded voice message to the other party using the same procedure as in the prior art.

In this case, a tone or the like is also sent as a prompt for the other party's message.

Next, in step S5, the control circuit 11 puts the recording circuit 18 into a standby state, and then in step S6, activates the voice detection circuit 17 to detect the presence or absence of voice from the other party. When a voice message from the other party is detected, the process moves to step S7.

In step S7, the voice message sent from the other party is recorded on the recording medium 13 via the recording circuit 18 in a manner similar to the conventional method. Subsequently, in step S8, time information from the timer 15 is outputted, and the voice synthesis circuit 14 converts this time information into audio information. Then, the output of the speech synthesis circuit 14 is recorded on the recording medium 13. Thereafter, in step S9, the line capture circuit 9 opens the DC circuit and disconnects one line.

On the other hand, if no audio signal is detected in step S6, the process moves directly to step S9, where the line capture circuit opens the DC circuit and disconnects the line connection.

According to the above configuration, when there is a voice message from the other party, it can be recorded on the recording medium 13, and at the end of the recorded message, information regarding the communication date and time measured by the timer 15 can be recorded. Therefore, when the operator listens to a recorded message via the playback circuit 16 as in the past, he can know when the message was recorded and take appropriate actions such as replying to the other party. It becomes possible to take

According to the above configuration, information regarding the date and time is recorded as audio information, so the operator does not have to perform any troublesome operations, and simply listens to the recorded message as in the past, and can check the date and time when the message was recorded. information can be obtained.

In the above configuration, information regarding the communication date and time is not recorded when there is no voice message, but information regarding the date and time may be recorded unconditionally for each communication.
In this case, information regarding the date and time can be recorded prior to the message. Further, the information regarding the date and time may be the communication start time detected by the incoming call detection circuit 8 instead of the time when the message started to be sent. Also, if
As is clear from the figure, since the technique of the present invention is not related to the telephone itself, the recording device as described above can be constructed either integrally with the telephone or separately.

[Effect] As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, in a telephone recording device that records the voice signal of the calling station, a means for synthesizing the voice representing the date and time of communication is provided, and the voice signal of the calling station is Since the configuration includes a control means for recording the voice expressing the communication date and time synthesized by the first stage of the synthesizer when recording the voice signal, the operator can record the voice expressing the communication date and time recorded together with the voice message. This has the excellent effect of allowing information to be heard as an audio signal without the need for troublesome operations, and allowing appropriate processing of recorded messages.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing an example of the configuration of a telephone recording device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the control procedure of the control circuit of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a conventional telephone recording device. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of FIG. 1... Hook switch 3... Call circuit 4... Handset/receiver 8... Incoming call detection circuit 9... Line capture circuit 11... Control circuit 13... Recording medium
14...Speech synthesis circuit 15...Timer 17
...Voice detection circuit 18...Professional diagram of the recording circuit device (Fig. 1)

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a telephone recording device for recording a voice signal of a calling station, means for synthesizing a voice expressing the communication date and time, and a voice expressing the communication date and time synthesized by the synthesis means when recording the voice signal of the calling station. A telephone recording device characterized in that it is provided with a control means for recording.