JPS6238065A - Telephone call reply equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent a person from being aroused out of sleep unnecessarily due to a wrong dialing especially at midnight by sending a reply message automatically to a caller when a call comes and replying the call only when the caller has a will for talking consecutively further. CONSTITUTION:A replay tape deck 2 started by a control circuit 4 sends the 1st reply recorded in advance on trunk lines L1, L2 via a transformer 11 and stops at the state. When the 1st setting time of a timer circuit 5 elapses or it is checked whether or not a call detection circuit 1 detects that a caller opens the trunk lines (caller hooks on), and when the 1st setting time by the timer circuit 5 elapses, the timer circuit 5 starts a voice circuit 6 to output a call tone via a speaker 7 and to inform the presence of a call from the trunk lines L1, L2.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a telephone response device, and in particular can automatically respond to calls that come in late at night, and can automatically respond to calls that come by mistake without the need for a human to respond. The present invention relates to a telephone correspondence device that can notify the other party of this fact.

[Prior Art and its Problems] Conventionally, there has been no effective countermeasure against mistaken calls, and the current situation is that humans have to deal with them directly. It's fine if the wrong call is made during the day, but if the call is extremely busy or late at night, the reality is that you don't want to take any calls other than emergency calls.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the problems of the prior art described above.When a call is received, a response message is automatically sent to the other party, and after the other party receives and receives the response message. It is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone correspondence device that can respond only when there is an intention to continue to make a telephone call.

[Summary of the Invention] The above object is to transmit a first response message without generating a ring tone on the telephone when an incoming call to the telephone line is detected, and to send the message to the other party if it is a wrong call or the like. Make it recognizable.

Thereafter, when the calling party wishes to continue talking and the line remains connected, a ring tone is generated for the first time to prompt the called party to answer the phone.

When the called party picks up the receiver due to the ringtone, the call is enabled, and from then on the telephone operates as a normal telephone.
This is accomplished by a telephone-compatible device that sends a second response message and releases the line if the handset is not picked up.

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

(1) Configuration of Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an answering machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 in the figure is a called detection circuit, and the office line L1. Detects a call from L2. 2 is a response tape deck, which generates an audio signal output from a tape on which a predetermined message (described later) is recorded, and connects the central office line L1. Output to L2. 3 is the central office line L1. L
This is a telephone connected to 2, and operates as a normal telephone when 1 is not in operation in this embodiment. A control circuit 4 controls various operations of the apparatus based on the called signal from the called detection circuit l. 5 is a timer circuit; 6 is an audio output circuit that is activated by the timer circuit and outputs a ringing tone signal from a speaker 7; and 7 is a speaker.

Further, 8 is a switch (A relay contact) that forms a DC loop on the office line L 1 * L 2 , 9 is a receiver pick-up detection circuit that detects when the handset of the telephone 3 is picked up, and 11 is a switch that connects the telephone 3 to the office line L L + This is a switch (B relay contact) for connecting to L2.

(2) Operation of the Embodiment The operation of the present embodiment having the above configuration will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When the device of this embodiment is not activated, the switch contact 8 of the A relay is open, the switch contact 10 of the B relay is held at the a position, and the telephone 3 is connected to the central office line LITL2.

If this embodiment is powered on or started up, A
The switch contact 8 of the relay is open, the switch contact 10 of the B relay is held in position b, and the telephone 3 is connected to the central office lines Ll, I,
Separated from 2. Then, the processing from step S1 onwards is executed.

First, in step S1, the called detection circuit 1 detects the central office line L.
i Monitor whether there is an incoming call from J L 2. When the called detection circuit 1 detects a called, a called signal is output to the control circuit 4, and the process proceeds from step S1 to step S2, where the control circuit 4 energizes the A relay and closes the switch contact 8. , station! 1itLx.

A DC loop is formed in L2 and the call is answered. Until now, telephone Ja, 3 is central line L! , is not connected to L2, and no ringing tone or the like is generated.

In the following step S3, the control circuit 4 starts up the response checker 2, plays back the first response recording part, and starts the timer circuit 5 to start a predetermined or immediate time measurement.

The response tape deck 2 activated by the control circuit 4 transmits the first response recorded in advance in step S4 to the office lines Ll, I, 2+ via the transformer 11. This first
For example, when this device is started up late at night, it is desirable that the response be as shown below.

"This is Oo. I'm sorry, but I'm currently sleeping, so please call me again tomorrow morning. If you have an urgent matter, I apologize for the inconvenience, but please wait for a while. Please.” Response tape deck 2 goes to step S4.
After sending the above-mentioned first response, the device stops in the home state.

Then, in steps S5 and S6, either the first set time of the timer circuit 5 activated in the previous step S3 has elapsed, or the called detection circuit l detects that the called party has released the central office line (
It is checked whether or not it is detected that the called party has hung up the receiver, and then the station line L1. If L2 is opened, the process from step S6 to step S17, which will be described later, is executed. On the other hand, if the first set time in the timer circuit 5 has elapsed, the process proceeds from step S5 to step SI.
0, the timer circuit 5 activates the audio circuit 6, outputs a ringing tone through the speaker 7, and connects the central office line L1. Notify that there has been a call from L and 2.

Then, in steps S11 to S13, the central line L1. I
, 2 has released the central office line, or the person who heard the ringing tone picks up the handset of the telephone 4i13 and this is detected by the handset pick-up detection circuit 9, or the timer circuit 5 predetermined Monitor whether the set time in step 2 has elapsed. Here, when the station *Lx, L2 is opened, the process advances from step Sll to step S17.

Further, when the handset-up detection circuit 9 detects that the handset of the telephone 3 has been picked up, the process proceeds from step 512 to step S15, where the relay B is restored and the switch contact 1
0 from the b position to the a position, and the telephone Ia3 is connected to the central office line Lt.
, connect to L2. Then, in step 516, relay A is deenergized and switch contact 8 is opened, followed by step S1.
At step 7, the response tape deck 2 is rewound and the first response message can be sent again. Then, the process returns to step Sl and waits for the next called call.

On the other hand, when the second set time has elapsed, the timer circuit 5 proceeds from step S13 to step S20, and the audio output circuit 6
is deactivated to stop the ringing sound from the speaker 7, and in the following step 321, the answering tape deck 2 is activated and the second
The response is sent to the central office line Li+L2 via the transformer 11, and the process returns to step SL to prepare for the next call. This second response can be, for example, the response shown below.

``I am very sorry, but I cannot contact you, so please call again tomorrow morning. Please excuse me.'' The operation timing chart of this embodiment is shown in FIG. 3.

Here, when the handset of telephone 4!13 is picked up and the handset pick-up signal is output, contact 10 is held at position a as shown by the broken line, and contact 8 is opened as shown in the figure until the handset is put down or when the handset is picked up. This state is maintained until the line is released.

In the above explanation, a late-night message was used as an example of a response message, but it is not limited to this.
By recording the caller's voice and applying it as an answering machine instead of answering or ringing, it is possible to avoid recording non-urgent calls or mistaken calls, and meet the necessary requirements. It is also possible to record only the

In the above explanation, an example has been explained in which the answer to the called telephone is carried out by the magnetic tape deck 2. However, this is not limited to the magnetic tape deck, and is not limited to the magnetic tape deck.
Of course, it may also be a semiconductor RAM back including a semiconductor memory device, a flexible magnetic recording device, or the like.

FIG. 4 shows an example in which a RAM back is used as a voice response back.

In Figure 4, the same components as in Figure 1 are given the same numbers.
The explanation will be omitted.

In the figure, 12 is a voice response bag that stores the voice to be responded to;
13 is a read/write control unit that performs read/write control for the voice response bag 12;

Reference numeral 14 denotes a microphone for inputting 15 answer voices to be stored (registered) in the voice response bag 12.

In the above configuration, the operator sends voice information to be answered to the called person using the microphone 14 and the read/write control unit 13.
Register via. Then, the registered response voice is read out by the control section 4 or by a control signal from the timer circuit 5, and sent to the incoming lines Ll and L2 via the transformer 11.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, it is no longer necessary to answer a wrong call, and the user is no longer woken up unnecessarily by a wrong call, especially in the middle of the night. , it is possible to provide a telephone response device that can appropriately respond to truly necessary telephone calls.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart of this embodiment, FIG. 3 is an operation timing chart of this embodiment, and FIG. 4 is another embodiment according to the present invention. FIG. In the figure, 1... Called detection circuit, 2... Answer tape deck, 3... Telephone, 4... Control circuit, 5... Timer circuit, 6... Audio output circuit, 7...・Speaker, 8
．． IO...Switch contact, 9...Hook-up detection circuit, 12...Voice response recording back, 13...Read/write control section, 14...Microphone.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) Call detection means for detecting a call from a telephone line;
response means that is activated by the call detection by the call detection means and sends a first response message to the telephone line;
A telephone response device characterized by comprising: a notification means for notifying an incoming call from the telephone line after a predetermined period of time has elapsed after a response from the response means. (2) Furthermore, if the called person does not respond after a predetermined period of time has passed after the notification means starts notifying the called person, the answering means will send a second
2. The telephone response device according to claim 1, further comprising means for transmitting a response message to a telephone line.