JPS6285540A - Transmission system for answer message - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To give no unpleasant feeling to an opposite subscriber at the remote side by setting a waiting state at the initiation of an answer message and securing the coincident timing when the answer message is sent when a circuit is closed after incoming. CONSTITUTION:When a telephone serves as an automatic answering telephone set after an answer message is recorded, an automatic answering set button provided to an operating key 10 is pushed and a control circuit 5 drives a motor 13 to start the reproduction at the middle point of the 1st waiting point P1 of an answer message Ma. This reproduction is carried out enough for a time t1 during which a voice detecting circuit 7 can detect the initiation part of the message Ma. Then the reproduction is stopped when the circuit 7 detects the initiation of the message. The message tape is rewound for the time t1 and stopped at an initiation position P0 of the message to wait for the incoming answer to be sent through a trunk line. Thus the message recording timing is not equal among the telephone sets and therefore the blank time is produced before the message is sent. However the message transmitting timing is equal among those telephone sets when the circuit is closed after incoming.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Technical Field of the Invention) The present invention relates to a recording/playback function associated with a telephone set, and particularly to a method for sending a response message.

(Prior art and its problems) An answering machine with a recording and playback function attached to a telephone, which has the function of recording a message from a caller when an incoming call is received while the user is away, and playing back the recorded content at a desired time. is widely used.

In such answering machines, a response message is recorded in advance on an answering tape, and when the telephone receives a call while the user is away, the response message is played back to indicate that the user of the telephone is not at home. This information is transmitted to the other party by a response message, and the message is recorded if the other party desires. In this case, the response message is prepared in advance by the user of the answering machine as described above, and the recording method will be explained below with reference to FIG.

Generally, an answering machine is provided with a response message recording button or the like for recording a response message, and by pressing the recording button after attaching a response tape, recording is started through a microphone. The recording area (response message area) is set to an area AMa in which a response recording message for recording the other party's message is recorded, and an area AMb in which a response-only message to simply notify that the other party is away is recorded, A message corresponding to each message will be recorded. For example, when recording a response recording message, the response recording area AMa enters recording mode from the midpoint of the first standby point P, and a low-frequency guidance sound (called a bin) instructs to start recording at the initial point. sound), then recording of the response message begins. In a conventional answering machine that has finished recording and is set to answering machine, the position of the playback head in the standby state before an incoming call is at the initial position of the first waiting point P1, and when the line is closed after the incoming call. The configuration is such that playback starts and a recorded message is sent out. However, unlike recording by a trained operator, it is not always possible to record a response message smoothly after the guidance sound is produced, and depending on individual differences, there may be a gap of several seconds between the starting point and the beginning of the message. Of course things will happen. Therefore, after receiving a call, the line is closed and the response message is sent from the first waiting point P, but in reality, the actual response message is sent after a delay of several seconds after the line is closed. .

Therefore, when a caller calls a telephone equipped with an answering machine and receives a response message that is delayed for several seconds after answering, the caller feels uncomfortable and uncomfortable, and the caller's business is subsequently recorded. This will have an adverse effect on the answering machine (call interruption), and the original purpose of the answering machine will not be achieved.

(Purpose of the Invention) The present invention provides a response message that eliminates blank waiting time when the line is closed after receiving a call by adding a device to the sending of the response message so that the response message can be sent smoothly. This provides a transmission method.

(Structure and operation of the invention) The present invention will be explained in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, l is a line connection terminal (Ll, L
4 is an incoming call detection circuit, 5 is a control circuit (CP
U), 6 is a recording/playback circuit, 7 is a voice detection circuit, 8 is a rotation speed detection circuit, 9 is a guidance sound sending circuit, 10 is an operation key, 11 is a head, 12 is a tape, 13 is a motor,
14 is the microphone (old C), 15 is the input gate, 16
is an L relay, 16-1 is a contact of the relay 16, 17 is a speaker (SP), and 18 is a signal transformer.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained. First, in the case of recording a business message from the line as an answering machine, the incoming call detection circuit 4 detects the incoming signal from the lines L+ and Lz via the line connection terminal 1, and the output is sent to the control circuit 5.
makes a judgment, operates the line closing relay 16, and closes its contact 1.
By closing 6-1, a DC loop is created for the telephone line Ll+LZ. The control circuit 5 also operates the tape drive motor 13 to send a response message prerecorded on the tape 12 to the head 11. Recording/playback circuit 6. It is sent to the line L2 via the signal transformer 8.

When the control circuit 5 detects the end of the response message by the voice detection circuit 7, it operates the motor 13, cues up to the recording position, and starts recording. Recording input to the tape 12 is input from circuits XI-+ and Lx via the signal transformer 8, and when the recording is finished and the line is disconnected, the control circuit 5
is configured to restore the L relay 16, drive the motor 13, and stop it at the beginning of the response message on the tape 12 in preparation for the next incoming call.

Next, the response message sending operation of the present invention will be explained. Note that the method for recording the response message is the same as the method described in FIG. 3, so a description thereof will be omitted. When the recording of the response message is completed and the device is to be used as an answering machine, by pressing the answering machine setting S port (not shown) provided on the operation key 10, an answering machine setting signal is input to the control circuit 5, and the control The circuit 5 drives the motor 13 to obtain the first standby point P for the response message AMa shown in FIG.
Playback is started from the midpoint of , and a predetermined time 1+(
Detected by playing the message for several seconds), and stopping the playback at the time of detection by the audio detection circuit 7, and rewinding for the predetermined time t and stopping at the position P0 of the starting end of the response message;
It is configured to wait for an incoming call response from the central office line.

In other words, the timing at which the response message is recorded is uneven in each device, and there is a blank time until the response meso motor is sent out. However, by waiting at the beginning of the response message, the line is closed after the call is received, and the response is answered. All messages are sent to the line at the same timing.

FIGS. 4 and 5 are flowcharts of the above-mentioned operations during recording and cue standby, respectively.

Note that rewinding the predetermined time detected by the audio detection circuit 7 is short, so it is difficult to determine the stop timing using a normal rewinding mechanism. Therefore, in the present invention, since the tape is rewound while pressing the head against the tape, the tape rewind speed is slow and the stop timing can be performed accurately.

Also, in the above explanation, the example of one cassette deck was explained, but
Needless to say, it can also be used in a device using two cassettes.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, according to the response message sending method of the present invention, even if the recording timing of the response messages is inconsistent, the response message can be sent from the beginning of the response message after the line is closed. Since the response message can be sent smoothly, it is possible to realize a response message sending method that does not cause discomfort or discomfort to the other party.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a time chart for explaining the operation of the embodiment of FIG. 1,
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the conventional method, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are flowcharts of the operation of the present invention. I... Line (Ll, L,), 2... Hook switch (H3), 3... Call circuit network, 4... Incoming call detection circuit, 5... Control circuit, 6... Recording・Regeneration circuit, 7...
・Audio detection circuit, 8... Rotation speed detection circuit, 9... Guidance sound sending circuit, 10... Operation key, 11...
head, 12... tape, 13... motor, 14.
...Microphone, 15...Input gate, 16...Shiri relay, 16-1...Contact, 17...Speaker, 18...
...Signal transformer.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Recorded message sending means for reproducing and transmitting a specific information message recorded on a tape in response to line closure at the time of incoming call, and a first rewinding unit for rewinding the tape to a predetermined position after playing the recorded message. means, a reproduction means for reproducing the rewound recorded message, a detection means for detecting a sound portion of the replayed recorded message for a predetermined time, and a predetermined detection time detected by the detection means. a second rewinding means for rewinding the tape of the recorded message by the amount of time and waiting for reproduction and transmission of the specific information message.