JPS63179653A - Automatic answering telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To know the importance and emergency of a message of affair by storing the message sent from a caller and its reception date and reproducing the message and the received data after return home. CONSTITUTION:After a message of affair sent from a caller is recorded on a magnetic tape 9a, the present numeral data of month/day/hour/minute stored in a present data storage section 15 is read and the numeral data is converted into a DTMF signal respectively by controlling a DTMF signal sending means 16 and recorded on the tape 9a. In depressing a reproduction mode key of the operation section 12, after the message is reproduced, a DTMF signal detection means 17 detects the DTMF signal and converts it into the numeral data of month/day/hour/minute, they are transferred to a received date storage section 18 and displayed on a display means 19. Thus, the importance and urgency of the message of affair are acquired.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] Industrial applications The present invention relates to an answering machine.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when an answering machine of this type automatically receives a call on the central office line while the answering machine is in the answering mode, it sends a prerecorded response message to the central office line, and responds to the response message sent by the caller. The message is recorded on a recording medium such as magnetic tape or IC memory.

These business messages are sequentially recorded each time a call is automatically received while the user is away, and the user can learn the contents by sequentially reproducing the business messages into audio after returning home.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, with the above-mentioned conventional answering machine, the message from the caller is sequentially recorded on a recording medium each time a caller automatically receives an incoming call while the user is away. If the user then returns home and plays back the message, only the content of the message is played back, and therefore the importance and urgency of the message cannot be known.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide an answering machine that can learn the importance and urgency of business messages when they are played back.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention stores the business message sent from the caller when the caller is away and the date and time of its reception, and stores the business message and the reception date and time after returning home. It is characterized in that it is configured to be played back.

According to the present invention, with the above configuration, the message and the date and time of its reception are reproduced, so that the importance and urgency of the message can be known.

EXAMPLES Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the answering machine according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 to 4 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the answering machine shown in FIG. 1, particularly the control section 13. It is.

On the left side of Figure 1, 1 is the central office line L1°L2 when one call is received.
or send a dial signal to the central office line Ll, L2 when making a call.
A telephone communication circuit 2 is connected to the central office line L1. L
An incoming call detecting section 3 detects an incoming call signal from the incoming call signal from the incoming call detecting section 2, and a ringer drive circuit 3 drives a ringer 3a to generate an incoming call in response to an instruction from the incoming call detecting section 2 in the call mode.

On the right side of FIG. 1, 4 is an analog switch that turns on/off the audio signal line S1 through which the received audio signal from the communication circuit 1 and the audio signal of the business message to be described later flows, and 6 is
an amplifier that amplifies the audio signal from the analog switch 4;
6 is a speaker that reproduces the audio signal from the amplifier 6 into audio; A is a microphone that sends the audio signal to the audio signal line S2 in order to pre-record a response message to be described later;
8 records the response message on magnetic tape 8a.

Further, a head 9 for reproduction records the message on the magnetic tape 9a and a head 1 for reproduction.
o is a recording and reproducing section that drives the heads 8.9, and 11 is a deck section that drives the magnetic tapes 8a and 9a described above.

In the lower part of FIG. 1, reference numeral 12 denotes an operation section for inputting various instructions to this answering machine, and this operation section 12 includes a dial key for inputting a dial number,
Recording mode key to pre-record a response message to be sent to the caller when an answering call is received; a response message is sent to the caller when an answering call is received, and a message from the caller in response to this response message is recorded. It has an absent mode key for setting a normal call mode, a call mode key for setting a normal call mode, a playback mode key for playing back a business message, etc.

When the recording mode key of the operation section 12 is pressed, the deck section 1
1 and the recording/reproducing section 10 are driven, and a response message voice, for example, "Yes, this is OO. I'm away at the moment, so please follow the sound of ΔΔ and explain your business." is inputted via the microphone 7. Then, this audio signal is recorded in advance on the magnetic tape 8a for the response message.

Further, by operating the recording mode key again, an end mark tone indicating the end of a response message from the frequency transmitter 21, which will be described later, is recorded in advance on the magnetic tape 8a.

13 is a control unit that performs operations to be described later; 14 is a current “
Clock function that calculates the month, day, 1 o'clock, and minute, 1
6 is the "month", "1st", "hour", "
The current date and time storage section 16, in which the numerical data of each minute is updated and stored one by one, stores the numerical data of the current date and time storage section 16 when you are away from home. DTMF signal sending means 17 converts the DTMF signal into a signal and sends it to the audio signal line S1, and the DTMF signal sending means 17 converts the DTMF signal on the audio signal line Sl into numerical data during playback mode.
'MF signal detection means 18 is DTM Ii'
A reception date and time storage section 19 stores data from the signal detection means 17.

The numerical data in the reception date and time storage unit 18 are respectively set to "month" and "
This is a display means that displays "day", "hour", and "L minutes".

Further, 2o is a frequency/tone detection unit that detects an audio signal of a predetermined frequency such as an ending sound, a continuous sound, a silence, and a cycle sound on the audio signal line Si, and 21 is an audio signal line S.
1 is a frequency transmitter that transmits an end mark tone of a predetermined frequency.

Next, the operation of the control section 13 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.

First, when the absent mode key of the operation section 12 is pressed, the control section 13 performs the operation shown in FIG. 2.

In step (hereinafter referred to as ST) 1, when the incoming call detection section 2 detects an incoming call signal, the process proceeds to ST2, and by controlling the communication circuit 1, the central office line 7 and L2 are closed.

Next, in ST3, the deck section 11 is driven and the recording and reproducing section 10 is put into a reproducing state, thereby reproducing the response message on the magnetic tape 8a and transmitting it to the station lines L1 and L2.

When the frequency/tone detection section 20 detects the end mark tone of the response message during the transmission of the response message, the process proceeds from ST4 to ST5, and the drive of the deck section 11 is stopped, thereby stopping the transmission of the response message.

Continuation (S'r6) drives the deck section 11 and puts the recording/playback section 10 into the recording state, and records the message sent by the caller in response to the response message on the magnetic tape 9a.
to record.

For example, when the frequency/tone detection section 20 detects silence, continuous sound, intermittent sound, etc. for a predetermined period of time, it determines that the sending of the business message has ended, and controls the frequency sending section 21 to output a tone signal of a predetermined frequency. Send. Then, after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the transmission of the tone signal is stopped, and from ST7 to S'r
8, a reception date and time recording routine as detailed in FIG. 3 is executed.

In 5T81 shown in FIG. 3, the current "month", "day", "1 o'clock", "minute" stored in the current date and time storage unit 16
By reading out each numerical data and controlling the DTMF signal sending means 6, the numerical data is converted to DT.
Convert to MF signal, [Moon J (ST82.5T83),
“Day J (ST84.5T85), [Time J (STscs
, ST87) and "minute" (STsa, 5T89) are recorded on the message magnetic tape 9a.

Returning to FIG. 1, in ST9, the deck section 11 and the recording/playback section 1
0 stops the recording of the business message, 5T10 drives the deck section 11 to reversely rotate the response message magnetic tape 8a to find the beginning, and S'l'11 stops the recording of the message. 1 to control the station line L1,
Open L2 and prepare for the next call when you are away.

Similarly, when a call is received while the caller is away, the caller's business message and the date and time of reception are sequentially recorded on the magnetic tape 9a.

Next, the case of reproducing the business message will be explained with reference to FIG.

When the playback mode key of the operation unit 12 is pressed.

At 8T21, the deck section 11 is driven to rewind the message message magnetic tape 9a, and at 5T22, the recording/reproducing section 1o is put into the playback state and the message for one message is read out from the magnetic tape 9a. Furthermore, by turning on the analog switch 4, the audio is reproduced via the amplifier 5 and speaker 6.

After reproducing the business message, the DTMF signal detection means 17
) When the TMI- signal is detected (ST24) and converted into mathematical data of "month", "day", "hour", and "minute", this numerical data is transferred to the reception date and time storage section 18 (5T26) When all the numerical data are transferred to the reception date and time storage section 1B, the numerical data in the reception date and time storage section 18 is displayed on the display means 19 (i91'26).

Therefore, who uses this answering machine?

After returning home, the content of the message can be known by voice, and the date and time of reception can be learned from the display.

Continuing (In ST27, the frequency/tone detection unit 2° detects the reproduced audio signal to determine whether or not the business message is still recorded on the magnetic tape 9a, and if the business message is still recorded. Return to 5T22,
Plays the audio of the next message and displays the reception date and time.

When the audio playback and display of the reception date and time of all message messages are completed, the process advances from 5T27 to 5T2B, and the deck section 11
Stops driving.

According to the above embodiment, the numerical data indicating the current date and time of the clock function 14 is converted into a DTMF signal and recorded together with the message, and when the message is returned home, the message is played aloud, and the date and time of receipt of the message is recorded. Since the message is configured to be displayed, the user can learn the message by voice and also know the date and time of reception by the display.

In the embodiment described above, the response message, business message, and reception date and time are recorded and played back via the magnetic tapes 8a and 9a. Of course, it may be configured.

Note that when the call mode key on the operation section 12 is pressed, the normal call mode is set, and when the dial key on the operation section 12 is operated, the call circuit 1 sends a dial signal to the office lines L1 and L2, thereby enabling a call. In addition, in the case of an incoming call, the ringer 3a is driven by the incoming call detection section 2 and the ringer drive circuit 3,
A call can be made by taking the handset 1a off-hook.

As described in detail, the present invention is configured to store the message sent from the caller when the caller is away and the date and time of its reception, and to reproduce the message and the date and time of reception after returning home. This has the effect of being able to learn the importance and urgency of the message.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the answering machine according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2, 3, and 4 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the answering machine shown in FIG. 1・
It is. 6...Speaker, 8.9...Magnetic head, 8a...
・Magnetic tape for response message, 9a... Magnetic tape for message message, 1o... Recording/playback section, 11...
Deck part, 12... Operation part, 13... Control part, 14
. . . Clock function, 16 . . DTMF signal sending means, 17 . . . DT to IF signal detection means, 19 . . . Display means.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) An answering machine having means for storing a business message sent from a caller when the caller is away and the date and time of its reception, and a means for reproducing the business message and the reception date and time of the storage means. (2) a clock function that calculates the current date and time; a means for converting the current date and time of the clock function into a DTMF signal and storing it in the storage means as the reception date and time of the business message; and a DTMF signal stored in the storage means Claim 1, further comprising means for converting a signal into a reception date and time, wherein the reproduction means reproduces the business message in a voice and also reproduces the reception date and time in a display. Answering machine.