JPS63227244A - Automatic answering telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To respond to a case that the content of a message is desired to be changed even when it occurs unexpectedly due to the change of a schedule, by enabling the content of the message of the principal of the owner of an automatic answering telephone system to be changed from the outside. CONSTITUTION:A control means collates the content of a DTMF signal with content set in advance, and generates an update command to update and record the content of the message of an incoming call party side only when they coincide, and generates an automatic recording command when no coincidence is obtained. Therefore, in a call state where a mode of automatic answering is set, a voice received after that is recorded as the message to the incoming call party when an automatic answering recording update command arrives, and when the update command arrives, the voice received after that is updated and recorded as the message to the incoming call party side. Thereby, it is possible to update and record the message to the incoming call party side from the outside. In such a way, lt is possible to change the message easily when the schedule is changed at the outside, etc., and to supply a required message fitted to status to a caller.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an answering machine having a built-in answering machine function.

(Prior Art) A home away from home 11g1 that has been equipped with a conventional recording and reproducing device to be able to record and reproduce messages! I have an i-device. This type of device has the answering function turned on, as shown in Figure 4! 1m (sl), and when there is an incoming call (82), the recording/playback device is played back and the recorded message is conveyed to the other party (S4), after which it enters the recording state and stands by, and the message is received from the other party. Check whether there is one (S5). Then, if there is a message from the other party, the contents are recorded (
S6). On the other hand, if there is no incoming call, or if there is no message from the other party even if there is an incoming call, or if the message has been recorded, the device enters a standby state. If the answering function 1 is off in S2, the process moves to S7 and the answering function is not performed.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) In this way, the answering machine has the answering function turned on, and when there is an incoming call, it plays the recording and playback device to convey the recorded message to the other party, and then records the message. If there is a message from the other party, the message will be recorded, and if there is no message from the other party even if there is an incoming call, or if the message has been recorded, it will enter the standby state. becomes.

In this way, when a call was received, the recording and playback device was activated to transmit the message, and if there was a message from the other party, it was recorded so that the recipient could listen to the message later. It is something.

By the way, in such a conventional answering machine, in order to change the contents of a message that has been recorded in advance by the recording device of the answering machine function, it is necessary to operate the manual operation button of the answering machine to record the message. Therefore, it is not possible for the owner of the answering machine to change the message content sent to a third party while away from home, and even if there is an emergency schedule change and the message content needs to be changed, there is a drawback that it is not possible to change the message content. Ta.

Therefore, the purpose of this invention is to enable the owner of the answering machine to easily change the message content from the outside, so that even if there is an emergency schedule change and the message content needs to be changed, the owner of the answering machine can easily change the message content from outside. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an answering machine that can handle the situation.

[Structure of the invention]

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is configured as shown in FIG. Namely, the answering machine detecting means 1 is configured in advance to put the answering machine into a talking state when a call arrives, the DTMF signal detecting means 3 detects and outputs a DTMF signal from the receiving signal received from the answering circuit 2, and the answering machine An update command that generates an answering machine playback command when a call is in progress due to an incoming call, and when the DTMF signal is received after the playback ends, the content of this DTMF signal is compared with the preset content, and only when there is a match, the content of the message on the called party is updated and recorded. , and otherwise generates an answering machine recording command, and upon receiving an answering machine playback command, reproduces the contents of the recorded message from the called party and outputs it to the transmission circuit 5, and also outputs the update command. The device is equipped with a recording and reproducing means 1 for updating and recording the received voice as a message on the called party's side, and for recording the received voice as a message for the transmitted message during the answering machine when an answering machine recording command is received.

(Function) In such a configuration, a message to be conveyed to the other party when the person is away is recorded in advance as a message from the called party in the recording and reproducing means. Then, when you go out, set the answering machine to operate. In such a state, when a call is received, the incoming call detection means during answering detects this and the call is placed into a talking state.

Then, the control means generates an answering machine playback command, which causes the generation recording and playback means to play back the contents of the recorded message from the called party and output it to the transmission circuit. As a result, the contents of the message on the called party's side are conveyed to the other party as voice. Next, the caller's message will be recorded. At this time, when the caller presses a designated button on the telephone, the corresponding DT will be recorded.
An MF signal will be transmitted. The DTMF signal detection means which receives this signal from the receiver circuit detects the DTMF signal and supplies it to the control means. And the control means is this DTM
The contents of the F signal are compared with the preset contents, and only when they match, an update command is generated to update and record the contents of the message on the called party's side, and when they do not match, an answering machine recording command is generated. Therefore, in the call state during answering, when an answering machine recording update command is received, the voice that is subsequently received is recorded as a message to the called party, and when the update command is received, the voice that is received during the call is recorded. An updated message will be recorded as a message from the other party. Therefore,
It is now possible to update and record the caller's message from outside the home, and when plans change while on the go, the message can be easily changed and the necessary message can be given to the caller according to the situation. become.

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an answering machine that allows a user to easily change a message sent to a third party while away from home.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of this device.
1 is a public line, 12 is a telephone hook switch, and 13 is a line switch connected in parallel to the hook switch 12. Reference numeral 14 denotes a telephone circuit, which has functional circuits necessary for a telephone, such as a 2-wire to 4-wire conversion circuit and a balance circuit.

15 is this telephone circuit 14 and the hook switch 12. This is a handset connected to a public telephone line via a line switch 13. Further, 16 is an incoming call detection circuit, and 17 receives an incoming call signal given through the telephone circuit 14, and sends an audio signal of the incoming call signal to a recording/playback device (to be described later), and also sends a DT corresponding to a button.
D that detects MF (dual tone multi-frequency) signals, converts the signal contents into digital code, and outputs it.
It is a TMF detection circuit. Reference numeral 18 is an input section for various operation keys such as a funk simulator key, and 19 is a display section for displaying modes and the like. Reference numeral 20 denotes CβU, which constitutes a controlled product, which closes the line switch 13 and activates the recording/reproducing device 21 by the output of the incoming call detection circuit 1G, and transmits a reproduced message via the telephone circuit 14 and also listens to the received message. For recording, and for DTMF signal receiving circuit 1
7 operates the recording/reproducing bag W121 to perform update recording of the change message given via the telephone circuit 14, execute the contents commanded by the key human power section 18, and set the mode. or I on the display section 19.
It has functions such as ll and till.

In such a configuration, the contents of the message desired to be sent are recorded in advance in the voice recording area of the recording/reproducing bag [21].

Now, when the answering machine function is off, it shows the same function as a normal telephone, but if the answering machine function is turned on by operating the key power section 18, for example, the answering machine function is activated and becomes an answering machine. This functions when the CPU 20 executes software to create the Ill Ill 1.

In other words, to explain this operation, first turn on the answering function. Thereby, the CPU 20 checks whether the answering function is off or not, and if the answering function is on, it is possible to execute tiIJtll for the answering function.

In this state, if there is an incoming call, the incoming call detection circuit 16 detects this and sends a detection signal to the CPU 20.

Upon receiving this, the CPU 20 recognizes the incoming call and controls the line switch 13 to close. As a result, the telephone circuit 14 is connected to the public line 11 and enters a talking state.

Then, the CPU 20 controls the recording and reproducing bag W121 to reproduce the recorded message.

Therefore, the recording and reproducing bag [21] reproduces the contents of the called party's message recording area, and the reproduced voice is sent to the public line 11 via the telephone circuit 14 and transmitted to the other party. When the reproduction of the message is finished, the CPU 20 starts the DTMF signal receiving circuit 1.
7, and a reception signal from the other party. When the sender (calling party) inputs some kind of signal, for example, a preset recording start code by operating a button on the telephone, this signal is transmitted as a DTMF signal via the telephone circuit 14 to the DTMF signal receiving circuit 17. given to. The DTMF signal receiving circuit 17 detects this, encodes it, and sends it to the CPU 20. The CP tJ 20 checks this against a preset code to determine whether or not the caller is the owner of the telephone. r! If you are the owner of episode 1, CP
Ll 20 starts update recording to the owner's message recording area (receiver's message recording area) of the recording and reproducing bag [21].

Also, if the codes do not match or if the received signal is voice, it is determined that the recipient is not the owner, and the recipient takes a message from the other party.

If there is voice sent, it is sent to the recording/reproducing bag W121 via the DTMF signal receiving circuit 17, so that the caller's message is recorded by the recording/reproducing device 21! It will be recorded in area II.

If there is no message, the call will be terminated, so the CPU 20 will stop the recording/reproducing bag [21] and will be in a standby state until the next call arrives. When the owner returns and listens to the audio signal recorded in the recording/reproduction bag [21], he/she may operate the key manual section 18 to perform reproduction.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the answering function of this device. When the answering machine function is turned on (S11), it is monitored whether there is an operation to turn off the answering machine function (512), and if there is no operation, the presence or absence of an incoming call is monitored (S13). And if there is no incoming call, (s
t2) and enters a standby state. In addition, at 813, if there is an incoming call, the message is played back (514), the prerecorded message content is played back (514), and then when the caller sends a preset recording start code, it is decoded. Verify and confirm (815). Then, if they match, the input message is updated and recorded in the area to be played when an incoming call is received while the user is away (816), and then the process returns to 812 and enters a standby state. At 815, if there is no discrepancy or there is no recording start code, the system enters the recording mode for the message from the other party,
If a message is input from the other party, record it (518)
, when the process is completed, the process returns to 812 and becomes a standby state. In 812, if the call is terminated without a message being input from the other party, the process returns to 812 and becomes a standby state. Further, in 812, if the answering machine function is turned off, the answering machine function is turned off (s19).

As detailed above, this device is equipped with a PIN code verification function so that the recording/playback device can update and record the owner's message, and the DTMF signal receiving circuit receives and verifies the PIN code using the DTMF signal. , when they match, the voice is updated and recorded in the owner's message recording area of the recording/playback device. Therefore, you can change the message you want to send to the other party while you are away, and when you change your schedule while you are out, you can easily change the message and give the caller the necessary message according to the situation. .

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above and shown in the drawings, but can be implemented with appropriate modifications within the scope of the gist thereof.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an answering machine that allows a user to easily change a message sent to a third party while away from home.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the invention, Fig. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the device shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a conventional It is a flowchart for explaining an example. 1... Means for detecting incoming call during answering, 2... Receiving circuit, 3
DTMF signal detection means, 4 Ill 1 means, 5 transmission circuit, 6 recording and playback means, 11...
・Public line, 12... Hook switch, 13... Line switch, 14... Telephone circuit, 15... Handset, 16... Incoming call detection circuit, 11... DTM
F signal receiving circuit, 18...key manual section, 19...display section, 20...CPU, 21...recording/playback device. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] An incoming call detection means during answering which is set in advance to be in a talking state when a call is received; a DTMF signal detecting means which detects and outputs a DTMF signal from a reception signal received from an answering circuit; and a talking state due to an incoming call while answering When it receives the DTMF signal after the playback is finished, it compares the contents of this DTM signal with the preset contents, and only when they match, generates an update command to update and record the contents of the message on the called party's side, etc. The control means generates an answering machine recording command, and upon receiving an answering machine playback command, reproduces the contents of the recorded message on the called party's side and outputs it to the transmitting circuit, and also transmits the received voice on the called party's side according to the update command. Record an update as a message, and
An answering machine comprising a recording and reproducing means for recording a received voice as a sender's message on an answering machine upon receiving an answering machine recording command.