JPS6329470B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an audio signal facsimile recording method for recording an audio signal from a telephone as characters on a facsimile terminal on the receiving side.

Although telephone communications occur instantaneously and allow for efficient mutual information exchange, their content is generally not recorded.

Further, in telegraph, facsimile, etc., information is recorded as characters, but on the sender's side, the information input to be transmitted must be the character code or image itself that is compatible with the information.

In the current information age, immediacy such as telephone communication and recordability such as facsimile communication are sometimes required at the same time, but no established method has been found to date.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an audio signal facsimile recording system that eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art and allows audio signals from a caller's telephone to be recorded as characters on a recipient's facsimile terminal.

A feature of the present invention is that a voice signal from a caller's telephone is recognized by a voice recognition device, converted into facsimile information, sent to a facsimile terminal of a called party, and recorded as text on the facsimile terminal. This is based on the facsimile recording method for audio signals.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a relay system diagram of an embodiment of the audio signal facsimile recording system according to the present invention.

Here, 1 is the caller's telephone, 2 is the calling station,
3 is the facsimile terminal of the receiving subscriber; 4 is the facsimile terminal of the called subscriber;
In the receiving station, 5 is a signal conversion station, and 6 is a signal conversion device.

A caller wishes to perform voice signal facsimile recording communication using the telephone 1, and the signal converter 6
When the user dials the specific number assigned to the caller, the caller telephone 1 is connected to the signal conversion device 6 via the connection path A via the calling station 2 and the signal conversion station 5 in a known manner.

As a result, the signal conversion device 6 uses its talkie device or the like to send out notification information sounds such as operation information to the caller, sends out the telephone number of the desired facsimile terminal 3 using the sound button dial, and then,
A desired message is divided into monosyllables by the sender's voice and sent.

When this is completed, the signal converter 6 transmits or does not transmit an acceptance completion tone, and the connection between the caller telephone 1 and the signal converter 6 is restored by on-hook.

The signal conversion device 6 makes a call using the received telephone number of the facsimile terminal 3, and transmits the call to the connection path B via the signal conversion station 5 and the receiving station 4 using a known method.
connection to the facsimile terminal 3.

Thereby, the signal conversion device 6 converts the voice message of the caller into predetermined facsimile information, sends it to the facsimile terminal 3, and records it there.

The above is an overview of this embodiment, but a more detailed explanation will be provided.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the signal conversion device 6 in FIG. 1.

Here, 60A and 60B are interface circuits for other telephone stations, 61 is a hybrid circuit, and 62 is a talkie device for sending out notification information sound.
63 is a push button dial signal receiver; 64 is a push button dial signal receiver;
A voice recognition device 65 is a voice code memory 66
is a character pattern conversion device, 67 is a character pattern memory, and 68 is a push button dial signal transmitter.

First, the signal conversion device 6 is connected to the caller telephone 1 through a connection path A by an interface circuit 60A.

When this is detected by the interface circuit 60A, the talkie device 62 sends a dial request notification tone to the caller telephone 1 through the hybrid circuit 61, for example, "This is...
A device that sends your messages to a fax machine. Please enter the other party's phone number, including the area code, using the push button dial. ” is sent.

On the other hand, when the caller dials the number, the pushbutton dialing signal is received and stored by the pushbutton dialing signal receiver 63 through the hybrid circuit 61.

When the reception is completed, the talkie device 62 again sends out a message request notification sound, for example, ``Please speak the message you wish to send in syllables.''

In response, if the caller inputs one syllable at a time,
The audio signal passes through the hybrid circuit 61,
It is input to the speech recognition device 64 and recognized.

The speech recognition device 64 converts this into, for example, “A”.
101 syllables from to “n” (the ya line is “ya”,
For “Yu”, “Yo”, and “Wa”, only “Wa” should be used, and other,
Includes voiced sounds, semi-voiced sounds, and sulky sounds excluding "も" and "ㅅ". ) (e.g., a 7-bit binary signal that can represent decimal numbers 0 to 127)
Convert to and output sequentially.

The voice code memory 65 receives and stores this in chronological order.

This voice code signal is transmitted to the character pattern converter 6
6, the information is converted into character pattern extraction information for facsimile and stored in the character pattern memory 67.

When the caller finishes speaking the message and turns on the telephone 1, the interface circuit 60
B makes a call to the signal conversion station 6,
The telephone number of the facsimile terminal 3 stored in the push-button dial signal receiver 63 is sent from the push-button dial signal transmitter 68 to the control device (not shown) of the signal conversion station 6.

As a result, the connection path B is set, and when the interface circuit 60B detects this, character pattern information for facsimile is sequentially sent from the character pattern memory 67 to the facsimile terminal 3.

The facsimile terminal 3 receives and records this, and the caller's voice message is recorded as text.

Next, the method of character pattern memory/conversion shown in FIG. 2 will be specifically explained.

FIG. 3 is a principle diagram of an embodiment of a character pattern memory/conversion method in an audio signal facsimile recording system according to the present invention.

The character pattern memory 67 stores, for example, character patterns corresponding to each of the aforementioned syllables (101 pieces).
Audio code signal No. 0 to No. 100, that is,
Only 101 items are stored in memory corresponding to “0000000” to “1100100”.

The memory for each character pattern is composed of words No. 0 to No. 15, each consisting of 16 bits, as shown in FIGS. 3a and 3b (examples for the syllables "a" and "su").

This stroke part corresponds to each syllable character, for example, "1" (indicated by an x mark in the figure), and the blank part becomes a "0" (indicated by no cross mark in the figure). It's summery.

When the character pattern extraction information is sequentially inputted from the character pattern conversion device 66, the character pattern memory 67 corresponds to the character pattern extraction information as shown in FIG. 3c.
One line of characters recorded and output from facsimile terminal 3
Assuming 16 characters, 16 character pattern memories for one line of the character are sequentially stored, for example, "A" in Figure 3c,
Regarding "S" and "KA", the bit information of each No. 0 word to No. 15 word of each character pattern memory is taken out as pixel information as 16 lines of image information of facsimile information and sent from the interface circuit 60B. do.

Therefore, one line of this facsimile information consists of 16×16=256 bits.

In the facsimile terminal 3, when 16 lines are recorded, it becomes one line of characters, and the next line of characters is recorded in the same way.

Furthermore, depending on the format of the facsimile terminal 3, the facsimile information is stored in "0" or "0" in the character pattern memory.
"1" is converted from digital to analog and other necessary facsimile information is added and sent.

In the above embodiment, only monosyllable recognition was explained, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to this.

i.e. certain characters, e.g. numbers 0-9
Since it is more convenient to recognize the words as they are, it is also possible to have such specific syllable patterns recognized and output.

Although the caller telephone 1 has been described as a push-button dial type, if the dial pulse can be converted into a push-button dial signal during the exchange stage, the caller telephone 1 may be of the normal dial pulse type. It can be anything.

Furthermore, if a voice response device is used in place of the talkie device 62 of the signal conversion device 6, it is possible to repeat the phone number of the other party's facsimile terminal sent by the caller, in addition to the simple talk sound, and request the caller to confirm the caller's phone number. There are conveniences.

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, information can be easily transmitted as a text record from any telephone to a desired party, and therefore a remarkable effect can be obtained in improving the convenience of telephone services.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a relay system diagram of an embodiment of the audio signal facsimile recording method according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the signal conversion device 6 in FIG. 1, and FIG. , is a principle diagram of an embodiment of a character pattern memory/conversion method. 1... Caller telephone, 2... Originating station, 3... Facsimile terminal, 4... Receiving station, 5... Signal converting station, 6... Signal converting device, 60A, 60B...
Interface circuit, 61... Hybrid circuit, 62... Talkie device, 63... Push button dial signal receiver, 64... Voice recognition device, 65...
...Voice code memory, 66...Character pattern converter, 67...Character pattern memory, 68...Push button dial signal transmitter.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a telephone switching system including telephone switching means connecting at least a telephone and a facsimile, the telephone switching means includes a voice recognition means for recognizing voice signals and a voice recognized by the voice recognition means. and a conversion means for converting into a character signal, transmitting from the caller's telephone the designation information of the destination facsimile terminal and a message in the form of an audio signal to be transmitted to the destination facsimile terminal, and the telephone exchange means An audio signal facsimile recording method characterized in that a destination facsimile terminal is activated based on the specified information, and a character signal obtained by converting the message based on the audio signal is sent as facsimile information. 2 In the method described in claim 1,
The telephone exchange means is characterized in that, after the caller telephone and the signal conversion means are connected, the telephone exchange means sends to the caller telephone, notification information requesting transmission of the message using the voice signal. Audio signal facsimile recording method. 3 In the method described in claim 2,
A voice signal facsimile recording method characterized in that the telephone exchange means includes a voice response means, whereby designation information of a destination facsimile terminal received from the caller telephone is sent as an audio signal to the caller telephone. . 4. In the method set forth in claim 1, 2, or 3, the speech recognition means recognizes the input speech signal by dividing it into predetermined monosyllables, and the conversion means recognizes the input speech signal by dividing it into predetermined monosyllables, and the conversion means recognizes the input speech signal by dividing it into predetermined monosyllables. A voice signal facsimile recording method characterized in that a character signal is created by extracting a character pattern corresponding to each monosyllable voice recognized by the voice recognition means from the pattern. 5 In the method described in claim 1,
A voice signal facsimile recording method characterized in that the caller's telephone transmits specific information indicating that the caller wishes to receive the voice conversion service. 6 In the method described in claim 1,
A voice signal facsimile recording system, characterized in that a signal conversion device comprising the voice recognition means and the conversion means is coupled to the telephone exchange means.