JPS636945A - Automatic answering telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify a telephone call to an opponent by being composed of a means to store the information from a telephone set to a memory, a means to reproduce and display stored information and a means to dial automatically the displayed information to the opponent. CONSTITUTION:When stored information is reproduced to a memory M, while a handset 4 is hooked on, the presence and absence of incoming is confirmed to a display part 14, and when the displaying of the incoming is executed, an address key 15 corresponding to an incoming display part 14A is operated. At a clock display part 14 of the display part 14, the time when a caller stores is displayed, and the telephone number of the caller is displayed. Based on the telephone number information, etc., displayed at the display part 14, the handset 4 is hooked off, and the telephone call is made to the opponent. While the handset 4 is hooked on, monitoring is executed by a speaker, a corresponding address key 15 displayed at the incoming display part 14A is key-operated, and the telephone call is made to the opponent. Thus, the telephone call to the opponent can be simplified.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) A device for storing the telephone number of a person who called while the present invention was away;
The present invention relates to an answering machine that reproduces and displays a telephone number stored by a user and automatically dials the other party.

(Prior art) Although a general telephone can display the number of calls when the other party calls while you are away, it is completely unknown who the other party is. there were.

To eliminate this problem, ask the other party to record a message using a telephone equipped with an answering machine, listen to the recorded telephone number, take notes, and then call the person who is calling for the first time. Ta.

In order for a user to check who is calling the answering machine, it is necessary to playback the answering machine's storage means in which messages are stored. It was troublesome to take notes of phone numbers.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) Even if the conventional telephone with an answering machine recognizes the person who called you while you were away, the other party does not record your phone number. I had to look up his phone number. Even if the other party recorded the call, it was a hassle to write down the other party's phone number, coupled with the hassle of playing the answering machine.

The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned problems and allows the DT of the other party's phone to be
MF (Dia1choOne) Iulti Frequ
ency, hereinafter referred to as MF. ) The signal is recorded in memory and the recorded telephone number is displayed, and if necessary, the recorded telephone number is read out and dialed automatically.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention automatically closes the line in response to a call from the other party to receive the call, and then sends out a prerecorded message. Based on this message, the other party's phone number is dialed from the other party's phone, and the dial information sent is stored in memory.The information from the stored phone is displayed and can be sent to the other party as needed. I had it dial automatically.

(Function) After the telephone answering machine of the present invention has closed the line, the telephone number of the other party is dialed from the other party's telephone using a pre-recorded message, and the telephone number of the other party is stored in the memory stored in the answering machine. do. After returning home, the user can replay the information stored in the memory and automatically send a desired telephone number in the memory to the other party if necessary.

(Example) An example of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

First, the telephone function of the answering machine 1aTAM at home will be explained. The presence/absence mode setting circuit 1, which sets a mode depending on presence or absence, is set to present, and this state is commanded to the control section 2. The bell sound generator 3 generates a bell signal in response to a calling signal from a caller entering the lines L1 and L2. When the user hooks off the handset 4, the hook switch H8 is connected from contact A to contact L. The connection state of the hook switch H3 is given to the control section 2 from the hook information section 5. When the hook switch IS commands the hook-off state, the receiving signal and the sending signal of the handset 4 are sent to the switch 1, K2, the communication circuit 6 whose mode has been determined to be in the talking state by the control unit 2, and the diode bridge DB. You can now talk to the caller.

When the user makes a call to the other party, the user hooks off the handset 4 and dials the telephone number of the other party using the dial key DK. The control unit 2 sends a signal to the MF multiplier signal communication circuit 6 corresponding to the operation key of the dial key DK, and determines the mode of the communication circuit 6 according to the MF dispatch form. The control unit 2 also controls the centan 7 to generate dial pulses.

The telephone number information and the dial pulse are sent to the lines L1 and L2 via the diode bridge DB to call the other party, thereby making it possible to talk to the other party.

Next, a description will be given of the answering machine function of the answering machine TAM, which automatically responds to callers who call during the user's absence.

First, the present/absent mode setting circuit 1 is set to the absent mode, and the controller 2 is commanded to be set to the absent mode. When a call is received from the caller, the incoming call detection circuit 8 detects the incoming call and inputs the information to the control unit 2. The control unit 2 outputs a closing signal to the line closing circuit 9, turns on the closing switch 3, and connects the answering machine TAM and the lines L1 and L.
Connect 2. The control section 2 drives the message generating section 10 to send the contents of a pre-stored response message to the caller, thereby informing the caller that the caller is currently away.

When the called party wants to receive a call after returning home, the user is informed of the procedure for storing the called party's telephone number in the memory M in the control unit 2 by a prerecorded response message. Upon hearing the message, the user follows the procedure of the response message and sends out an MF multiplied signal corresponding to the telephone number issued by the caller's telephone. The signal is input from the MF multiplier signal lines L1 and L2, and is introduced into the MF decoder 11 via the diode bridge DB, the communication circuit 6 whose mode is determined by the control of the control section 2, and the switch 1. The MF decoder 11 detects the input MF multiplied signal, displays the incoming call, determines the address, and stores the memory M in the control unit 2.
Store in.

After the storage is completed, the control section 2 controls the message generation section 10', and sends a message from the message generation section 9 to the lines L1 and L2 to confirm whether or not the telephone number information has been correctly stored. Further, after the storage is completed, the message generation unit 10 sends a message indicating whether or not input of a password is required to maintain the confidentiality of the stored information. If the PIN number is to be recorded, the caller stores it in the memory M by operating the dial keys of the telephone according to the message procedure. The control unit 2 again drives the message generation unit 10 to confirm by message whether the password has been input. If the input is accurate and there is no re-input, either the detection signal is not applied to the control section 2 from the voice detection circuit 12 that detects the voice signal, or the control section 2 turns off the switch 3 according to the sequence to open the line. When the user hooks off the handset 4 in the middle of this sequence, inputting a hook-off command from the hook information section 5 to the control section 2 erases the memory of the address at the time when the handset 4 was hooked off and puts the handset 4 into a talking state.

In other words, the off-footer information of the hook information section 5 has priority over the absence mode setting of the presence/absence mode setting circuit 1. When storing telephone number information, time information of the clock 13 is also automatically stored.

When the user reproduces the information stored in the memory M, the user checks whether there is an incoming call on the display section 14 while keeping the handset 4 on the hook. The display section 14 is configured as shown in FIG.

If an incoming call is displayed on the display unit 14, the address key 15 corresponding to the incoming call display unit 14A is operated. The clock display section 14B of the display section 14 displays the time when the caller stored the time, and the telephone number display section 14C displays the caller's telephone number. PIN code presence/non-display section 1
If the 4D is displayed, the password is input, for example, by operating the dial key DK, and if the passwords do not match, the telephone number etc. will not be displayed.

Based on the telephone number information etc. displayed on the display section 14, the handset 4 is hooked off to make a call to the other party. Alternatively, you can listen to the call through the speaker, that is, keep the handset 4 on the hook and monitor the call through the speaker on the incoming call display section 14A.
Press the corresponding address key 15 displayed on the screen to make a call to the other party. Answering machine Qi after the call ends
The TAM switches 1 to 3 and the hook switch H8 are switched as shown in the figure to enter the standby state.

How the control unit 2 realizes the operation shown in FIG. 1 will be explained using the flowcharts in FIGS. 3 and 4.

FIG. 3 shows a flowchart when a call is received from the other party. First, in step S1, it is checked whether the presence/absence mode setting circuit 1 is absent. If there is no call, the process proceeds to step S2, and if there is an incoming call, the process proceeds to step S3, where it is confirmed that the incoming call detection circuit 8 has detected the incoming call. The fact that the incoming call detection circuit 8 has detected an incoming call is displayed in step S4, and the switch 3 is turned on in step S5 to close the lines L+ and L2. In step S6, the message generating section 10 is driven to send a message to the lines L1 and L2 via the switch 2, the communication circuit 6, and the diode bridge DB, and then the process proceeds to step S7. In step S7, the MF sent by the calling party according to the procedure in step S6
Look at the output of the MF decoder 11 that detects the double signal. Based on the output of the MF decoder 11, step S8
Store in. Similarly, in step S9, the time information of the clock 13 is also stored in the memory M. Step SIO drives the message generating section 10 to send out a message indicating the completion of the store when the store in step Sa and S3 is completed. Store in step S10 is OK for step S++
If it is No, return to step S7, and Y
If ES, the process advances to step S12. In step S12, the message generator 10 is activated to ask the caller for his or her personal identification number. Step SI3 determines whether or not to input a password. If the input is to be made, proceed to step S14, and enter the M
The ~IF signal detected by the F decoder 11 is processed in step S+s.
Store it in memory M. Step S16 drives the message generating section 10 and sends the end message to the line L+,
Send to L2. In step S17, it is determined whether the PIN has been stored, and if it has not been stored, step 3
Returning to step 14, if the data has been stored, the process advances to step Sea. At step Sea, it is checked whether the voice detection circuit 12 outputs a voice detection signal, and if no voice is detected, the line is released at step S+9.

FIG. 4 shows a flowchart for reproducing the telephone number information stored in the memory M in the control section 2. As shown in FIG.

That is, it is checked in step S1 whether or not there is an incoming call on the incoming call display section 14A of the display section 14. In step S2, it is determined whether there is a PIN number, and if there is a PIN number, the PIN number is input in step S3.

If the passwords match in step S4, the process advances to step S5, and the other party's phone number is displayed on the phone number display section 14C. In step S6, a call is made to the other party, and in step S7, a telephone conversation state is set with the other party.

When the user hooks on after the call ends, the line is released in step S8.

As described above, information such as the telephone number of the caller can be stored in memory by the caller's operation while the caller is away. Information such as phone number can be displayed when sending. If a PIN is required, the phone number cannot be displayed or sent to the other party unless it matches the PIN stored in memory.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to confirm from the display who called while the user was away, and at the same time, it is possible to easily call the other party.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a circuit configuration diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing the main parts of FIG. 1, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are flow charts showing the operation of the main parts of FIG. 1. It is. 2...Control unit 3...Incoming call detection circuit 9...Line closing circuit 10...Message generation unit M...Memory 14...Display unit 15...Address key Applicant: Toshiba Corporation Agent Patent Attorney Sasa Suyama - Figure 4 Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] A call receiving means automatically closes the line in response to a call from the other party to receive the call, a sending means sends out a pre-recorded message after receiving the call, and a call receiving means automatically closes the line in response to a call from the other party; A storage means for storing in a memory the information sent from the telephone after dialing one's own telephone number from the telephone; a display means for reproducing and displaying the information from the telephone stored in the memory means; An answering machine comprising means for automatically dialing information from a telephone set displayed on a display means to a called party as necessary.