KR0122448B1 - Auto-answering machine - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a method and apparatus to remotely replay an automatic response message by a speaker within a cellular apparatus of a wireless automatic response telephone. The apparatus comprises a controller, a switch, an amplifier and a speaker. The controller outputs a switching signal according to a remote control signal. The switch is operated by the switching signal from controller. The amplifier amplifies the automatic response message according to the operation of switch. The speaker outputs the amplified automatic response message as a voice. Thereby, user is able to conveniently hear the automatic response message.

Description

Remote answering method and device for automatic answering message through playback speaker provided in portable device in wireless answering machine

1 is an external view of a portable device of a conventional answering machine.

2 is an external view of a portable device of the present invention, which is further provided with a reproduction speaker.

3 is a block diagram of a fixing device in a wireless answering machine.

4 is a block diagram of a portable device according to the present invention in a wireless answering machine.

5 and 6 are control flow diagrams of the fixing device and the portable device according to the present invention.

7 is a detailed block diagram of a portable device related to the control operation of the reproduction speaker in the present invention.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a wireless answering machine, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for reproducing a response message stored in a fixed device by providing a playback speaker in a portable device.

In a conventional wireless answering machine, to listen to a received message stored in a fixed device, a button of a fixed device or a button of a portable device is operated, whereby the received message stored in the fixed device is received through a receiver of the portable device. Was regenerated. Wireless Answering Machines Samsung Electronics' SP-RA405 or SP-RA411 models use buttons on mobile devices to send and receive data to and from the stationary device to reproduce incoming messages on the stationary device. The product eliminates the conventional inconvenience of having to listen to the reception message by directly operating the fixing device. However, in this case, after operating the button of the portable device, the receiver could hear the received message by operating the predetermined button of the portable device by listening to the ear to see if a call was formed in the ear. Incoming messages are sent through the receiver and must be listened to.

However, such an operation was too inconvenient for the user and also cumbersome.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a control method of receiving remotely received messages stored in a fixed device in a convenient manner.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for amplifying and listening to a reception message applied to a portable device through a speaker for reproduction.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for connecting a first wireless call according to a voice call and a second wireless call according to remote playback of a voice message.

In the present invention for achieving the above object, in the control method of a wireless answering machine for remote playback of the answering machine message between a portable device including a playback speaker and a fixed device for storing an answering message, In response to the call attempt process, the portable device connects the playback speaker to the call state in response to the call attempt process by pressing the play button on the portable device, and the auto answer message is fixed on the fixed device. A message reproducing process of reproducing a message, a message transmitting process of wirelessly transmitting the reproduced auto-response message to the portable device, and a voice reproducing process of transmitting a voice of the transmitted auto-response message to the reproducing speaker. It is done.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable device in which a wireless telephone is connected to a fixed device in a wireless answering machine, the handset for voice call, a speaker for reproducing voice message remotely, and the voice call. First means for making a telephone call connection in response to a first wireless call connection state according to the first wireless call connection state, and second means for making a telephone call connection for the reproduction speaker in response to a second wireless call connection state for remotely reproducing the voice message. Characterized in that configured.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with the accompanying drawings.

1 shows the structure of a portable device of a conventional wireless answering machine. Here, a receiver 26, a dial button, a function button, and a microphone 28 are provided.

FIG. 2 shows an external structure of a portable device for further including a playback speaker 32 according to the present invention in the wireless answering machine shown in FIG. 1, (a) is a front view, and (b) ) Is a side view, and (c) is a rear view.

3 shows a block diagram of the fixing device 20 of the radiotelephone system.

The line interface unit 4 is a circuit for forming a call path by signals input and output from the trunk line 2, the trunk line connection unit, an identification signal detection unit for detecting incoming DTMF signals and outputting them as digital data; The ring signal detection unit and the like for detecting the ring signal is included.

The handset 8 is connected to the line interface 4 formed by a call under the control of the controller 6 to make a voice call. The guide voice storage / playback section 10 performs a function of recording / playback of an automatic response message under the control of the control section 6.

The key input unit 12 inputs a key provided in the fixing device, and the display unit 14 displays a call state and necessary contents. The RF interface unit 16 forms a radio call between the fixed device and the portable device under the control of the controller 6, and the antenna 18 transmits and receives a radio signal between the fixed device and the portable device. Although the RF interface unit 16 is not shown as a separate block for simplicity of the circuit, a transmitter for modulating the signal of the line interface unit 4, a receiver for demodulating a signal received through the antenna 18, It is well known in the art that a transmission and reception separation unit for separating a signal to be transmitted / received and performing a separation operation so that the reception unit and the transmission unit are connected to the antenna 18 is well known.

The control unit 6 controls each unit of the fixing device, and in particular, performs control of selecting whether to form a voice guide or a call as the contents applied to the present invention. The controller 6 is provided with a memory (not shown) for storing various types of information received from the portable device.

4 shows a block diagram of a portable wireless answering machine portable device applied to the present invention.

The RF interface unit 20 performs wireless transmission and reception. It should be noted that the RF interface unit 20 includes a radio transmitter, a radio receiver and a transceiver. The voice signal unit 24 demodulates data received through the RF interface unit 20 under the control of the control unit 24, and then transmits the voice to the speakers 26 and 32, and receives the voice from the microphone MC. The modulated signal is output to the RF interface unit 20. The handset 30 refers to a handset of a portable device and includes a microphone 26 and a speaker 28.

The reproducing speaker 32 is implemented according to the present invention, and is driven by pressing the regeneration key of the user when he wants to hear the automatic response message of the fixing device.

The controller 34 controls each part of the portable device. The keypad 36 is provided with a dial button, a function button, and the like and is selected by a user. The display unit 38 displays the call control state under the control of the control unit 34.

A block diagram related to the operation of the reproducing speaker 32 of the present invention is shown in FIG. The RF demodulator 40 is included in the RF interface 20 of FIG. 4 to demodulate data received through the antenna 22. The voice band filter 42 filters the voice signal to pass through and is included in the voice signal unit 24 of FIG.

The receiver 26 of the handset is connected to one line of the output terminal of the voice band filter 42, and the playback speaker 32 according to the present invention is connected to the other line of the output terminal. Between the voice band filter 42 and the playback speaker 32 amplifies a voice signal through the switch 44 and the switch 44 that is controlled on / off by the control unit 34 to the playback skier ( An amplifier 46 providing 32 is located.

5 is a control flow chart of the fixing device according to the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a control flow chart of the portable device according to the present invention.

The control method of the wireless answering machine for remotely reproducing the automatic response message of the fixed device between the portable device and the fixed device includes: a call attempt process for forming a call between the fixed device and the mobile device by pressing a play button of the mobile device; In response to the call attempt process, the portable device connects the playback speaker to a call state, and in the fixed device, a message reproducing process of reproducing the auto-response message, and wirelessly transmitting the reproduced auto-response message to the mobile device. And a message voice reproducing process of voice transmission of the transmitted auto-response message to the reproducing speaker.

5 and 6, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail.

If the user presses the play button on the keypad 36 of the portable device, the controller 34 of the portable device detects the corresponding key data in step 200 of FIG. 6 and transmits the play data to the fixed device in step 202. Tx). After the playback data is transmitted, it waits for the playback data recognition signal (Ack) transmitted from the fixed device.

Data transmission from the portable device to the fixed device is performed via the control unit 34, the RF interface unit 20 of the portable device, and the antenna 22 of the portable device, and the antenna 18, the RF interface unit 16, It has a path of the control unit 6 of the fixing device. On the contrary, data transmission from the fixed device to the portable device has a reverse path to the above. Therefore, a detailed description of the data transmission / reception path between the portable device and the fixed device will be omitted.

In step 202 of FIG. 6, when the playback data is transmitted to the fixing device, the control unit 6 of the fixing device receives the playback data in step 100, and proceeds to step 102, and the portable device sends a recognition signal Ac indicating that the playback data has been received. Send to After that, the control unit 6 of the fixed device proceeds to step 104 and plays back a playback message stored in the guide voice storage / playback unit 10 and transmits it to the portable device.

When the reproduction data recognition signal Ack is transmitted to the portable device in step 102 of FIG. 5, the controller 34 of the portable device receives the signal in step 204 and then turns on the playback speaker 32 in step 206. Referring to FIG. 7, when the control unit 34 of the portable device receives the playback data recognition signal in step 204, the control unit 34 applies a switching control signal ON / OFF to turn on the switch 44. Thus, the playback speaker 32 is in an 'on' state.

When the message reproduced in step 104 of FIG. 5 is transmitted to the portable device, the control unit 34 of the portable device receives it in step 208 and transmits the voice through the playback speaker 32 which is kept on.

Referring to FIG. 7, the message transmitted from the fixed device is received via the antenna 22 of the portable device, and the amplifier 46 via the RF demodulator 4, the voice band filter 42 and the switch 44. The amplifier 46 amplifies the received message and accordingly the playback speaker 32 sends out an amplified voice message. Therefore, the user can listen to the reproduced voice message without having to close the ear to the receiver, that is, the speaker 26 of FIGS. 4 and 7.

If the control unit 6 of the fixed device receives the playback stop data transmitted from the portable device as in step 106 of FIG. 5 or detects that the message is in the state of completion of message playback as in step 108, the control proceeds to step 110 to play. End data is sent to the portable device and the process ends.

If the control unit 34 of the portable device receives the playback end data in step 210 of FIG. 6, the controller 34 proceeds to step 216 to immediately turn off the playback speaker 32. If the control unit 34 of the portable device does not receive the playback end data in step 210 of FIG. 6 and detects key data of the stop button pressed by the user, the control unit 34 proceeds to step 214. In step 216, the playback speaker 32 is turned off. Turning off the reproduction speaker 32 is accomplished by applying the switching control signal ON / OFF so that the control section 34 turns off the switch 44 in FIG.

As described above, the present invention has a separate playback speaker on the portable device, so that the response message stored in the fixed device is reproduced by the playback speaker, so that the user can hear an accurate response message even when the user does not touch the ear. have.

Claims (6)

In a control method of a wireless answering machine for remotely playing the answering machine message between a bonding device including a playback speaker and a fixing device storing an answering message, the fixing device and the portable device are pressed by pressing the play button of the portable device. A call retrieval process for establishing a call between devices, a message reproducing process of connecting the playback speaker to a call state in response to the call attempt process, and reproducing the auto-response message in a fixed device; And a message reproducing process of wirelessly transmitting a message to the portable device, and a message reproducing process of voice transmission of the transmitted auto-response message to the reproduction speaker. 2. The reproducing stop process of claim 1, wherein the reproduction device stops reproducing the message as the reproducing stop data is transmitted in response to a reproducing stop button applied by the user in the portable device during the reproducing message. The control method characterized by having more. The control method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a step of wirelessly transmitting a playback end data to the portable device in response to the completion of the message voice playback process and the playback stop process. A control method of a wireless answering machine for remotely playing the answering machine message between a portable device including a playback speaker and a fixed device storing an answering machine. A call retrieval process for establishing a call between a fixed device and a portable device, a message reproducing process of connecting the playback speaker to a call state in a portable device, and reproducing the auto-answer message in the fixed device in response to the call attempt process; A playback stop process of stopping playback of the message by the fixed device as the portable device transmits playback stop data in response to the message playback stop button applied by the user during the message playback process; A message transmission process for wireless transmission to the device, and the automatic transmission In response to completion of the message voice reproduction process and the completion of the message voice reproduction process and the reproduction stop process, the fixed device wirelessly transmits the reproduction end data to the portable device in response to the reproduction of the voice message. And a speaker on / off process of connecting the speaker for playback in response to the call attempt process and blocking the speaker for playback in response to the playback end data transmission process. A portable device for remotely reproducing an automatic answering message of a fixed device in a wireless answering machine, comprising: control means for outputting a switching control signal in response to a call state by the automatic answering message remote reproducing, and responding to the switching control signal; And switching means turned on and off, amplifying means for amplifying the auto-response message applied by the connection of the switching means, and speaker means for sounding the amplified auto-response message. A portable device in which a wireless call is connected to a fixed device in a wireless answering machine, the handset for voice call, a speaker for reproducing voice message remotely, and the first wireless call connection state in response to the voice call. And first means for making a handset call connection and means for making a call connection for the reproducing speaker in response to a second wireless call connection state caused by remote playback of the voice message. Device.