KR100337836B1 - Communication environment information offering method - Google Patents

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile terminal apparatus having an automatic answering function, and more particularly, to a method for recording and printing a communication environment at the time of voice message recording. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a process of checking whether a recording end condition occurs during voice message recording, a process of stopping recording of a voice message and storing a recording end reason when the recording end condition occurs, and requesting output of the recording end reason. And a process of outputting the voice message dump list in which the stored recording end reasons are described.

Description

Communication environment information providing method {COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION OFFERING METHOD}

The present invention relates to a facsimile terminal apparatus having an automatic answering function, and more particularly, to a method for printing and providing communication environment information.

In general, a facsimile having an auto-response function is provided with a function of outputting a list for printing and viewing information about stored announcements in response to the announcement message. This list should not be a problem for the average user because only information about the message recording time, recording elapsed time, etc. is recorded.

However, given that the facsimile machines are exported to countries around the world and used in conjunction with the exchanges in those countries, if the above information is recorded to confirm the communication environment at the time of recording, the product design engineers are not required to visit It will be able to design products suitable for communication environment such as exchange characteristics and public telephone network.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for recording and providing a communication environment at the time of recording a voice message in a facsimile terminal apparatus having an automatic response function.

The present invention for achieving the above object is a communication environment information providing method of a facsimile terminal apparatus having an automatic response function,

Checking whether a recording end condition occurs while recording a voice message;

Stopping recording of a voice message and storing a recording end reason when the recording end condition occurs;

And outputting the voice message dump list in which the recorded recording termination reasons are stored when the recording termination reason output request is made.

1 is a block diagram of a facsimile terminal apparatus having an automatic answering function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exemplary voice management table in the memory 12 of FIG.

3 is a flowchart illustrating communication environment information providing according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 is an exemplary voice message dump list in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a method for providing communication environment information at the time of voice message recording according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may obscure the gist of the present invention will be omitted.

FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of a facsimile terminal apparatus having an auto-response function according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 illustrates a voice management table in the memory 12 of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 1, first, the controller 10 controls operations of each part of the facsimile apparatus according to a control program stored in an internal memory. The internal memory includes a ROM in which an operation program, a protocol control program, and initialization data of the controller 10 are stored, and a RAM temporarily storing data according to program execution of the controller 10. The memory 12 sequentially stores an outgoing message OGM requesting recording of the caller voice message and an incoming message ICM corresponding thereto, under the control of the control unit 10. The memory 12 stores a voice management table created by the control of the controller 10, and the voice management table is configured as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 2, NO indicates the number of outgoing message OGM and incoming message ICM which are sequentially stored in the memory 12. FIG. MSG Type (Message Type) is information indicating the type of each voice message, and outgoing message (OGM) and incoming message (ICM) correspond to the type of voice message. Result is information to indicate in which state the termination was made when recording the incoming message (ICM). The form of this information is as follows.

NORMAL_STATE: Normal termination

▶ BUSY_DETECTED: Busy tone is checked during message recording.

▶ SILENCE_DETECTED: Silence is checked while recording a message.

▶ CNG_DETECTED: CNG (Calling Tone) is checked while recording a message.

▶ HOOKOFF_DETECTED: The handset is heard while the message is being recorded.

▶ PARALLEL_DETECTED: You can hear the parallel phone while recording a message.

▶ ABORTKEY_PRESSED: End by user's selection of stop action during message recording.

In FIG. 2, line current is information indicating a current level of a public telephone network line at the time of recording an incoming message (ICM), and can be obtained by adding a circuit for detecting the line current level to the LIU 20. . Finally, Busy Buffer is information about busy tone on / off period. Busy Buffer [Even] is Busy Tone "on" period and Busy Buffer [Odd] is Busy Tone " Off "cycle.

The voice management table configured as described above is output as a list under the control of the controller 10, which will be defined as a "Voice Memory Dump List" in the following description.

Referring back to FIG. 1, the OPE 14 may include a key input unit having a plurality of keys for selecting an operation mode of the facsimile terminal device, and externally displaying information according to an operation state of the facsimile terminal device. It is provided with a display unit for. The scanner 16 scans an original and outputs image data corresponding to the original image to the controller 10. A modulator-demodulator (MODEM) 18 modulates the output data and the image data of the control unit 10 into an analog signal and transmits it to a telephone line through a LIU (Line Interface Unit) 20 and receives from a telephone line. The analog signal is demodulated and provided to the control unit 10. The LIU 20 includes a telephone circuit for handset (not shown) calls and forms a line between the telephone line and the modem 18 or the handset under the control of the controller 10. The printer 22 includes various mechanisms for conveying and printing paper and performs printing under the control of the controller 10.

The codec 24 converts an analog voice signal input through the LIU 20 into a digital voice signal and outputs the digital voice signal to the voice processor 26, and converts the digital voice signal input from the voice processor 26 into an analog signal. Convert to and output to LIU (20). The voice signal processor 26 converts the digital voice signal input from the codec 24 into digital data under the control of the controller 10 and stores the digital voice signal in the memory 12, and under the control of the controller 10, the memory ( The digital data read out from 12 is synthesized into an audio signal and output to the codec 24. In general, the voice signal processor 26 and the memory 12 are one-chip to perform an automatic response function. On the other hand, the audio amplifier 28 is connected between the codec 24, the audio input unit 32 and the audio output unit 30 to amplify and output the level of the audio signal input and output.

Hereinafter, a method of providing communication environment information in a facsimile terminal device having the above-described configuration will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a communication environment information providing control according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is an exemplary diagram of a voice message dump list according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, first, when the ring signal is detected through the LIU 20 in step 40, the control unit 10 proceeds to step 42 to check whether the auto answer function is set. Since the automatic response function setting inspection process is already known, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. If the auto answer function is not set in step 42, the control unit 10 controls the facsimile device to perform a fax reception mode or a call mode according to a user's operation or a set mode in step 70.

If the auto answer function is set, the controller 10 proceeds to step 44 and the outgoing message OGM recorded by the user is read from the memory 12 and sent to the caller. Subsequently, if the transmission of the outgoing message OGM is terminated, the control unit 10 proceeds to step 48 and performs recording of the incoming message ICM. During recording of the incoming message ICM, the control unit 10 stores the on / off period of the busy tone through the LIU 20 in the voice management table. In step 52, it is checked whether an incoming message (ICM) recording end condition occurs. The termination condition of the incoming message (ICM) is when the busy tone on / off period occurs regularly for a predetermined time, when a CNG tone occurs during recording of the incoming message (ICM), when there is a user stop command, It may appear different, such as when the handset is heard while recording an incoming message (ICM).

If any one of the above-mentioned incoming message (ICM) recording termination conditions occurs, the controller 10 proceeds to step 54 and stops the currently performed incoming message (ICM) recording. Store in the voice management table. In operation 58, the controller 10 reads the line current level through the line current level detection circuit built in the LIU 20 and stores it in the voice management table. After that, the controller 10 proceeds to step 60 to switch to the standby state, whereby the environmental state information at the time of recording is recorded in the voice management table every time the incoming message (ICM) (or recording the outgoing message) is recorded.

Accordingly, the user can request the facsimile apparatus to output the voice message dump list by the user's selection or at the request of the AS man (step 62). The voice message dump list stored in the memory 12 is outputted. The voice message dump list thus output is shown in FIG.

Therefore, the user or the AS man faxes the output voice message dump list to the product design engineer of the producing country, and the product design engineer who received the fax design the subsequent product according to the communication environment of the corresponding country by referring to the list above or It will be able to come up with measures to eliminate obstacles.

Meanwhile, in the above description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. In particular, although the embodiment of the present invention shows an example of applying the present invention to a facsimile terminal apparatus having an autoresponder function, a communication terminal apparatus having an autoresponder function and a list output function (eg, a facsimile apparatus and a printer are integrated The same applies to the MFP. Therefore, the scope of the invention should not be defined by the described embodiments, but should be defined by the equivalents of the claims and the claims.

As described above, the present invention outputs a list of communication environment information at the time of voice message recording, such as incoming message (ICM) or outgoing message (OGM), so that product design engineers can use local communication environment regardless of location. It has the effect of designing the best product for the purpose, and also has the advantage of promptly presenting the emergency measures in the distance according to the local communication environment.

Claims (5)

In the communication environment information providing method of the facsimile terminal device having an automatic response function, Checking whether a recording end condition occurs while recording a voice message; Stopping recording of a voice message and storing a recording end reason when the recording end condition occurs; And outputting a voice message dump list in which the recorded recording termination reasons are stored when the recording termination reason output request is made. The method of claim 1, wherein the voice message is one of an outgoing message (OGM) which is a recording guide message and an incoming message (ICM) input from a calling party. The recording method according to claim 1, wherein the recording end condition; Communication environment information providing method, characterized in that is generated when any one of the busy tone, mute, calling tone, hook-off, and recording end command that is turned on / off at a certain period during the voice message recording. The method of claim 1, further comprising: detecting and storing a line current level of a public telephone network connected to the facsimile terminal device after storing the recording end reason. The recording method of claim 1, wherein the recording end reason is; And a voice management table having a sequence number of the stored voice message, a type of the stored voice message, a reason for the end of recording, a line current level of a public telephone network, and a busy buffer item.