KR20000021019U - A voiceless responding apparatus of a phone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a non-voice communication apparatus applied to a mobile phone, a wired or a wireless telephone, and more particularly, it stores a guide voice in consideration of various situations in advance and, when called, receives a voice of the other party and specifies the voice according to the user's request. The present invention relates to a non-voice communication apparatus of a telephone, which is configured to transmit a voice to a counterpart by selecting a guide voice.

The apparatus of the present invention is a message storage means for storing a variety of messages according to the situation, the message selection means, the message transmission means, and the message selection means that the recipient can select the desired message from the message storage means Including various control means to control reading and sending through message transmission means, user can forward the selected message to the sender if necessary and then communicate with the doctor directly without talking regardless of the surrounding situation. The effect is easy to use.

Description

A voiceless responding apparatus of a phone}

The present invention relates to a voice call device applied to a mobile phone, a wired or a wireless phone, and more particularly, a guide voice (hereinafter referred to as a message) in consideration of various situations is stored in advance, and when a call is received, The present invention relates to a non-voice communication apparatus of a telephone, which can select and transmit a specific guide voice to a counterpart according to a user's request.

Recently, the telephone network has been developed from the existing wired telephone network, such as CT-2, cellular phone, PCS, and various types of telephones are widely used. In particular, as the use of mobile phones has become commonplace, indiscriminate use of other people in public places has become a social problem, and cell phone etiquette is emphasized. Nevertheless, the use of mobile phones as a convenient means for quickly transmitting an urgent matter is gradually increasing, and thus a more desirable method of using a mobile phone is required.

On the other hand, it is recommended to turn off the mobile phone during a meeting or watching a performance. Since the mobile phone cannot be turned off while waiting for an important call, the incoming call is set to vibrate or the like, and the conference or performance is attended. At this time, when a call comes in, you need to move to a suitable place to talk. In such a case, you can speak to the other party on the spot and send a message to the other party, meaning that you can't talk, and then move to a place to make a call or recognize who the other person is and then promise to call you. It may be desirable to communicate with the doctor simply by forwarding or pre-recorded messages.

In addition, when a call comes from a counterpart who does not want to talk on a special occasion, it may be difficult to refuse the call once the call is made. In such a case, if you do not want to talk after checking the voice of the other party, it is very convenient to remove the unnecessary misunderstanding and to remove unnecessary misunderstandings by transmitting a message indicating that the call is difficult.

However, the conventional automatic answering function has a problem that a user cannot select and deliver a desired message because the conventional automatic answering function is delivered as a guide voice through an automatic answering system (ARS) of a network operator. That is, referring to FIG. 1, when the caller calls the called party's mobile phone 10b through the telephone network 12 using the mobile phone 10a (or a landline phone), the called party's mobile phone 10b is set to the message mode. If the call is not available or the call is in a state where the caller's mobile phone 10a is automatically connected to an automatic answering system (ARS) 14 provided by the operator, a predetermined guide sound is transmitted. Therefore, conventionally, a fixed guide voice is transmitted to the caller regardless of the intention of the called party (user).

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a non-voice communication apparatus of a telephone that can store various messages desired by a user on a receiver's telephone in advance and then send out a message appropriate to a situation according to a user's selection. Its purpose is to.

Another object of the present invention is to store a voice message input by the user and then listen to the other party's voice when the incoming call and select and send the voice message as needed to simply communicate with the other party's voiceless telephone apparatus To provide.

In order to achieve the above objects, the present invention provides a telephone that allows a caller and a called party to make a call through a telephone network, comprising: message storage means for storing various messages according to a situation; Message selecting means for allowing a called party to select a desired message; Message transmission means; And control means for controlling the message selected by the message selecting means to be read from the message storing means and transmitted through the message transmitting means.

The present invention configured as described above is applied to a wired telephone, a wireless telephone, a mobile phone, a cellular phone, etc., so that the called party can easily deliver a desired message to the caller.

1 is a schematic diagram for explaining an automatic answering function in a cellular telephone network;

Figure 2 is an embodiment when the present invention is implemented in the body of the mobile phone,

3 is an embodiment when the present invention is implemented as an external device of a mobile phone,

4 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

202: RF module 204: baseband processing unit

206: analog processing unit 208: speaker

210: microphone 212: buzzer

216: processor 218: liquid crystal display (LCD)

220: keypad 250: earphone

252: control unit 254: earphone unit

256: jack 258: microphone

K1 to K3, K1 'to K3': key 222: audio recording and playback section

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

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile phone according to the present invention, the mobile phone RF module 202, baseband processing unit 204, analog processing unit 206, speaker 208, microphone 210, buzzer ( 212, a memory 214, a processor 216, an LCD 218, a keypad 220, a voice recording and reproducing unit 222, first to third keys K1 to K3, and earphone 250. The earphone 250 includes a connection jack 256, a control unit 252, an earphone unit 254, and a microphone 258, and the control unit 252 has three keys K1 ′ to K3 ′. In the embodiment of the present invention, for convenience of description, three messages are selected by three individual keys (K1 to K3 or K1 'to K3'), but the technical contents of the present invention may be modified in various ways. That is, the function keys and the numeric keys of the existing keypad 220 may be used without using a separate key, and the number of messages may be increased in various ways as needed. You can also save voice messages directly.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the relationship between the messages corresponding to the individual keys (K1 to K3 or K1 'to K3') is shown in Table 1 below.

key Address message K1, K1 ' One You are on the way to the call, so please be patient K2, K2 ' 2 I can't speak because I'm in a meeting, but I'll listen to you briefly. K3, K3 ' 3 The call is difficult now, please contact me again.

Referring to Table 1, when the K1 (K1 ') key is pressed, the message "You are moving to the place to call, please wait for a while" stored in the memory address "1" is sent to the other party, and the K2 (K2') key is pressed. Press to send the message "I can't say that I'm in a meeting, but I'll listen and reply simply because it's stored in memory address" 2. "If you press the K3 (K3 ') key, you will see" Now stored in memory address "3". Please call me again because the call is difficult. " Although not shown in detail in Table 1, after transmitting a message according to the K2 (K2 ') key, a simple call is performed by selecting an appropriate message among pre-stored messages according to the counterpart's response.

Referring to FIG. 2, the RF module 202 modulates the encoded data of the baseband processor 204 into a high frequency radio signal and transmits it through an antenna, and demodulates the received high frequency radio signal to reproduce digital data. The baseband processor 204 encodes an analog voice signal, converts the analog voice signal into a digital signal, performs error correction encoding, and the like, and decodes the digital signal to output an analog signal. The analog processor 206 amplifies the analog voice signal received from the baseband processor 204 and outputs it to the speaker 208, amplifies and filters the voice signal received from the microphone 210, and then the baseband processor 204. Will output In addition, the analog processing unit 206 converts the message data selected according to the present invention into an analog signal and then provides it to the baseband processing unit 204, and when the connection jack 256 is inserted, the analog signal to be output to the speaker 208, earphone ( In addition to the transmission to the side 250, and processes the signal input through the microphone 258 of the earphone side.

The memory 214 stores a program for processing a communication protocol, and the LCD 218 displays an operation state for the user and the interface. The keypad 220 includes a function key and a numeric key to perform dialing and various functions, and according to the present invention, three keys K1 to K3 for selecting a message are connected to the processor 216. .

The voice recording and reproducing unit 222 stores the voice message input through the microphone 210 at a specified address or reproduces a message having a specified address among pre-stored messages under the control of the processor 216. To pass. In the embodiment of the present invention, the voice recording and reproducing unit 222 stores three messages corresponding to each key, as shown in Table 1 above.

The processor 216 controls the overall operation to make a call according to the communication protocol stored in the memory 214, and controls the functions of each unit. When the user detects that the K1 key (or K1 'key) is pressed, the voice recording and reproducing unit 222 is controlled to provide the analog processing unit 206 with a message stored at address 1 of the voice recording and reproducing unit 222. If the K2 key (or K2 'key) is detected, the message stored in address 2 is provided to the analog processing unit 206. If the K3 key (or K3' key) is detected, the message stored in address 3 is transmitted. To the analog processing unit 206.

The earphone 250 is connected to the main body of the mobile phone through the connection jack 256 to be able to talk even when the mobile phone main body apart, the control unit 252 is added to the earphone 250 according to the present invention to select a message It is. That is, the control unit 252 of the earphone is provided with K1 'to K3' keys that perform the same functions as the K1 to K3 keys of the mobile phone body, and the earphone unit 254 is inserted into the ear so that the other party's voice can be heard. . Therefore, the user may transmit a desired message to the counterpart by pressing keys K1 ′ through K3 ′ on the controller 252 of the earphone as needed.

3 shows an embodiment in which the present invention is implemented in an earphone of a mobile phone, and shows that a simple call function according to the present invention can be easily provided by connecting to an existing mobile phone 302. That is, the non-speech communication device of the present invention can be used simply by connecting to the connection jack 308 of the existing mobile phone 302 after being implemented in the form of earphone. In FIG. 3, the voice communication apparatus of the present invention includes an earphone 304, a microphone 306, a microcomputer 312, a voice recording and playback unit 314, a switch 316, an LCD 318, and a key input unit 320. ), The key input unit 320 includes a call key 321, a recording key 322, a playback key 323, an up key 324, and a down key 325.

The voice recording and reproducing unit 314 selects a recording mode according to the control signals (W / R, Add) of the microcomputer 312, and the address area in which the microcomputer 312 designates a voice message input through the microphone 306. If the message is stored in the playback mode, the message stored in the address area designated by the microcomputer 312 is reproduced and output to the switch 316 side.

The switch 316 connects "b" and "d" (arrow N) in the normal call mode according to the control signal sel of the microcomputer 312 to listen to the earphone 304 and respond to the microphone 306. In the recording mode, " b " and " c " are connected (arrow W) to connect the microphone 306 to the voice recording and reproducing unit 314. In the simple call mode (playing mode), the " a " "(Arrow R) to connect the voice recording and reproducing section 314 to the mobile phone 302 side instead of the microphone.

When the call key 321 is pressed in the normal call mode (the default mode), the microcomputer 312 controls the switch 316 to transmit the voice response through the microphone 306 to the mobile phone, and the recording key 322. When is pressed, it operates in the recording mode to connect the microphone 306 to the voice recording and reproducing unit 314, and when the playing key 323 is pressed, it operates in the simple call mode (playing mode). 314 is connected to the mobile phone 302 side. In the recording mode, a control signal (W / R, Add) is provided to the voice recording and reproducing unit 314 to store the voice message input through the microphone 306 in the address area selected by the up and down keys 324 and 325. In the simple call mode, up / down keys 324 and 325 provide control signals W / R and Add to the voice recording and reproducing unit 314 to reproduce the stored messages in the selected address area and transmit them to the mobile phone.

Next, the operation of the present invention configured as described above with reference to Figure 4 as follows.

First, the operation of the present invention is divided into a "normal call mode", a "record mode", and a "simple call mode (playback mode)." The normal call mode is selected as the default mode. The normal call mode is a mode in which a user can talk to the other party using a mobile phone or using an earphone 304 and a microphone 318 as in a normal mobile phone use, and a recording mode allows a user to store a voice message at a desired address. Mode, the simple call mode is a mode that allows the user to talk to the other party without speaking directly by voice by selecting a pre-stored message to send to the other party. In addition, the normal call mode and the simple call mode are modes in which a call is directly or indirectly made with the other party when the call is received, and the recording mode is a mode in which the user's voice message is stored in the voice recording and reproducing unit 314 at any time regardless of the incoming call. .

Referring to FIG. 4, in step S10, a mode is selected. Since the normal call mode is set as the default mode, the normal call mode is normally set. When the user presses the record key 321, the user selects the recording mode, and when the user presses the playback key 323, the user selects the simple call mode.

In step S11, it is determined whether it is the recording mode. If it is the recording mode, the recording address is selected in step S12. In this case, the write address may be selected through the up and down selection keys 324 and 325. Subsequently, in step S13, the voice message input by the user through the microphone 306 is stored at the address designated by the up and down selection keys 324 and 325. In step S14, it is determined whether or not to terminate, and the message is stored at the next designated address or initialized. Return to normal call mode.

In step S21, it is determined whether the call is in the normal call mode. If the call is received in step S22, the call is made by pressing the "call" key. In step S23, it is determined whether or not the normal call is terminated to continue the call or terminate the call to maintain the normal mode.

In step S31, it is determined whether the call mode is simple, and in the simple call mode, when the incoming call is received in step S32, the call key 321 is received, and in step S33, the answer message is pressed by pressing the up and down selection keys 324 and 325. Select. In step S34, the selected message is transmitted. In step S35, after determining the end of the simple call, the user continues to make a call or returns to the initial normal call mode. Although not shown in detail in the drawing, in the simple call mode as in the conventional automatic answering function, the user may record the other party's voice in the voice recording and reproducing unit 314 when necessary. In other words, if you need to record the other party's message in the message for a simple call, "Please tell me the phone number and application to be contacted after the beeping sound, and I will contact you later." After the message is selected and transmitted to the counterpart, the received counterpart's voice may be stored in the voice recording and reproducing unit 314 and checked later.

In the above described the case where the present invention is applied to the mobile phone and the earphone for the mobile phone as an example, the technical contents of the present invention can be applied to a general telephone, a home wireless telephone as well as a mobile phone.

As described above, the present invention has a convenient effect because the user can deliver the selected message to the sender as needed after confirming the intention of the other party after storing the various messages in advance. In other words, the called party can check the caller's voice and send a message to the other party that they do not want to call later.In a difficult situation, such as during a meeting, the called party can wait for the other party and then move to the place. You can also communicate simply with a pre-stored message.

Claims (3)

In a telephone that allows callers and called parties to talk through a telephone network, Message storage means for storing various messages according to a situation; Message selecting means for allowing a called party to select a desired message; Message transmission means; And And control means for controlling the message selected by the message selecting means to be read from the message storing means and transmitted through the message transmitting means. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the non-voice communication device is implemented in the form of an earphone so as to be connected to a normal mobile phone. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the message storing means allows a user to directly store a voice message through a microphone.