KR200315289Y1 - USB based Voice Processing Device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device having a voice information processing function in association with a computer (PC).

This device implements a conventional embedded voice processing board as a separate external voice processing device that is connected to a computer using a universal serial bus (hereinafter referred to as USB), resulting from the installation inside a computer (PC) as in the prior art. It eliminates the complexity of the physical installation of turning off the computer, opening the computer cover, and installing the speech processing device, and the complexity of installing the program in several steps. Eliminates the problem of having to select a computer type according to the processor connector type (ISA or PCI).

In addition, the present invention solves the shortcomings of the built-in voice processing device by recognizing and storing the calling party number even when the power is not applied to the computer, and by linking the unique recording circuit directly to the telephone network matching circuit, It eliminates the problem of sound device adjustment and howling that are easy to occur when recording.

Description

External voice processing device {USB based Voice Processing Device}

The present invention stores and transmits voice information transmitted and received to subscribers in the telephone network, detects and transmits various electric and audio signals of the telephone network, is connected in parallel to recording target telephones, records telephone call contents, and detects caller ID. It is a computer external voice information processing device having a function.

Conventionally, a voice network processing function and a function of storing and transmitting voice information are implemented, and the voice information processing system is implemented by using a voice processing window that interoperates with a computer and an ISA connector or a PCI connector. The board could not be used in a computer that only provided a PCI connector, and the voice processing board made of a PCI method could not be used in a computer that provided only an ISA connector.

The number of boards that can be accommodated in a system is determined by the number of ISA connectors or PCI connectors built into the computer, which limits the number of telephone players that a unit computer can accommodate.

To install the audio processing board manufactured by ISA or PCI method to the computer, turn off the computer 1).

2) Open the cover, 3) Install the voice processing board in the empty slot, 4) Reboot the computer and reboot the system.

5) It took a long time to install the device driver program for the device.

In particular, the ISA method requires a lot of installation time and requires a lot of technical experience, such as the installation and adjustment of the interrupt allocation and the input / output address allocation inside the computer appropriately.

In addition, the voice processing apparatus installed inside the computer has a problem that the caller ID cannot be detected when the computer is powered off.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, and can be used in any computer that supports USB, and can be installed even without powering down the computer externally. have.

If necessary, supply the power to the device independently, even when the computer is off, save the caller's phone number when the call comes in. When the computer is powered on and interlocked with the device, the stored caller's phone number is transferred to the computer. Make it available for transfer,

The conventional voice processing apparatus is multifunctional by adding a recording circuit capable of recording without affecting the telephone line at the telephone network junction.

1 is a typical configuration of a system using a conventional embedded voice processing device

Figure 2 is a typical basic configuration of a conventional embedded voice processing device.

3 is a typical configuration of a system using the present invention

4 is a block diagram of a computer external speech processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention

5 is a detailed configuration diagram of the telephone network matching unit of the present invention

6 is a configuration diagram according to an embodiment of an audio response system of the present invention

7 is a block diagram according to an embodiment of the recording system of the present invention

Detailed description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings

1: telephone network matching unit

2: signal and information processing unit

3: USB matching unit

4: control unit

5: memory

6: power supply

10: device of the present invention

20: computer interworking with the device

In order to achieve the above object, the external voice processing device of the present invention uses the USB port of the computer to match with the computer, and independently configures the voice processing functions including the telephone network matching to the outside of the computer, and operates without power to the computer. External power or battery power is built in to handle minimum functions such as detecting and storing caller ID even when not in operation.

The external voice processing apparatus according to the present invention has a telephone network matching unit 1, a signal and information processing unit 2, a USB matching unit 3, a control unit 4, a memory unit 5, and a power supply unit as shown in FIG. 4. It consists of (6).

The telephone network matching unit 1 processes a telephone network matching function and a function of detecting a caller's telephone number from an incoming call and transmitting it to the memory unit 5, detecting a state of a telephone line in operation or waiting, and for recording function. In a high impedance state, a signal having a predetermined threshold or more includes a function of transmitting a call content directly to the signal and information processing unit 2 when it arrives.

Signal and information processing unit (2) is responsible for the function to detect and generate DTMF, call busy, dial tone, etc., and to analogize the input voice information digitized or the digitized voice information stored in the USB matching unit ( 3) is in charge of the communication for transmitting and receiving digital information between the device and the computer.

The control unit 4 is responsible for the overall control of the inventive device, the memory unit 5 stores basic programs, basic announcements (music melodies, etc.), basic parameters, and the like. Stores the detected calling party number when it is not authorized.

The power supply unit 6 detects a caller detected by supplying power from an external or internal battery to a caller number detection circuit, a memory unit 5, a control unit, and the like, when the apparatus of the present invention does not receive power from a computer via USB. Save the number.

In the drawings, the computer 20 and the signal and information processing unit 2 are similar to the conventional general computer, signal and information processing parts, and thus, the description thereof is omitted in the present invention. The USB matching unit 3, the control unit 4, the memory unit 5, and the power supply unit 6 will be described.

The telephone network matching unit is ring reception and hook switch circuit (1-1), hybrid circuit (1-2), caller ID detection circuit (1-3) and recording circuit (1-4) for recording the call content as shown in FIG. Etc.)

Ring reception and hook switch circuits (1-1) are responsible for telephone network and physical link functions, ring current reception functions, and hook switches (open and close functions) that operate when a user picks up the handset to receive or make a call. The hybrid circuit 1-2 extracts the signal and information input from the telephone network and sends the signal and information to the receiver of the signal and information processor. The hybrid circuit 1-2 receives the signal and information from the computer through the transmitter of the signal and information processor. send.

The caller ID detection circuit 1-3 detects a caller's telephone number arriving between the first ring and the second ring from the telephone network and sends it to the control unit 4.

In addition, the recording circuit (1-4) detects the busy or standby state of the telephone line to be recorded and is designed as a high impedance input circuit, and collects the contents of the call even when the hook switch is not closed. To pass.

The controller 4 controls the whole device 10 of the present invention.

Commands are also given according to the events occurring in each component of the present invention, and the received signals or information are transmitted to the computer 20 and receive commands from the computer 20 through the USB matching unit 3. It processes the work and receives the information and sends it to the corresponding component in the device (10).

USB matching unit (3) is responsible for the physical link and data link function for data communication between the computer (20) and the subject device (10), according to the command of the control unit (4) of the subject device (10) The device 10 transmits data such as signals and information to the computer 20, and conversely receives the command and information data sent from the computer 20 to the controller 4.

The external voice processing device of the present invention configured as described above operates as follows.

The procedure for processing incoming calls is as follows.

When the ring rings, the telephone network matching unit 1 generates a ring event, and the control unit 4 detects this and notifies the computer 20 through the USB matching unit 3. In addition, the telephone network matching unit 1 detects the calling party number and generates a calling party number detection event. The controller 4 detects the calling party number and sends the calling party number information to the computer (20) when the power is turned on. Send to).

The computer 20 transmits a command to close the hook switch to the present invention device 10 in response to an incoming call. When the hook switch close command is properly performed, the computer 20 stores the digitized guide sound stored in the computer 20 storage device. Send to this device (10). The controller 4 receives the guide voice from the computer 20 through the USB matching unit 3 and sends it to the signal and information processing unit 2. The signal and information processing unit 2 converts the digitized guide voice into an analog form and sends it to the telephone network matching unit.

The telephone user who calls the device 10 listens to the guide voice message.

When the telephone user hangs up, the call cutting sound from the telephone network passes through the telephone network matching unit 1 to the signal and information processing unit 2, and the signal and information processing unit 2 generates a call cutting event.

The control unit 4 sends the call disconnection event to the computer 20 through the USB matching unit 3, and the computer 20 commands the command to open the hook switch of the telephone network matching unit 1. The control unit 4 of the present invention apparatus 10 sends a hook switch opening command to translate the command from the computer 20 to terminate the call to the telephone network matching unit 1.

The telephone network matching unit 1 receives the hook switch opening command from the control unit 4, opens the hook switch to open the telephone network and the device 10, and generates a hook switch opening event.

The device 10 can now receive a call from the telephone network, and enters a standby state to receive a command from the computer 20 and make a call to the telephone network.

Next, caller ID detection and storage at the time of incoming / outgoing call to the device 10 without power supply to the computer 2 will be described.

The telephone network transmits the calling party number between the first ring and the second ring. The telephone network matching unit (1) that detects the calling party number generates the calling party number detection event, and the control unit (4) is not powered on the computer. Know that it is not stored in memory (5).

When the computer 20 is powered on, the control unit 4 detects this and transmits the calling party number stored in the memory unit 5 to the computer 20 through the USB matching unit 3.

The recording function will be described. When the call arrives from the telephone network and the called party answers the handset of the general telephone, the recording circuit (1-4) detects the busy state event call current flow on the telephone line and recognizes that the call has started and generates a busy state event. . The controller 4 detects a busy state event and sends it to the computer 20 via the USB matching unit 3. The computer 20 sends a recording command to the apparatus 10 of the present invention.

The control unit 4 receiving the command through the USB matching unit 4 translates it into a recording command and digitizes the voice information input through the signal and information processing unit 2 and transmits it to the computer through the USB matching unit 3. 20 stores the voice information received by the device 10 of the present invention in the storage device of the computer (20).

1. Scalability of the device

The external voice processing device of the present invention of the present invention is capable of interworking with a computer regardless of the support of ISA or PCI, which is a peripheral matching connector inside the computer, and one USB port supports 127 peripheral devices.

For example, if one device is designed to accommodate two or four telephone lines, a maximum of 254 or 508 lines can be accommodated, so that a conventional embedded voice processing device installed in an ISA or PCI adapter inside a computer is installed in one computer. The system can be much larger than the maximum number of 128 telephone lines that can be accommodated, so it is much more scalable than a computer-embedded voice processor that is limited by the number of PCI connectors or ISA connectors.

2. Ease of installation of the device

This device adopts USB matching, which makes hardware device installation easier than ISA matching and PCI matching.

It is very easy to install, and related programs can be installed very easily. Hardware can be installed and removed even when the computer is powered on.

3. Ease of expansion and removal of the device

The device can be installed and removed while the computer is operating normally.

4. 24 hours caller ID detection independent of computer

In addition, the external voice processing of the present invention even when the computer interoperating with the device of the present invention is not operating.

The device has the advantage of being able to detect and store the calling party number of the incoming call.

5. Multifunctional voice processing device with recording function

The voice processing device of the present invention detects a call state by changing current and voltage, and records a call without degrading the call quality to both sides of the call without closing the hook switch using a high impedance input circuit. It provides recording function.

It can also eliminate problems such as volume control and howling of the sound card of a device that records phone calls using a computer sound card.

Claims (3)

Telephone matching unit with caller ID detection and call recording circuit, signal and information processing unit for converting voice information, detecting and generating call management signal (DTMF), USB matching unit for transmitting and receiving data with computer, total control An external voice processing device, comprising: a control unit for storing a program, data, and a memory unit for temporarily storing caller numbers in case of power failure, and a power unit having an internal battery operated during power failure delete delete