JPH0246052A - Automatic answering telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To call only with pushing a transmitting button by converting a DTMF signal transmitted from an opposite party into digital data, storing them in a memory, and reading the stored data and transmitting the DTMF signal of a number corresponding to the data ro a dial pulse when the transmitting button is pushed. CONSTITUTION:On being called from the outside, a message, 'Please dial a telephone number following business.', for instance, is transmitted, and the telephone number of an opposite party is transmitted with a DTMF signal following the business by voice. Then, after the DTMF signal is converted into the data of 4 bits by a tone decoder 7, and it is recorded in an external memory 8. Next, when a person who returns from outside pushes a dial transmitting button 10 after reproducing the business 1, a memory writing/reading means 11g of a CPU 11 reads the data of '1234' from the external memory 8, a circuit closing means 11b closes a circuit closing circuit 3, and continuously, a dial transmitting control means 11c controls a dial transmitting circuit and dial- transmits the telephone number of the above mentioned '1234'.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] <Industrial application field> The present invention relates to an answering machine.

<Conventional technology> Conventionally, answering machines have been designed to automatically answer incoming calls from the other party in answering mode, record the subsequent voice from the other party, and play back the recorded voice later. There is something like this.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional answering machine, when the operator needs to make a call to the other party after confirming the other party's business by playing back the recorded voice, There is a problem in that it is time-consuming because it is necessary to dial the telephone number of the other party. In particular, if the operator does not remember the telephone number of the other party, there is a problem in that it is very time consuming to look up the telephone number of the other party. Also, in order to eliminate this hassle, even if you ask the other party to tell you their phone number by voice and then dial the reproduced phone number, you do not have to take the time to write down the phone number. There is a problem that it is time consuming and troublesome.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an answering machine that allows you to easily make a call to a person who called you while you were away without having to dial the phone number of the other person. It is in.

Means for Solving the Problems> In order to achieve the above object, the present invention allows a voice recording means to record the voice sent from the other party after the answering means answers an incoming call from the other party in the answering mode. In an answering machine in which the voice recorded in the voice recording means is reproduced by a voice reproduction means, a DTMF signal sent from the other party after the answering means answers in an answering machine mode is converted into digital data. a memory for storing data converted by the data converting means; a call button; and when the call button is pressed after the sound playback means plays back the sound recorded in the sound recording means. Then, the data stored in the memory is read out and the DT with the number corresponding to the data is read out.
It is characterized by comprising a control means for transmitting an MF signal or a dial pulse.

In the answering mode, after the answering means responds to an incoming call from the other party, the voice recording means records the voice sent from the other party, while the DT sent from the other party records the voice sent from the other party.
A data conversion means converts the MF signal into digital data and stores it in a memory.

When the call button is pressed after the audio reproducing means has reproduced the audio recorded in the audio recording means, the control means reads out the data stored in the memory and sends a DTMF signal or dials a number corresponding to the data. Send a pulse.

Therefore, please send the phone number to the person who is calling you.
By transmitting the MF signal, when you need to make a call to the other party, you can easily make the call by simply pressing the call button.

<Example> Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to illustrated embodiments.

In Figure 1, 1 and 2 are the input terminal tip and ring of the telephone, respectively, 3 is a line closing circuit that closes the line when receiving or making an outgoing call, 4 is a dialing circuit that generates a pulse or tone transmission signal, and 5 6 is a speech network that performs 2-wire/4-wire conversion for voice transmission/reception, and 6 is an answering circuit.

This answering circuit is designed to record and play back messages and messages sent by an answering machine, and may be of a tape type or an IC type. Also, 7 is the DTMP of the phone sent by the other party.
a tone decoder that converts the signal into 4-bit data;
8 is an external memory for storing data converted by the tone decoder 7, 9 is an incoming call detection circuit, 10 is a dial button for performing operations to be described later, and 11 is a CPU that controls the entire telephone.

The CPU II controls an incoming call detecting means 11a that counts pulses from the incoming call detecting circuit 9, a line closing means 11b that controls the closing of the line closing circuit, and a dialing circuit 4, and generates dial pulses and DTMF. A dial transmission control means lie for making a call, a speech network control means lid for muting control of sending and receiving calls of the speech network 5, and a speech network control means lid for controlling the reproduction of response messages and recording of business matters of the answering circuit 6. a data reading means 11r for reading the data converted by the tone decoder 7; and a memory for reading the data written in the external memory 8 while writing the data read by the data reading means ttr into the external memory 8. Continuous writing means 11g, and switch detection means tt for detecting that the dialing button 10 has been pressed.
h, and switch control means 1 that controls the entire CPU.
1i.

The operation in the answering mode will be described below.

When a call is received from outside, the incoming call detection circuit 9 detects the incoming call. Then, after a preset number of calls,
The incoming call detection means 11a detects the number of times, and the line closing means 11b closes the line closing circuit 3. Next, the answering circuit 6 sends a response message to the line via the speech network 5, the dialing circuit 4, and the line closing circuit 3. When the other party receiving this response message conveys the business by voice, this voice is sent to the input terminals 1 and 2, and the line closing circuit 3.
, the dial transmission circuit 4, and the speech network 5, and are recorded in the message memory of the answering circuit. The response message is, for example, a message that says, "Please dial the telephone number following the message," so the telephone number of the other party is sent as a DTMF signal following the voice message.

This DTMF signal is converted into 4-bit data by a tone decoder 7 and then recorded in an external memory 8. The above-mentioned business matter and telephone number data are recorded in association with each other as shown in FIG.

Next, when a person who has returned home from outside plays message 1 shown in Fig. 2 and presses the dial button lO,
The phone number "1234" will be dialed automatically. That is, when the message 1 is reproduced, the memory writing/reading means 11g of the CPU II reads the data "1234" from the external memory 8, and when the dial button 10 is subsequently pressed, the line closing means 11b closes the line. Close the connection circuit 3,
Subsequently, the dialing control means lie controls the dialing circuit to dial the telephone number "1234".

In this way, you can automatically dial the other party's phone number by pressing the call dial button lO after playing back the message recorded while you were away, so you can check the other party's phone number. It does not take time and effort.

<Effects of the Invention> As is clear from the above, in the answering machine of the present invention, in the answering mode, after the answering means responds to an incoming call from the other party, the voice recording means records the voice sent from the other party. While recording, DTM sent from the other party
When the data conversion means converts the F' signal into digital data and stores it in the memory, and the audio reproduction means reproduces the audio recorded in the audio recording means, when the call button is pressed,
The control means reads the data stored in the memory and transmits a DTMF signal or dial pulse of a number corresponding to the data. Therefore, by having the person you are calling send their phone number as a DTMF signal, when you need to make a call to that person, you can simply press the call button and make the call. You don't have to go through the trouble of looking up the phone number.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a state in which business matters and telephone number data are recorded in association with each other in the above embodiment.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In the answering mode, after the answering means answers an incoming call from the other party, the voice recording means records the voice sent from the other party, and the voice reproducing means reproduces the voice recorded in the voice recording means. In the answering machine configured to do so, the answering machine includes: a data converting means for converting a DTMF signal sent from the other party into digital data after the answering means responds in answering mode; and a memory for storing the data converted by the data converting means. and a call button; and when the call button is pressed after the sound playback means has played back the sound recorded in the sound recording means, a number that reads data stored in the memory and corresponds to the data; An answering machine characterized by comprising a control means for transmitting a DTMF signal or a dial pulse.