JPH03145247A - Voice storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION The present invention relates to a voice storage device that is connected to a telephone line and records and reproduces messages via the telephone line.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been an answering machine, for example, as a voice storage device using a telephone line.

An answering machine that is an example of a conventional voice storage device using a telephone line will be described below.

The configuration of a conventional answering machine is as shown in FIG. 5, for example.

In the figure, 1 is a telephone line (hereinafter referred to as line), 2 is an incoming call detection unit that is connected to line 1 and detects incoming calls from line 1, 3 is an incoming call detection unit that detects whether line 1 is closed or opened, and 4 5 is a message recording and reproducing means for recording and reproducing a message in the form of an audio signal received through the line 1 on a magnetic tape serving as a recording medium; 5 is an audio output section for outputting the message reproduced from the message recording and reproducing means 4; Reference numeral 8 indicates a guide information reproducing means for reproducing various pre-recorded guide information as an audio signal; 7 an operation unit for operating the message recording and reproducing means 4 and the guide information reproducing means 6; and 8 an incoming call detection signal from the incoming call detection unit 2. and a control unit that performs predetermined control on input from the operation unit 7, 9 is 2 to 2;
The main body of the device includes 8 blocks.

Next, the operation of the answering machine configured as described above will be explained.

After the incoming call detection section 2 detects the incoming call from the caller, an incoming call detection signal is sent to the control section 8, and the control section 8 executes the following operations. First, the circuit 1 is closed at the line connection section 3, and the guide information reproducing means 6 is operated to reproduce various kinds of previously recorded guide information as audio signals and send them to the line. That is, the caller is made to listen to various kinds of guidance information recorded in advance. Specifically, the various kinds of guidance information recorded in advance include, "This is.... I'm away at the moment. I'll keep your message for you, so please send me a message after this." Thereafter, the message recording/reproducing means 4 starts its recording operation, and the message from the caller is automatically recorded on the magnetic tape within the message recording/reproducing means 4. After recording for a certain period of time, the recording operation is finished, the line 1 is opened at the line connection section 3, and the apparatus returns to a standby state.

After returning home, the owner of the answering machine starts the playback operation of the message recording and playback means 4 by operating the operation unit 7, and after rewinding the magnetic tape, the message received while he was away is recorded on the voice output unit. It can be heard from 5.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the answering machine, which is an example of the above-mentioned voice storage device using a telephone line, after listening to the message, the owner usually rewinds the magnetic tape, which is the message recording medium, to the beginning. Since the recording operation is repeated from the beginning, there is a problem in that the sound quality deteriorates significantly due to wear near the beginning of the magnetic tape.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a magnetic tape feed amount corresponding to each division of a plurality of blocks divided in the magnetic tape feeding direction, and usage frequency for each block and lock. a management information storage section for storing information, a feed amount counting means for counting the feed amount of the magnetic tape provided in the message recording and reproducing means, a use frequency counting means for counting the use frequency of each block, and a use frequency of the l block. A control means is provided for controlling not to perform the next recording operation of the corresponding block when the number of times exceeds a first specified number of times set in advance.

Function: With this configuration, when the frequency of use of a certain part of the magnetic tape, which is a message recording medium, exceeds a predetermined value, that part is no longer used, thereby reducing the deterioration in sound quality due to local wear of the magnetic tape. becomes possible.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of an audio storage device in one embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 4a is a rotation number counting means for counting the number of rotations of a magnetic tape winding pulley provided in the message recording and reproducing means 4, and 4b is a means for counting the number of revolutions of a magnetic tape winding pulley provided in the message recording and reproducing means 4; 10 is a management information storage unit that stores information such as the number of rotations of the winding bunow corresponding to the division of each block divided into a plurality of blocks in the feeding direction of the magnetic tape, and the frequency of use for each block. , 11 is a recording/playback count means for counting the number of times the message recording/playback means 4 has recorded or played back at the beginning of each block of the magnetic tape; 12 is a display section for displaying various information; 13
is the main body of the device.

2, 3, and 4 are models showing a state in which a magnetic tape, which is a storage medium in the message recording/reproducing means 4, is divided into a plurality of blocks. Here, the starting position of each block 1 to 4 is the rotation speed OO○
, XXX, YYY.

It's ZZZ. The operation of the audio storage device configured as described above will be described below.

In addition to the general operation of the conventional example, as shown in FIG. The number of times block 1 is recorded and played is counted once. Then, after message 1, message 2
．． When message 3 is recorded, the state shown in FIG. 3 will occur. Since the recording and playback count means 11 counts only the recording and playback operations at the beginning of the block, the number of recording and playbacks for block 1 remains at one.

Thereafter, when a rewinding command is executed using the operation unit 7 and the number of rotations of the magnetic tape winding pulley is returned to 000, and the message is played back, the number of times of recording and playback is counted by the recording and playback count means 11. The number of times will be 2.

After playing messages 1 to 3, the magnetic tape is automatically rotated to the rotation speed of the magnetic tape winding pulley.
It rewinds to O and enters the standby state again.

Furthermore, if there are a large number of recorded messages and the situation is as shown in FIG. 4, the recording operation is performed at the rotation speed XXX of the magnetic tape winding pulley at the beginning of block 2. The number of times the block 2 is recorded and played back is also counted once.

If this operation is repeated and the number of recording and playbacks of block 1 exceeds a preset value, after all messages recorded in block 1 have been played back and listened to, block 1 will be disabled for recording. , the magnetic tape is moved to the head of block 2, that is, to the position where the rotational speed XXX of the magnetic tape winding pulley is, and thereafter that position is operated as the apparent magnetic tape starting position.

The display section 12 can display the number of times of recording and playback of each block on the magnetic tape in response to a command from the operation section 7. Further, when all blocks become incapable of recording operation, this is automatically displayed to warn that it is time to replace the magnetic tape in the message recording/reproducing means 4a.

Additionally, if all blocks of the magnetic tape become incapable of recording and playback, the above-mentioned warning is displayed on the display unit 12, and the state of incapability of recording is released for all blocks, allowing recording and playback from block 1 again. .

However, since there is a concern that the sound quality of the magnetic tape may deteriorate, the prescribed number of times one block can be recorded and played back is set lower than the originally prescribed number of times.

In addition to the above embodiments, there are the following embodiments.

In other words, if the number of recording and playbacks of block l exceeds a preset value, after all the messages recorded in block 1 have been played back and listened to, the priority of the recording operation of block 1 will be changed to the recording of other blocks. The priority of the operation is set to be lower than that of the magnetic tape, and the magnetic tape is moved to the head of block 2, that is, the position where the rotational speed XXX of the magnetic tape winding pulley is set, and thereafter the magnetic tape is operated using that position as the apparent magnetic tape starting position. If all of the magnetic tape after the position of rotational speed XXX of the magnetic tape winding pulley has been recorded, the magnetic tape is advanced to the beginning of block 1 in preparation for subsequent incoming calls.

In both of the above embodiments, when the owner replaces the magnetic tape, the magnetic tape detection means 4b detects that the magnetic tape has been removed and attached, and is reset to the initial state.

Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention includes a management information storage unit that stores information such as the feeding amount of the magnetic tape and the usage frequency of each block corresponding to each division of blocks divided into a plurality of blocks in the feeding direction of the magnetic tape; A feeding amount counting means for counting the feeding amount of the magnetic tape provided in the message recording and reproducing means, a use frequency counting means for counting the frequency of use of each block, and a first specified number of times that the frequency of use of one block is set in advance. A control means is provided to prevent the next recording operation of the corresponding block if the frequency exceeds a predetermined value. Since this is avoided, it is possible to reduce the deterioration in sound quality due to partial wear of the magnetic tape, and it is possible to effectively utilize the magnetic tape.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram, FIG. 2, and FIG. 3 show the circuit configuration of an audio storage device in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a model diagram showing a state in which a magnetic tape, which is a storage medium in a message recording and reproducing means, is divided into a plurality of blocks in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of an answering machine, which is an example of a voice storage device that records and reproduces messages via a telephone answering machine. 1...Telephone line 2...Incoming call detection section 3...Line connection section 4...Message recording/reproducing means 4a...Revolution count means 5...Audio output section 6...Guidance information reproduction Means 7...Operation unit 8...Control unit 9...Conventional device main body O'...Management information storage unit l...Recording/playback number counting unit 2...Display unit 3... Device main body according to an embodiment of the invention

Claims (6)

[Claims] (1) An incoming call detection unit that is connected to a telephone line and detects incoming calls from the telephone line, a line connection unit that closes and opens the telephone line, and messages that are received via the telephone line on magnetic tape as a recording medium. a message recording and reproducing means for recording and reproducing the message; an operation section for operating the message recording and reproducing means; a management information storage section for storing frequency of use, etc., a feed amount counting means for counting the amount of feed of the magnetic tape provided in the message recording and reproducing means, and a use frequency counting means for counting the frequency of use of each block; An audio storage device comprising a control means for controlling a block to not perform a recording operation from the next time on when the frequency of use of one block exceeds a first specified number of times set in advance. (2) The audio storage device according to claim 1, further comprising means for displaying when all blocks provided on the magnetic tape become incapable of recording operation. (3) The audio storage device according to claim 1, wherein when all blocks provided on the magnetic tape become incapable of recording, control is performed to release the state of disabling recording of all blocks. (4) After canceling the recording operation disabled state, if the usage frequency of one block again exceeds the second specified number of times set in advance, the corresponding block is again set to the recording operation disabled state, and the second specified number of times becomes the first The audio storage device according to claim 3, wherein the number of times is equal to or less than the prescribed number of times. (5) An incoming call detection unit that is connected to the telephone line and detects incoming calls from the telephone line, a line connection unit that closes and opens the telephone line, and messages that are received through the telephone line to the magnetic tape that is the recording medium. a message recording and reproducing means for recording and reproducing the message; an operation section for operating the message recording and reproducing means; a management information storage section for storing frequency of use, etc., a feed amount counting means for counting the amount of feed of the magnetic tape provided in the message recording and reproducing means, and a use frequency counting means for counting the frequency of use of each block; An audio storage device comprising a control means for controlling the usage priority of the block to be lower than the usage priority of other blocks when the usage frequency of one block exceeds a first specified number of times set in advance. (6) Claim 1 comprising means for indicating or displaying the frequency of use of each block provided on the magnetic tape.
The audio storage device according to item 1 or 5.