JPH0417580B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] Industrial applications The present invention relates to an answering machine.

BACKGROUND TECHNOLOGY Conventionally, it has been known that one answering machine is attached to each telephone line.
When answering multiple lines, such as two lines, which has been increasing in recent years, an answering machine was installed for each line.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, the conventional answering machine as described above requires two answering machines, which is uneconomical, especially in order to support the increasing number of two lines in recent years. Also, when listening to the content of received messages,
It was difficult to use because I had to use the answering machine. It is also possible to connect to two telephone lines and record the contents of received messages sequentially onto a single magnetic tape, but in this case, when playing back later, it is possible to record messages sent from which line. There was a problem that it was difficult to tell whether the

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned prior art, and allows one device to respond to multiple telephone lines.
To provide an answering machine capable of determining from which telephone line a received message was recorded.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a line closing means for closing the telephone line from which an incoming call has been received among a plurality of telephone lines, and a means for closing the telephone line from which an incoming call has been received. and signal generating means for generating a signal, and when there is an incoming call, the recording means records a message from the other party and also records in the recording means a signal corresponding to the telephone line through which the incoming call was received from the signal generating means. It is structured like this.

Effect With this configuration, even if a plurality of telephone lines are connected, the line closing means closes the telephone line to which an incoming call was received first among the plurality of telephone lines, and the signal generating means Since a signal corresponding to the telephone line received is generated, the user can know from which telephone line the call was received by recording the signal on a magnetic tape when recording a message from the other party.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the figure, 1 is a first telephone line, and 2 is a second telephone line. 3 is an incoming call detection means whose input terminals are connected to the telephone line 1 and the telephone line 2; 3a is an incoming call detection circuit that detects incoming calls on the telephone lines 1 and 3b, respectively; 4 is a line closing means to which telephone line 1 and telephone line 2 are connected;
Or close the telephone line 2. Reference numeral 5 denotes a beep tone generating means, the output terminal of which is connected to the telephone line connected by the line connecting means 4. 6 amplifies the signal of the received message in recording mode;
This is a recording/playback amplifier that amplifies the response message signal in playback mode. Reference numeral 7 denotes a switching means for connecting the output terminal of the tape recorder for response messages or the input terminal of the tape recorder for received messages to the recording/reproduction amplifier 6. One terminal of the recording/playback amplifier 6 is connected to the line connection means 4
In addition, the other terminal is connected to the switching means 7.
8 is a tape for response messages, and 9 is a tape for received messages, each of which is installed in a dedicated tape recorder. In the response message reproduction state, the switching means 7 outputs the response message, and the recording/reproduction amplifier 6 enters the reproduction mode. In addition, in the recording state of the received message, the switching means 7 becomes the received message input, and the recording/reproducing amplifier 6 becomes the recording mode. Reference numeral 10 denotes a speech synthesis device, which includes a speech synthesis decoder 10a and a read-only memory for speech (hereinafter referred to as speech).
ROM. ) 10b, the output terminal of which is connected to the input terminal of a tape recorder for received messages. Audio information indicating a telephone line number is written in advance in the audio ROM 10b.
It is converted into an audio signal by the audio synthesis decoder 10a, and this audio signal is recorded on the received message tape 9. Reference numeral 11 denotes a control means, which is composed of a microcomputer. A detection signal signal line from the incoming call detection means 3 is connected to the control means 11, and the control means 11 also performs control for controlling the line closing means 4, the beep tone transmitting means 5, the switching means 7, and the speech synthesizer 10. A signal line for signals is connected. The control means 11 also includes a response message tape 8,
A signal line for controlling the running of the received message tape 9 is connected thereto.

The operation of the answering machine configured as described above will be explained below.

First, the operation when an incoming call is received on the telephone line 1 will be explained. The incoming call detection circuit 3a is connected to the telephone line 1
The incoming call is detected, and a detection signal is sent to the control means 11. The control means 11 controls the line closing means 4 to close the telephone line 1. After closing the telephone line 1, the control means 11 controls whether the response message is connected to the telephone line 1 or not.
The switching means 7 is controlled so that the response message is transmitted to the telephone line 1, the recording/reproduction amplifier 6 is set to reproduction mode, the response message tape 8 is run, and the response message is transmitted to the telephone line 1. When the response message is completed, the control means 11 controls the beep tone transmitting means 5 to output a beep tone signal to the telephone line 1. While the beep tone signal is being output, the control means 11 controls the switching means 7 so that the received message can be input, runs the received message tape 9, and puts the recording/playback amplifier 6 into the recording mode. and,
The control means 11 controls the speech synthesizer 10 and
Telephone line 1 written in advance in ROM10b
The voice indicating the number is recorded on the received message tape 9. Even while the above-mentioned voice is being recorded, a beep tone signal is outputted to the telephone line 1 by the beep tone transmitting means 5. After the recording of the voice is completed, the beep tone signal is stopped and recording of the received message from the telephone line 1 is started. When the recording of the received message is finished, the control means 11 rewinds the response message tape 8 and closes the line.
control to open the line and prepare for the next incoming call.

Next, the operation when an incoming call is received on the telephone line 2 will be explained. The incoming call detection circuit 3b detects the incoming call on the telephone line 2, and the output signal is sent to the control means 1.
1. Then, it operates in the same manner as when a call is received on the telephone line 1 described above, and records the received message. However, in this case, audio ROM1
The voice indicating the telephone line 2 written in advance in 0b is recorded on the received message tape 9.

As described above, according to this embodiment, when responding to incoming calls from two telephone lines and recording received messages, the voice synthesizer 10 is used to determine which telephone line the message was recorded from. By recording the received message audibly on the tape 9, the user can easily determine from which telephone line the received message was sent.

In this embodiment, the information indicating the incoming telephone line recorded on the received message tape 9 is voice information generated by the speech synthesizer 10, but a beep tone is recorded on the received message tape 9. It is also possible to record only the number corresponding to the telephone line number.

Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention provides a signal generating means for outputting a signal corresponding to the telephone line on which an incoming call is received, and when a call is received, when recording a message from the other party, the signal generating means By configuring the recording means to record the signal corresponding to the telephone line on which the incoming call was received, it is possible to answer multiple telephone lines with one device, and the user can also know from which telephone line the received message was sent. You can easily tell if it is a message.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawing is a block diagram showing the configuration of essential parts of an answering machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Telephone line, 2...Telephone line, 3a...Incoming call detection circuit, 3b...Incoming call detection circuit, 4...Line closing means, 7...Switching means, 8...Response message tape, 9... ...Received message tape, 1
0a...Speech synthesis decoder, 10b...Speech
ROM, 11... control means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A terminal for a plurality of telephone lines, an incoming call detecting means for detecting from which line among the plurality of telephone lines the incoming call is received, and a terminal for detecting the incoming telephone line according to the detection signal of the incoming call detecting means. It has a line closing means for terminating a telephone line, a signal generating means for generating a signal corresponding to each telephone line, and a recording means for recording a message from the other party. An answering machine characterized in that, when recording a message, a signal corresponding to a telephone line from which an incoming call is received from the signal generating means is recorded in the recording means.