JPH04207342A - Message transmission circuit - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain automatic on-hook at the end of message transmission by detecting a silence state of an opposite party after the reception of an automatic answering message from the opposite party when the communication opposite party is an automatic answering telephone set. CONSTITUTION:A line switching means 2 of an automatic answering telephone set keeps off-hook state to a line in response to the operation of a switch means 1 and a silence detection means 3 detects the silence state and a message transmission circuit storing in advance a caller message with a voice recording means 4 is provided to a caller side. When the caller receives an automatic answering message, the lien is brought into off-hook by operating the switch means 1 and the caller message stored in advance by the detection of the silence state is sent to the automatic answering telephone set and after the end of message transmission, the off-hook state is released. Thus, after the end of message transmission, automatic on-hook is attained.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] Regarding a message transmission circuit for an answering machine, after receiving an answering message from the answering machine, it detects a silence state indicating that the other party is in a recording state, and transmits a pre-recorded message. The purpose is to be able to automatically go on-hook when the message is sent out, and when a call is received, an answering message is sent, and then there is silence and the message from the caller is recorded. For an answering machine that provides an answering machine, there is provided a line closing/opening means for keeping the line in an off-hook state in accordance with the operation of a switch means, a silence detection means for detecting a silent state, and a voice recorder for storing a caller's message in advance. A message transmitting circuit having means is provided on the caller's side, and when the caller receives an answering message, the caller operates the switch means to put the line in an off-hook state, and the call is memorized by detecting a silent state. This is configured by sending a message from a person to an answering machine, and releasing the off-hook state when the message sending is finished.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a message transmitting circuit for an answering machine, and more particularly to a message transmitting circuit having a function of automatically transmitting a message and going on-hook when an answering machine message is received.

If the other party is using an answering machine, it is necessary to receive the answering machine message, send a response message, and then go on-hook.

It is desirable that the message transmission circuit in such a case be equipped with a function to automatically send a message and go on-hook when an answering machine message is received.
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1) Prior art) If the person on the other end of the call uses an answering machine, or is absent, the other party will send a pre-prepared answering message after calling about four times. It has become.

In this case, after receiving an answering machine message from the other party, we will send a message from us, and when the message is no longer sent, the call will go off and the call will end. The 3L sea urchin is becoming a sea urchin.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the response of a conventional answering machine, and the following numbers correspond to the numbers in FIG. 4.

(1) The caller goes off-hook and dials to ring the receiver's central office line.

(2) After several calls are made, the answering machine goes off and sends an answering message (first message).

(2-b) The calling party receives this.

(3) The answering machine sends a dial tone, then goes silent and begins recording a message from the caller.

(4) The caller confirms the dial tone from the answering machine and then sends a message.

(4-b) The answering machine records the message from the caller.

(5) When the caller finishes sending the message, the caller goes on-hook and ends the call.

(6) When the caller goes on-hook, the answering machine ends recording and goes on-hook.

In this way, the caller must confirm the dial tone from the answering machine, send the message, and go off-hook after the message is completed. Therefore, after going off-hook, the caller cannot go on-hook until the call ends.

[Question B to be solved by the invention] When sending a message to an answering machine, it usually takes about 20 seconds from the time the answering machine goes off-hook until the caller inputs the message. It is.

At this time, since there is no one at the answering machine, a voice message is sent to the machine.

In such cases, messages are sent in silence without the other party replying, so it is usually difficult to communicate since the messages are different from those sent to humans. Therefore, there is a problem in that it is impossible to avoid being forced into psychological stress.

The present invention is an attempt to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art.When the other party is using an answering machine, after receiving an answering machine message from the other party, a silent state indicating that the other party is in a recording state is detected. The purpose of the present invention is to transmit a pre-recorded message and automatically go off-hook when the message transmission is finished.

[Means to solve the problem] FIG. 1 shows the basic configuration of the present invention.

The present invention provides an answering machine that, when receiving a call, sends out an answering message and then becomes silent and records a message from the caller. A message transmitting circuit is provided on the caller's side, which maintains an off-hook state with respect to the line, detects the silence state by the silence detection means 3, and stores the caller's message in advance by the voice recording means 4,
Switch means 1 when the caller receives an answering message
When the caller's message is sent, the caller's message is sent to the answering machine, and the off-hook state is released when the caller's message is sent to the answering machine. It is something.

The present invention further provides that in this case, the voice recording means 4 has recording and reproducing means 6 for recording the caller's message in the message recording section 5 and reproducing the recorded message.

[Effect]

When an answering machine receives a call, it sends out an answering message, then goes silent and records the message from the caller.

The message transmitting circuit of the present invention maintains an off-hook state with respect to the line by operating a switch means when a caller receives an answering message, and when a silent state is detected, sends a pre-stored message. The caller's message is sent to the answering machine, and the off-hook state is released when the message is finished being sent.

Therefore, according to the message sending circuit of the present invention, after receiving an answering message from an answering machine, it detects that the other party is in the recording state, and sends out the pre-recorded message, and when the sending of the message is finished, the message is automatically sent. be able to on-hook.

In this case, the calling party's message is sent by reproducing the calling party's message that has been recorded in advance.

〔Example〕

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, in which reference numeral 1 is a handset, 2 is an on/off recognition circuit that recognizes off-hook and off-hook, 13 is a control unit, and 14
1 is a push button switch, 15 is a line opening/opening circuit, 16 is a silence detection circuit for detecting silence on the other party's side, and 17 is a message sending circuit. Reference numeral 1B denotes a voice memory circuit, which includes a recording/reproducing circuit 19 and a message recording section 20.

Further, FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the present invention, and shows the interaction with an answering machine when the present invention is used, and the following numbers correspond to the numbers in FIG. 3.

(1) When the calling party picks up the handset 11 (goes off-hook), the on/off recognition circuit 12 recognizes this and notifies the control unit 13. When the caller further dials, the control unit 13 closes the line! 15, the receiver's line is connected and a call is made to the central office line.

(2) If the receiver is absent, the answering machine goes off-hook after several rings and sends an answering message (first message).

(3) When the caller recognizes this, press the push button switch (
(Answering machine switch) When you press 14, the line open circuit 1
5 operates to place the calling party off-hook for the line. The caller then hangs up the handset 11.

The on/off recognition circuit 12 recognizes this and controls the control unit 13.
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(4) The answering machine sends a dial tone, then goes silent and is ready to record a message from the caller.

(5) When the silence detection circuit 16 detects the silence state of the other party, the control unit 13 causes the message sending circuit 17 to transmit a message prepared in advance.

This message is generated in the voice memory circuit 18 by the caller reproducing in the recording and reproducing circuit 19 a message that has been recorded in advance in the recording and reproducing circuit 19 and recorded in the message recording section 20. be.

The answering machine records this message.

(6) Upon completion of message transmission, the control unit 13 controls the line open/open circuit 15 to disconnect the line, thereby performing automatic on-hook.

(7) The answering machine goes from silent (recording) to 20
It hooks up in about 30 seconds and ends the recording at the same time.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, when the one on the other end of the call is an answering machine, after receiving an answering machine message from the other party, a silent state indicating that the other party is in a recording state is detected, and 2. Since it is possible to send a pre-recorded message and automatically go on-hook when sending the message, it is possible to avoid psychological stress when sending a message to an answering machine.

The present invention is particularly effective in cases where it is necessary to convey the same message to multiple people for business purposes, and when a message is recorded on an answering machine when the other party is not present.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a diagram showing the basic configuration of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the present invention (yard, This is a flowchart showing the response of an answering machine. 1 is a switch means, 2 is a recycle closing means, 3 is a silence detection means, 4 is a pitch recording means, 5 is a sound recording section, and 6 is a recording/playback stage. “There you are.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) When receiving a call from a caller, an answering machine that sends an answering message, then goes silent and records the message from the caller, switches the line according to the operation of switch means (1). A message comprising a line closing/opening means (2) for maintaining an off-hook state with respect to the user, a silence detecting means (3) for detecting the silent state, and a voice recording means (4) for storing a caller's message in advance. A transmitting circuit is provided on the caller's side, and when the caller receives the answering message, the caller operates the switch means (1) to put the line in an off-hook state, and upon detection of the silent state, the memorized message is returned. 1. A message transmitting circuit that sends a message from a current caller to an answering machine, and releases the off-hook state when sending the message is finished. (2) The voice recording means (4) is characterized in that it records a caller's message in a message recording section (5) and has a recording and reproducing means (6) for reproducing the recorded message. A message transmitting circuit according to claim 1.