JPH0640655B2 - Telephone compatible device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a telephone compatible device, and in particular, it can automatically respond to a telephone coming in at midnight, and a human being does not respond to a telephone or the like that is mistakenly brought in. The present invention relates to a telephone compatible device capable of notifying the other party of that fact.

[Prior Art and its Problems] Conventionally, there is no effective countermeasure for dealing with a wrong telephone call, and the present situation is that humans directly deal with it. It is good to make this wrong call in the daytime, but in the case of very busy or late at night, I don't want to make any calls except for emergency calls.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. Even when a call is received, a response message is automatically sent to the other party, and even after the other party receives the response message. It is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone compatible device that can respond only when there is a will to continue a call.

[Summary of the Invention] The above object is to generate a ringing tone of a telephone when detecting a call to a telephone line, first send a first response message, and if it is a wrong telephone call, call it to the other party. Make it recognizable.

After that, when the caller continuously desires to make a call, the callee notification sound is generated only when the line is kept connected as it is, so that the callee is prompted to answer the call.
Then, when the called party picks up the handset (off-hook) by the ringing tone, the call becomes possible, and thereafter, the operation shifts to a normal telephone operation. If the handset is not picked up, the second response message is sent and the line is sent. Is achieved by a telephone-enabled device that opens the.

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

(First Embodiment) (1) Configuration of the First Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an answering machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 1 is a callee detection circuit detects a called signal incoming than office line L _1, L _2, office line L _1, L ₂ to detect whether or not open. Reference numeral 2 denotes a response tape deck which, under the control of the control circuit 4, generates an audio signal output of a tape on which a predetermined message, which will be described later, is recorded and outputs it to the local lines L ₁ and L ₂ . A telephone 3 is connected to the office lines L ₁ and L ₂ , and operates as a normal telephone when the apparatus of this embodiment is not operating.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a control circuit, which controls various operations of the present device based on the called signal from the called detection circuit 1. Reference numeral 5 is a timer circuit, 6 is a voice circuit which is activated by the timer circuit, and outputs a ringing tone (callee notification tone) signal from the speaker 7.
Is a speaker.

Further, 8 is a switch (A relay contact) that forms a DC loop on the office lines L ₁ and L ₂ , 9 is a handset pick-up detection circuit that detects an off hook of the handset of the telephone 3, and 11 is the handset 3 that connects the telephone 3 to the office line L ₁ . It is a switch (B relay contact) for connecting to L ₂ .

(2) Operation of the First Embodiment The operation of the present embodiment having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG.

When the apparatus of this embodiment is not activated, the switch contact 8 of the A relay is opened, the switch contact 10 of the B relay is held in the a position, and the telephone 3 is connected to the office lines L ₁ and L ₂ .

Here, when the power is turned on or activated in this embodiment, A
The switch contact 8 of the relay is opened, the switch contact 10 of the B relay is held in the b position, and the telephone set 3 has the telephone lines L ₁ and L ₂
More separated. Then, the processing from step S1 onward is executed.

First, in step S1, it is monitored whether or not there is a called signal from the station lines L ₁ and L _{2 in the} called detection circuit 1. When the called detection circuit 1 detects the arrival of the called signal from the station lines L ₁ and L ₂ , the called detection signal is output to the control circuit 4, and the process proceeds from step S1 to step S2.

The control circuit 4 energizes the A relay to close the switch contact 8 at step S2, forms a direct current loop on the office lines L ₁ and L ₂ , and responds to the call. Until now, the B relay 10 has been held on the contact b side, and the telephone 3 has the office line L ₁ ,
Since it is not connected to L ₂ , no ringing tone or the like from the telephone 3 is generated.

At the subsequent step S3, the control circuit 4 activates the response tape deck 2, reproduces the first response message recording portion, and activates the timer circuit 5 to start a predetermined timer timing.

The response tape deck 2 activated by the control circuit 4 sends the first response message prerecorded in step S4 to the station lines L ₁ and L ₂ via the transformer 11. It is desirable that the first response message is, for example, the following response message when the apparatus is activated at midnight.

"This is XX. I'm afraid that I am sleeping now, so please call me again tomorrow morning. If you are in an urgent need, I am sorry but I will wait for a while. When the response tape deck 2 finishes sending the above-mentioned first response message, it stops in that state.

Then, in steps S5 and S6, whether the first set time of the timer circuit 5 started in the previous step S3 elapses, or the called detection circuit 1 releases the station line from the called party (calling party) Picked up the handset).

Here, when the calling party hears the first response message, hangs up the receiver, and when the station lines L ₁ and L ₂ are opened, the processing from step S6 to step S16 and later described below is executed.

On the other hand, if the first set time in the timer circuit 5 has elapsed, the process proceeds from step S5 to step S10 to activate the voice output circuit 6 from the timer circuit 5 and output the ringing tone through the speaker 7. Then, the fact that a call has been received from the station lines L ₁ and L ₂ is notified.

Then, in steps S11 to S13, whether the called detection circuit 1 detects the opening of the office lines L ₁ and L ₂ by the call destination,
A person who hears the ringing sound from the speaker 7 picks up the handset of the telephone set 3 and monitors whether it is detected by the handset pick-up detection circuit 9 or the second preset time set in the timer circuit 5 has elapsed. To do. Here, the called detection circuit 1
When the opening of the station lines L ₁ and L _{2 by} the called party is detected, the process proceeds from step S11 to step S16.

When the handset pick-up detection circuit 9 detects that the handset of the telephone 3 has been picked up in steps S11 to S13, the process proceeds from step S12 to step S15 to restore the relay B and control the switch contact 10 from the b position to the a position. , Telephone 3 is connected to the office lines L ₁ and L ₂ . Then, the process proceeds to step S16. In this state, the telephone 3 is off-hook, and the telephone 3 is connected to the office lines L ₁ , L ₂
Connection to the telephone line 3, the DC loop state of the station line is maintained in the telephone 3, and the station line is not released.

On the other hand, when the timer circuit 5 detects the elapse of the second set time in steps S11 to S13, the process proceeds from step S13 to step S20 to stop the timer of the timer circuit 5 to deactivate the audio output circuit 6, and to turn off the speaker 7 The output of the ringing tone by is stopped. Then, in step S21, the response tape deck 2 is activated and the second response message is sent to the office lines L ₁ and L ₂ via the transformer 11. Then, the process proceeds to step S16.

This second response message can be, for example, the response shown below.

"I'm very sorry, but I can't contact you, so please call again tomorrow. I'm sorry." At step S16, the relay A is deenergized to open the switch contact 8 and the timer circuit. If the timer timing of No. 6 is not stopped, the timer timing is stopped and the output of the ringing tone from the voice output circuit 6 is stopped, and the process proceeds to step S17. In step S17, the response tape deck 2 is rewound and the first response message is ready to be sent out again. Then, the process returns to step S1 to wait for detection of the next called signal.

The operation timing chart of the present embodiment described above is shown in FIG.

Here, taking up the handset of the telephone 3, when the handset pick-up signal is output, the contact 10 is held at the position a as shown by the broken line, and the contact 8 is opened as shown in the drawing until the handset is placed or the local line is released. The state is maintained until it is released.

Further, when the pick-up of the handset of the telephone 3 is detected after the ringing tone is output, the relay B is connected to the contact a side as shown by the arrow to connect the telephone 3 to the office line so that the caller can communicate with the caller. , The ringing tone is stopped, and the contact 8 of the relay A is opened.

In the above description, a late-night message is taken as an example of the response message, but the response message is not limited to this, and any message can be used.

Also, instead of generating a second response message or ringing tone, control so as to record the voice of the calling party and apply it as an answering machine to record an urgent call or an incorrect call. Can be avoided and only necessary requirements can be recorded.

(Second Embodiment) In the first embodiment described above, an example in which the response to the called telephone is performed by the magnetic tape deck 2 has been described.
However, the present invention is not limited to the above example, and is not limited to the magnetic tape deck, but a voice response pack for recording a response voice, for example, a semiconductor RAM pack including a backup power source (battery etc.) or a flexible magnetic recording. Of course, it may be a device or the like.

FIG. 4 shows the configuration of the second embodiment according to the present invention in which the RAM pack is used as the voice response pack.

In FIG. 4, the same components as those in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 described above are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In FIG. 4, 12 is a voice response pack for storing a voice to be responded to, 13 is a read / write control unit for performing read / write control for the voice response pack 12, and 14 is a response stored (registered) in the voice response pack 12. It is a microphone for inputting voice.

In the above configuration, the operator first receives the voice information to be answered to the called party from the microphone 14 and the read / write controller 13.
Register via. Then, the registered response voice is read from the control unit 4 or the control signal from the timer circuit 5, and is sent to the incoming lines L ₁ and L ₂ via the transformer 11.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, it is possible to achieve the same effect as that of the first embodiment described above. Further, since there is no moving part in the output part of the response message, the device can be made highly reliable and the size can be reduced.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention as described above, there is no need to respond to a wrong phone call, and in particular, it is not unnecessarily caused by a wrong phone call coming in at midnight or the like. It is possible to provide a telephone compatible device capable of appropriately responding to a really necessary telephone call.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an operation flow chart of this embodiment, FIG. 3 is an operation timing chart of this embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a second embodiment of the present invention. It is an example block diagram. In the figure, 1 ... called detection circuit, 2 ... response tape deck,
3 ... Telephone, 4 ... Control circuit, 5 ... Timer circuit, 6
...... Voice output circuit, 7 ...... Speaker, 8,10 ...... Switch contact, 9 ...... Handset pick-up detection circuit, 12 ...... Voice response recording pack, 13 ...... Read / write controller, 14 ...
… It ’s a microphone.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Connection control means for controlling connection of a telephone to a telephone line, message holding means for holding at least two types of response messages, and called detection means for detecting a called signal from the telephone line. A response that is activated by the detection of the called signal by the called detection means and forms a DC loop in the telephone line to send the first response message in the response message held in the message holding means to the telephone line. Means, notification sound control means for outputting a called notification sound after a lapse of a first predetermined time from the sending of the first response message by the response means, detection means for detecting off-hook of the telephone, and the detection means. If the off-hook is not detected by the detection means even after the second predetermined time has elapsed from the start of the output of the called information sound of the notification sound control means, the message is output. Holding means for transmitting the held second response message to the telephone line, and the connection control means connects the telephone to the telephone line when the off-hook of the detecting means is detected, and the calling side A telephone-compatible device that is controlled so that it can communicate with the user. 2. The notification sound control means causes the sending means to send the second response message when the off-hook is not detected by the detecting means even after the second predetermined time has elapsed from the start of the output of the called notification sound. The telephone-compatible device according to claim 1, wherein the output of the notification sound is stopped in advance.