JPH0797815B2 - Incoming call answering device for facsimile - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention operates an electronic voice circuit on the basis of a facsimile incoming call input, notifies a caller of a preset voice message, and receives an incoming call at a place away from a facsimile. The present invention relates to a facsimile incoming call answering device capable of notifying that there is.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the transmission operation of a facsimile, the caller inputs the subscriber telephone number of the other party, and the caller turns on the transmission switch after the caller hears the incoming call response issued by the called party in response to the incoming signal. The original picture is being sent to the other party as a condition.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, depending on the above-described conventional incoming call response, the caller cannot confirm whether the other party has been correctly called. Therefore, there is a problem that the original image is transmitted to a different party when there is an input error of the subscriber telephone number. Also, in a place away from the facsimile,
I cannot know that there was an incoming call on my fax machine.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and can notify the sender of a voice message such as the name of the called party together with an incoming call response, prevent transmission mistakes, etc., and can be sent to a facsimile at a place away from the facsimile. The main purpose of the invention is to provide a facsimile incoming call answering device capable of knowing that there is an incoming call.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, a facsimile incoming call response device of the present invention is a station line incoming signal detecting means for detecting a station line incoming signal, and a detection output of the station line incoming signal detecting means. Based on
Output of electronic voice transmission timer that drives the electronic voice transmission circuit after a certain time delay from the reception of the incoming signal, electronic voice stop timer that stops the circuit after a certain time from the time of driving the electronic voice transmission circuit, and output of the electronic voice transmission timer Based on the above, an electronic voice sending circuit that sends out a pre-stored electronic sound message to the calling side, and an incoming call response notification that informs that there is an incoming call at an arbitrary place on the called side based on receiving an incoming line signal Means and a voice switching means for selecting a predetermined electronic sound message according to the reception availability state, and the incoming call response reporting means is an electronic signal stored in advance in the electronic voice sending circuit for sending to the calling side. The gist of the configuration is that it is composed of a monitor amplifier that amplifies a sound message and one or more speakers that are driven by the monitor amplifier.

The facsimile incoming call answering device according to the present invention is based on the fact that the office line incoming signal detecting means detects the office line incoming signal,
It drives the electronic voice output timer. As a result, the electronic voice sending circuit sends the electronic voice message to the calling side after a certain time delay from the time of receiving the incoming signal. The time for sending this electronic voice message is set by the electronic voice stop timer.

In addition, the facsimile incoming call answering device according to the present invention, for example, amplifies the electronic sound message sent to the calling side based on the detection of the incoming call line signal, and notifies it to any place on the called side. , Notify that there is an incoming call.

Further, the facsimile incoming call answering device according to the present invention, when the facsimile cannot be received because the paper is being replenished with paper, for example, the electronic voice message stored in advance is notified by the voice switching means in order to notify the fact. Select and send the electronic sound message to the calling side.

First Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a facsimile incoming call answering device according to the present invention.

In the figure, a station line incoming signal detection circuit 11 detects a station line incoming signal based on a call from the calling side. The detection output of the station line incoming signal detection circuit 11 is given to the electronic voice transmission timer 12. Based on this, the electronic voice transmission timer 12 drives the electronic voice transmission circuit 14 via the electronic voice stop timer 13 after a certain time delay from the reception of the incoming signal. Electronic voice stop timer 13
Stops the electronic voice transmission circuit 14 after a certain time has elapsed since the electronic voice transmission circuit 14 was driven. The electronic voice transmission circuit 14 includes a voice memory, a voice output unit and a control unit for controlling these,
An electronic voice message stored in advance based on the output of the electronic voice transmission timer 12 is superimposed on the local line.

The incoming call response notification circuit 20 is composed of a monitor amplifier 21 which receives the electronic voice message from the voice transmission circuit 14 and amplifies the electronic voice message, and one or more speakers SP connected to the monitor amplifier 21. These speakers are attached to the main body of the incoming call answering device for facsimile, and are also installed at any place according to the convenience of the incoming call side.

Reference numeral 1 is a facsimile connected to a station line to which the present apparatus is connected, and 2 is a telephone connected to the facsimile 1.

Further, 14 'is an electronic voice transmission circuit different from the electronic voice transmission circuit 14, and includes an audio memory, a voice output section, a control section for controlling these, etc., and based on the output of the electronic voice transmission timer A pre-stored electronic sound message is superimposed on the station line. The switching between the electronic voice sending circuits 14 and 14 'is performed by the voice changeover switch SW provided on the output side of the electronic voice stop timer 13.

Next, the operation of the facsimile incoming call answering device shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

In the facsimile 1 and the incoming call answering device 10 for facsimile,
A station line incoming signal as shown in FIG. 2 (a) is input.
This station line incoming signal is usually composed of repetitive pulses with a ringing tone of 1 second and a pause of 2 seconds. The response time of the facsimile 1 varies depending on the model, but as shown in FIG. 2 (b), for example, the response is set after two calls, that is, about 4 seconds after the incoming signal is received.

On the other hand, the office line incoming signal detection circuit 11 detects the incoming signal of the first call and closes the relay RY1 included in the circuit 11 at the same time as the incoming signal is received, as shown in FIG. 2 (c). The device is brought into a driving state by. Then, the electronic voice sending timer 12 closes the relay RY2 included therein after a certain time has elapsed since the relay RY1 closed, as shown in FIG. 2 (d). The set time of the timer 12 is set in relation to the response time of the facsimile 1, and in the present embodiment, it is 0.5 times longer than the start of the response of the facsimile 1.
It is set to the time delayed by two seconds, that is, about 4.5 seconds. Relay R
When Y2 is closed, the electronic voice sending circuit 14 is driven through the electronic voice stop timer 13 in the next stage. As a result, the relays RY4 and RY5 included in the electronic voice sending circuit 14 are closed, and the electronic sound message stored in advance in the circuit 14 is sent to the local line. As this electronic sound message, for example, "This is XX Co., Ltd." may be sent to inform the calling party of the name of the called party.

Further, this electronic sound message is given to the monitor amplifier 21 of the incoming call response reporting circuit 20, and is also reported to the called side from the speaker SP installed at an arbitrary place. As a result, the called party can know that there is an incoming call by listening to the electronic sound message at the place where the speaker SP is installed, even if the called party is not near the facsimile 1.

Then, as shown in FIG. 2 (f), after the relay RY2 of the voice transmission timer 12 is closed and about 2 seconds have passed, the relay RY3 of the electronic voice stop timer 13 which is normally closed is opened. . As a result, the current path to the electronic voice transmission circuit 14 is cut off and the circuit 14 is stopped. Therefore, the electronic voice message is sent to the calling side for about 2 seconds after the relay RY2 of the electronic voice sending timer 12 is closed as shown in FIG. 2 (e).

When the electronic sound message is sent to the calling side, the calling party confirms this and then sends the original image to the calling side. Then, the office line incoming signal detection circuit 11 detects the call termination signal when the transmission is completed, so that the relay RY1 of the circuit 11 is opened. As a result, the relay RY2 is returned to the open state and the relay RY3 is returned to the closed state.

In addition, in order to notify that there is an incoming call, an electronic sound message is sent to the sending side, and the receiving side is also notified of this through the incoming call response notification device. However, the means for making a notification to the receiving side is not limited to the means described in the above-mentioned embodiment. For example, another notification means connected to the relay RY3 of the electronic voice stop timer 13 is provided, and the lamp display is made by this notification means. Alternatively, a chime may be used to notify the called party that there is an incoming call.

The voice changeover switch SW is selectively connected to the electronic voice stop timer 13 to the electronic voice sending circuit 14 or 14 ', which is switched by the operation of the operator on the receiving side. The electronic voice transmission circuit 14 'stores in advance a message such as "paper is being replenished. Please send after a while". Therefore, the voice changeover switch SW is connected to the electronic voice transmitting circuit 14 side at any time when it is receivable at all times, but is connected to the electronic voice transmitting circuit 14 'side when it cannot be received due to the paper supply of the facsimile 1. Thus, RY4 'and RY5' are closed and the electronic voice message stored in advance in the electronic voice transmitting circuit 14 'is transmitted to the office line. Further, this electronic sound message is reported to the callee side from the speaker SP installed at an arbitrary location through the monitor amplifier 21 of the call reception response report circuit 20.

The electronic voice message is not limited to the one described in the above embodiment, and it goes without saying that the electronic voice message can be arbitrarily set.

Also, although it has been explained that the voice switch SW is operated by the operator on the receiving side, it is configured so that the reception enable / disable state of the facsimile machine 1 etc. is automatically detected and the contacts are automatically switched. It may be one that does. Further, the selection of the contacts of the changeover switch SW is not limited to the two cases described in the embodiment, and it goes without saying that the selection may be more than that.

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION The facsimile incoming response device according to the present invention sends an incoming voice response to the facsimile based on the detection of the incoming line signal, and also sends, for example, an electronic voice message indicating the name of the called party to the calling party. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to confirm the called party on the calling side and prevent transmission mistakes before they occur.

Further, according to the facsimile incoming call answering device of the present invention, in addition to the above advantages, it is possible to know that there is an incoming call at any place on the called side, which is very convenient in actual use.

Further, since the device according to the present invention can send out an appropriate electronic sound message selected by the voice switching means to the calling side, it is possible to notify the calling side of the reception availability status of the called side, and thus the facsimile can be sent. Communication can be made smoother.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a facsimile incoming call answering device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an operation waveform diagram of each part of the device shown in FIG. , 1 ... Facsimile, 11 ... Station line incoming signal detection circuit, 12
...... Electronic voice sending timer, 13 …… Electronic voice stop timer,
14, 14 '... Electronic voice sending circuit, 20 ... Incoming call answering notification circuit, SW ... Voice switching switch.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An electronic voice for driving an electronic voice sending circuit after a predetermined time delay from the time of receiving an incoming call signal, based on an incoming call signal detecting means for detecting an incoming call signal and a detection output of the incoming call signal detecting means. A transmission timer, an electronic voice stop timer that stops the electronic voice transmission circuit after a certain time has elapsed after the circuit is driven, and an electronic that transmits a pre-stored electronic sound message to the originating side based on the output of the electronic voice transmission timer. A voice sending circuit, an incoming call response notifying means for notifying that there is an incoming call at an arbitrary place on the called side based on receiving an incoming line signal, and a voice for selecting a predetermined electronic sound message according to the reception availability status. And a monitor amplifier for amplifying an electronic sound message stored in advance in an electronic voice sending circuit for sending to a calling side. Facsimile call response system, characterized in that is obtained is composed of a 1 or more speakers driven by Nitaanpu.