CN1085458C

CN1085458C - Telephone answering and recording machine

Info

Publication number: CN1085458C
Application number: CN96120765A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄拔忠
Original assignee: Winbond Electronics Corp
Current assignee: Winbond Electronics Corp
Priority date: 1996-11-25
Filing date: 1996-11-25
Publication date: 2002-05-22
Anticipated expiration: 2016-11-25
Also published as: CN1183690A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a humanized telephone answering and recording machine which has the technical scheme that a master left word is simply judged by a microcomputer; when the answering and recording machine answers an incoming call and plays the master left word, the master left word stops playing immediately if a caller breaks in, and the voice of the caller is recorded; the master left word is played when the caller stops speaking; thus, disrespectability and impatience of the caller because the caller can speak after the master left word finishes can be avoided, and the humanized answering function is realized; in addition, users can only record left words of the caller by setting the telephone answering and recording machine, the caller is judged according to the voice, and users can call back.

Description

A kind of telephone answering and recording machine and answer recording method

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of answering machine devices and methods therefor, particularly relate to and a kind ofly can cooperate caller's situation of giving orders or instructions, adjust the answering machine devices and methods therefor that owner's message is given orders or instructions.

Background technology

Traditional answering machine stores the mode of caller message, no matter the tape that is simulation stores or the storage of digital integrated circuit (digital IC), all can't do without storing one section owner's message in advance at front end, so as to there being the people to send a telegram here, and owner be can't receive calls the time, plays owner's message and with one " serge " sound indication caller message.See also Fig. 1, the question and answer situation of the answer phone of existing telephone shown in the figure, wherein a side is giving orders or instructions of answering machine, the opposing party is giving orders or instructions of caller.But general caller when hearing the recording that owner leaves a message, feels impatient usually behind closing of the circuit, for after " serge " one, talk to onself facing to phone, can't be accustomed to especially.Existing answering machine is before " serge " one, and the characteristics that can't chip in have also just caused many users because uncomfortable fully, and after putting through phone, one determines it is the sound of answering machine, just hangs up the telephone at once, makes answering machine lose due function.

Summary of the invention

In view of this, purpose of the present invention promptly is to propose a kind of telephone answering and recording machine and answers recording method, it utilizes microcomputer simply owner's message to be differentiated, and write down the interval location of its " sentence " and " sentence ", when the answer phone incoming call answering and play owner when leaving a message, can monitor caller's speech simultaneously, if the caller chips in into, just end to play owner's message immediately, and the following caller's of record speech, treat that the caller suspends when giving orders or instructions, again owner's message is played out, so can avoid because will wait for that owner leaves a message just can speak after finishing, and make the caller not be subjected to respect and impatient sensation, so as to reaching the function of hommization question and answer.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of answering machine device and method, it provides filters the function of selecting, the user can set answering machine for only recording caller message down, or promptly omnidistance recording behind the connection phone, so, for the caller of uncomfortable telephone message, the user can be according to the sound that the caller sent behind the closing of the circuit, for example " feed, feed ... " Deng, judge the caller, the contact of wiring back again.

Telephone answering and recording machine of the present invention comprises: a telephone line interface circuit, in order to interface as loop wire and end line and internal circuit; One ringing detector is connected with end line with the loop wire of described telephone line interface circuit input, in order to detect ringing number; One hybrid circuit (Hybrid circuit) is connected with described telephone line interface circuit output, in order to will be divided into sound input end and output with the link of aforementioned telephone line interface circuit; One sound input selector, its input are connected to the sound output and a microphone of aforementioned hybrid circuit respectively, and so as to selecting the sound source of input, its output is connected to described speech simulation digital quantizer; One voice output selector, its input is connected with described sound figure analog converter, and output is connected to the sound input end and an amplifier of aforementioned hybrid circuit respectively, so as to the outgoing position that selects a sound; One speech simulation digital quantizer is connected to aforementioned sound input selector, in order to the digitized sound with input; One compressor reducer is in order to be compressed processing again with digitized voice data, to save the capacity of required memory; One memory is in order to store the voice data after aforementioned compressor compresses; One decompressor decompresses in order to the packed data that will be stored in the memory; One sound figure analog converter in order to will being reduced to the sound of simulation through the voice data after aforementioned decompressor decompresses, and is sent to aforementioned voice output selector; One input information detector, it links to each other with the sound output of described hybrid circuit and an input of sound input selector, and the caller who dials in phone in order to detection imports the situation of speech; An and microprocessor, one microprocessor links to each other with described memory, compression and decompressor with the input information detector respectively, in order to the position of every a word of differentiating owner's message, and according to the testing result of aforementioned input information detector, the broadcast mode of control owner message.

Because the present invention has utilized microprocessor in advance " sentence " of owner's message (Out Going Message is called for short OGM) to be judged with the interval location of " sentence ", and notes.So, when the answering machine incoming call answering, when owner's message is played out, also can monitor simultaneously caller's speech, if during broadcast owner message, the caller chips in into, promptly stops playing owner's message, treat that the caller suspends when giving orders or instructions, begin to play again from the sentence starting point that was suspended just now again.In addition, when the every a word in owner's message finished, the telephone answering and recording chance waited for that the caller gives orders or instructions, if surpass a certain scheduled time, the caller does not give orders or instructions, and then continued to play next owner's message again.

In order more clearly to disclose structure of the present invention, feature and advantage, following conjunction with figs. describes preferred embodiment in detail.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the situation of racing to be the first to answer a question between existing answering machine owner message and caller give orders or instructions;

Fig. 2 is the calcspar of the structure of answering machine of the present invention;

Fig. 3 a is the circuit diagram of a preferred embodiment of the input information detector in the answering machine of the present invention;

Fig. 3 b is the circuit diagram of another preferred embodiment of the input information detector in the answering machine of the present invention;

Fig. 4 a and Fig. 4 b are the flow chart of answering machine action of the present invention;

Fig. 5 answers an embodiment of record situation for answering machine of the present invention; And

Fig. 6 answers another embodiment of record situation for answering machine of the present invention.

Embodiment

See also Fig. 2, telephone answering and recording machine of the present invention comprises: a telephone line interface circuit 10, in order to interface as loop wire and end line and internal circuit; One ringing detector 15 is in order to detect ringing number; One hybrid circuit 20 will be in order to will be divided into sound input end and output with the link of aforementioned telephone line interface circuit; One sound input selector 25 in order to a sound output 21 and a microphone 26 that is connected to aforementioned hybrid circuit respectively, is used the sound source of selecting input; One voice output selector 30 in order to a sound input end 22 and an amplifier 31 that is connected to aforementioned hybrid circuit respectively, is used the outgoing position that selects a sound; One speech simulation digital quantizer 35 is connected to aforementioned sound input selector 25, in order to digitized sound with input, and with u rule (u-law) or a rule (a-law) conversion; One compressor reducer 38 is in order to be compressed processing again with digitized voice data, to save the capacity of memory; One memory 40 can be a random access memory, in order to store the voice data after compressed device 38 compresses; One sound figure analog converter 45 in order to being reduced with u rule or a rule through the voice data after aforementioned decompressor decompresses, is converted to the sound of simulation again, and is sent to aforementioned voice output selector 30; One input information detector 50, the caller who dials in phone in order to detection imports the situation of speech; And a microprocessor 55, can be one 8051 wafers, in order to differentiating each position of owner's message, and according to the testing result of aforementioned input information detector 50, the broadcast mode of control owner message.Wherein, aforementioned speech simulation digital quantizer 35 and sound figure analog converter 45 can be used the TP3054 wafer, and compressor reducer 38 and decompressor 42 can be used the W62401 wafer.

According to the explanation of above-mentioned structure to answering machine of the present invention, whether aforementioned input information detector 50 is to give orders or instructions in order to detect the caller; Aforementioned sound input selector 25 is in order to only to record owner when leaving a message the user, just to switch to the microphone input; 30 of aforementioned voice output selectors only when message is listened in user's operation, just switch to loudspeaker 60 and export.

See also Fig. 3 a and Fig. 3 b, wherein, Fig. 3 a is the circuit embodiments that is input as the input information detector 50 of unipolarity input signal, and Fig. 3 b then is the circuit embodiments of input information detector 50 of the input signal that is input as balanced differential.Aforementioned two circuit are each self-contained an operational amplifier 51 and an output stage 52 all, and wherein, aforementioned operational amplifier 51 can be single supply work, R ₁, R ₂Be the gain that is used for adjusting input information, R ₃, R ₄Be the test point that is used for adjusting input information detector 50, when input information was imported, Vo was 0 volt, otherwise was high potential.

See also Fig. 4 a and Fig. 4 b, the motion flow of answering machine of the present invention comprises the following steps: (1) step 100, answering machine standby; (2) step 102, whether ring if then proceed to next step, otherwise is got back to step 100; (3) step 104 is calculated ringing number; (4) step 106, whether ringing number surpasses preset times, if then carry out step 108, otherwise proceeds to step 110; (5) step 108, answering machine begin to scoop out phone, and proceed to step 114; (6) step 110, whether telephone receiver is picked up, if then answering machine is got back to step 100, if not, then proceeds to step 102; (7) step 114 is reseted the index to owner's message; (8) step 116, along with owner message is play sentence by sentence, owner's index of leaving a message also increases gradually; (9) step 118, in owner's message, in progress sentence suspends, if then proceed to step 120, otherwise proceeds to step 132; Whether (10) step 132 is that the caller gives orders or instructions and non-noise, if then proceed to step 134, otherwise gets back to step 116; (11) step 134, owner leaves a message to play and is interrupted; (12) step 136 is calculated interruption times; (13) step 138, whether interruption times surpasses preset value, if then proceed to step 140, otherwise proceeds to step 142; (14) step 140 is set the noise flag, returns step 116; (15) step 142, owner leaves a message and points to the starting point of present sentence, proceeds to step 144 then; (16) step 120, whether owner's message finishes, if then proceed to step 122, otherwise proceeds to step 126; (17) step 122, the flag of the information under setting is recorded is with indication recording position; (18) step 124, whether the caller hangs up the telephone, if then get back to step 100, otherwise repeating step 124; (19) step 126, the starting point of next in the setting owner message, and remove the interruption times that last sentence adds up; (20) step 128, whether the caller has the sound input, if then proceed to step 144, otherwise proceeds to step 130; (21) step 130 is removed the noise flag, proceeds to step 144 again; (22) step 144 is waited for one section preset time, proceeds to step 146 again; (23) step 146, whether the caller has the sound input, if then proceed to step 148, otherwise gets back to step 116; (24) step 148, whether caller's sound import surpasses preset time length, if then proceed to step 150, otherwise gets back to step 144; (25) step 150 is set the noise flag.

In above-mentioned flow process, no matter what should illustrate a bit is under any situation, if phone is hung up, then answering machine all can be got back to the state of standby.

In above-mentioned flow process, know that also answering machine of the present invention is to have following characteristics: (1) is in step 126 and step 142, aforementioned microprocessor may command reads memory, uses to make answering machine play owner when leaving a message, and is that the starting point by every a word begins to broadcast.(2) by step 118,132,134,136,138,142,144 and 146, when aforementioned input information detector detects the caller and gives orders or instructions, if playing owner's message, then microprocessor can suspend broadcast owner message, earlier the caller is given orders or instructions to record, when the caller stopped to give orders or instructions, the sentence that will be interrupted started anew to play again.(3) in step 128,130,144 and 146, the broadcasting speed of aforementioned microprocessor control owner message all suspends one section preset time between the sentence of playing owner's message and sentence, to wait for that the caller gives orders or instructions, if the stand-by period surpasses the scheduled time, then continue to play next owner's message.(4) utilize step 136,138 and 140, aforementioned microprocessor can be set a pre-determined number, when same number of times that is interrupted and play again is greater than this pre-determined number in owner's message of being play, microprocessor just temporarily is not subjected to the influence of aforementioned input information detector, and continuation finishes this sentence.(5) in

step

148 and 150, aforementioned microprocessor can be set a scheduled time, when caller's background noise is too big, aforementioned input information detector can continue to detect the sound of caller's input, if the time that continues sound import is greater than this scheduled time, then aforementioned microprocessor still can continue to play owner's message, when this sentence finishes, judges whether still to be noisy background noise again.

Answering machine of the present invention can all be recorded the sound of all caller's inputs according to the testing result of aforementioned input information detector, or according to predetermined flow process, only records the speech that stays down after prompting.When the user sets recording mode for " all telephonographs ", as long as there is the caller to give orders or instructions, promptly start recording, otherwise must wait until when owner's message finishes just startup recording.

See also Fig. 5, there is shown the situation of utilizing answering machine of the present invention to answer record, by finding among the figure when owner leaves a message broadcast, if the caller chips in into, then owner leaves a message to suspend and plays, after the caller stops to give orders or instructions, from the beginning the sentence that owner's message will be interrupted is again play again, so, can respect the caller, avoid owner to leave a message and conflict with producing between the caller gives orders or instructions, and only owner's message finish, waiting for that the caller leaves word, not so do not have the situation of having nothing to say in reply yet.In addition, see also Fig. 6, the user also can record owner's message with simple interrogation reply system in advance, the caller can talk with answering machine, perhaps to the end the caller just find with its talk be an answering machine, and easier attraction caller leaves word, and makes the easier quilt of answering machine accept at large, and can reach its function and purpose really.

Claims

1, a kind of telephone answering and recording machine, it comprises a telephone line interface circuit, a compressor reducer, a decompressor, a speech simulation digital quantizer, a sound figure analog converter, a memory, it is characterized in that it also comprises:

One ringing detector is connected with end line with the loop wire of described telephone line interface circuit input, in order to detect ringing number;

One hybrid circuit is connected with described telephone line interface circuit output, in order to will be divided into sound input end and output with the link of described telephone line interface circuit;

One sound input selector, its input are connected to the sound output and a microphone of described hybrid circuit respectively, and so as to selecting the sound source of input, its output is connected to described speech simulation digital quantizer;

One voice output selector, its input is connected with described sound figure analog converter, and its output is connected to the sound input end and an amplifier of described hybrid circuit respectively, so as to the outgoing position that selects a sound;

One input information detector, it links to each other with the sound output of described hybrid circuit and an input of sound input selector, pulls out the situation of importing speech into the caller of phone in order to detection;

One microprocessor, link to each other with described memory, compression and decompressor with the input information detector respectively, in order to the position of every a word of differentiating owner's message, and according to the testing result of described input information detector, the broadcast mode of control owner message.

2, a kind of answering machine answer recording method, include standby, ring, calculating ringing number, connect phone, play owner's message, the recording step, it is characterized in that this method at least also comprises the following steps:

When detecting the caller and give orders or instructions, if playing owner's message, then can suspend and play owner's message, the recording of earlier caller being given orders or instructions, when the caller stopped to give orders or instructions, the sentence that will be interrupted started anew to play again.

3, answering machine according to claim 2 answer recording method, it is characterized in that answering machine is being play owner when leaving a message, be that the starting point by every a word begins to broadcast.

4, answering machine according to claim 2 answers recording method, it is characterized in that, the broadcasting speed of may command owner message when the broadcast owner leaves a message, between the sentence of playing owner's message and sentence, all suspend one section preset time, to wait for that the caller gives orders or instructions, if the stand-by period surpasses the scheduled time, then continue to play next owner's message.

5, answering machine according to claim 2 answers recording method, it is characterized in that, when leaving a message, the broadcast owner can set a pre-determined number, when same number of times that is interrupted and play again is greater than this pre-determined number in owner's message of being play, just temporarily be not subjected to the influence of input information, continuation finishes this sentence.

6, answering machine according to claim 2 answers recording method, it is characterized in that, when leaving a message, the broadcast owner can set a scheduled time, when caller's background noise is too big, if answer phone continues to detect the sound of caller's input, and the time that continues sound import greater than this scheduled time, then described answer phone still can continue to play owner's message, and this sentence is finished.

7, answering machine according to claim 2 answer recording method, it is characterized in that, in described recording step, can be according to the testing result of input information, the sound of all caller's inputs is all recorded, or, only recorded the speech that after prompting, stays down according to predetermined flow process.