JP2838881B2 - Cordless answering machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cordless answering machine which is constructed so that the number of recordings of an answering machine can be confirmed by a mobile station (slave).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A cordless telephone device includes a base station (master unit) and a mobile station (slave unit), and connects the base station and the mobile station with each other by a radio line. A call is made between the mobile station and the office line.

In this cordless telephone device, at the start of communication, "control data" such as call connection request data transmitted from a mobile station to call a base station is transmitted through a "control channel" commonly used throughout the system. “Information data” such as voice that is transmitted and exchanged after communication is established between the base station and the mobile station is transmitted through a “communication channel” assigned by the base station from among a plurality of wireless channels.

In a conventional cordless telephone of this type,
The base station is provided with an answering machine function so that the contents of the answering machine recorded by the base station can be reproduced and heard by the mobile station.

In a conventional cordless answering machine having such a function, as shown in FIG. 3, a base station A has a central office terminal 1 connected to a central office, an antenna 4, a receiving circuit 2, , A transmitting circuit 5, a radio circuit 12 for connecting the receiving circuit 2 and the transmitting circuit 5 to an antenna, a communication circuit 8 for forming a communication path between the mobile station and the office line, and a communication path including an incoming call detection unit 10. In addition to the circuit to be formed, the received data decoding unit 3
Transmission data generation unit 6, control unit 7, answering machine unit 9
And a recording number measurement unit 11.

On the other hand, the mobile station B has an antenna 21, a receiving circuit 22, a transmitting circuit 25, a receiving circuit 22 and a transmitting circuit 25.
Is connected to the antenna 21, a receiver 28, and a circuit that forms a communication path including a transmitter 29, a reception data decoding unit 23, a transmission data generation unit 26, and a control unit 27.
And an answering machine recording / playback button 30.

[0007] This cordless answering machine, when the answering machine function of the base station A is set in advance,
It works as follows.

When the incoming call detecting section 10 of the base station A detects an incoming call on the office line, the control section 7 activates the telephone call circuit 8 and also activates the answering machine telephone section 9, whereby the answering machine operation is started. The content is recorded. When the call of the partner station is completed, the control unit 7 detects the call, and when the control unit 7 confirms that the contents of the call have been recorded, the recording number measuring unit 11 increases the number of recordings by one, and the answering machine operation ends. I do.

When the answering machine recording / playback button 30 is pressed at the mobile station B after the answering machine operation is completed, the base station A is called, and after the communication between the mobile station B and the base station A is established, the transmission data is generated. The answering machine recording / reproducing request data formed by the unit 26 is transmitted from the antenna 21 via the transmission circuit 25 and the wireless circuit 24 via a wireless channel.

[0010] The signal is received by the radio circuit 12 and the receiving circuit 2 via the antenna 4 of the base station A, is decoded by the received data decoding unit 3, and the decoded signal is sent to the control unit 7. The control section 7 inputs a signal to the answering machine section 9 to reproduce the recorded contents. The reproduced recorded content is transmitted from the antenna 4 through the transmission circuit 5 and the radio circuit 12,
Transmitted over the radio channel and the antenna of mobile station B
The signal is received by the wireless circuit 24 and the receiving circuit 22 via 21, and is converted into voice by the receiver 28.

The transmission data generator 6 of the base station A and the reception data decoder 23 of the mobile station B operate in the process of responding to control data at the start of communication.

Depending on the model of the cordless answering machine, the number recorded in the recording number measuring section 11 at the beginning of the reproduction of the recorded contents of the answering machine is displayed by a voice formed by a voice synthesizing circuit, or a mobile station. Is provided with a display lamp for indicating that there is a recorded answering machine.

[0013]

However, in such a conventional cordless answering machine, a base station is provided with a display lamp for displaying the number of recordings of the answering machine, but the number of recordings is recorded on the mobile station side. Is not displayed, and therefore, the mobile station cannot know the number of recordings, or has a drawback that the number of recordings cannot be known unless the recording of the answering machine is set to the playback state.

In order to display the number of recordings on the mobile station, it is conceivable to equip the mobile station with the same type of lamp as the answering machine recording number display lamp of the base station. However, the mobile station generally consumes the built-in storage battery. Since it is necessary to reduce the current as much as possible, it is not advisable to keep displaying the lamp with the consumption of the storage battery during standby.

The present invention is to solve such a conventional problem, and confirms only the number of recordings of the answering machine by a simple operation from the mobile station side without reproducing the recorded contents of the answering machine. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cordless answering machine that can perform the operation.

[0016]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention provides a cordless answering machine having a base station having voice mail recording means and a mobile station wirelessly connected to the base station. The station has a recording number measuring means for recording the recording number of the answering machine recording means, a voice synthesizing circuit for converting the recording number recorded by the recording number measuring means into a voice signal, and a confirmation of the recording number transmitted from the mobile station. A recording number confirmation request data decoding means for decoding the request data is provided, while the mobile station has a recording number confirmation request means and a recording number for generating the recording number confirmation request data when the recording number confirmation request means is activated. A confirmation request data generating means is provided , and the base station responds to the recording number confirmation request of the mobile station.
Moves only the number of recordings without playing the recorded content
I am trying to notify the station .

[0017]

In the cordless answering machine of the present invention, when the recording number confirmation request means is operated in order to confirm the recording number on the mobile station side, the recording number confirmation request data is formed and transmitted. The base station receiving this decodes the number-of-recordings confirmation request data, converts the number of recordings measured by the number-of-recordings measuring means into a voice signal by a voice synthesis circuit, and transmits it to the mobile station. The mobile station can know the number of recordings by listening to this voice signal with the receiver.

[0018]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A cordless answering machine according to the present invention is shown in FIG.
3, the base station A includes a voice synthesis circuit 13 in addition to the configuration of the base station A in FIG. 3, and the received data decoding unit 3 has a built-in recording number confirmation request data decoding unit 3a. ing.

On the other hand, the mobile station B has a recording number confirmation button 31 in addition to the configuration of the mobile station B of FIG. 3, and the transmission data generation unit 26 has a built-in recording number confirmation request data generation unit 2a. ing.

In this cordless answering machine,
The operation from the incoming of the office line to the recording of the answering machine and the operation from the pressing of the answering machine recording / playback button 30 of the mobile station B to the reproduction of the recorded contents are the same as those of the conventional apparatus shown in FIG.

Next, with this cordless answering machine,
The operation for confirming the number of recorded voice mails will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Step 1: In the mobile station B, the recording number confirmation button 31 is pressed.

Step 2: After communication is established between the mobile station B and the base station A, the control unit 27 of the mobile station B sends a signal to the recording number confirmation request data generation unit 2a of the transmission data generation unit 26. Then, the recording number confirmation request data is generated. This data is transmitted through the transmitting circuit 25 and the radio circuit 24 of the mobile station B to the antenna.
From 21 is transmitted over a wireless channel.

Step 3: The recording number confirmation request data is received by the reception circuit 2 via the antenna 4 of the base station A and the radio circuit 12, and is decoded by the recording number confirmation request data decoding section 3a, and the decoded signal is sent to the control section. 7 is input.

Step 4: The control unit 7 to which the decoded signal is input extracts the number of recorded voice mails stored in the recorded number measuring unit 11 and sends it to the voice synthesizing circuit 13.
The number of recordings is converted into an audio signal. This audio signal
The signal is transmitted from the antenna 4 via the transmission circuit 5 and the radio circuit 12 via a radio channel.

Step 5: At the mobile station B, the voice signal is received via the receiving circuit 22 via the antenna 21 and the radio circuit 24 and sent to the receiver 28 to be converted into voice.

As described above, by pressing the number-of-recorded-records confirmation button 31 at the mobile station B, the handset 28 can hear a synthesized voice indicating the number of recorded records.

Note that the number-of-records confirmation button 31 of the mobile station B does not need to be a dedicated button, and can be substituted by pressing a specific numeric keypad.

[0029]

As will be apparent from the description of the embodiment, the present invention allows the mobile station to record a voice message on the answering machine of the base station by a simple operation separately from the reproduction of the answering machine. Only the number of cases can be confirmed in a short time.

Therefore, when the number of recorded answering machines is 0, if the confirmation is made, it is not necessary to perform unnecessary operation of recording the answering machine.

Further, since the number of recordings can be confirmed without operating the answering machine, effective information can be easily obtained first for a user who wants to know how many recordings have been made.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of a cordless answering machine according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention,

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional cordless answering machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Station Terminal 4, 21 Antenna 2, 22 Receiving Circuit 3, 23 Receiving Data Decoding Unit 5, 25 Transmitting Circuit 6, 26 Transmission Data Generating Unit 7, 27 Controlling Unit 8 Talking Circuit 9 Answering Phone Unit 11 Recording Number Measurement Unit 12 , 22 Wireless circuit 13 Voice synthesis circuit 2a Recorded number confirmation request data generator 28 Handset 29 Transmitter 30 Answering machine recording / playback button 31 Recorded number confirmation button 3a Recorded number confirmation request data decoder

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of front page (56) References JP-A-63-299415 (JP, A) JP-A-60-10860 (JP, A) JP-A-62-29254 (JP, A) JP-A 64-64 13848 (JP, A) JP-A-4-952 (JP, A) JP-A-4-371048 (JP, A) JP-A-58-138453 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) H04M 1/64 H04M 3/42 H04M 3/50 H04Q 3/58 H04B 7/26

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A base station having an answering machine recording means
And a mobile station connected to the base station by a wireless line.
In the above-mentioned cordless answering machine, the base station records the number of recordings of the answering machine recording means.
The number of recordings to be recorded and the number of recordings
A voice synthesis circuit that converts the number of recorded
Decipher the recording number confirmation request data transmitted from the mobile station
A recording number confirmation request data decoding means is provided, and the mobile station is provided with a recording number confirmation request means and the recording number confirmation means.
The number of recordings confirmation request data is
And a recording number confirmation request data forming means., In response to the mobile station's recording count confirmation request, the base station
However, without playing back the recorded content,
To notify the mobile station Cordless
Answering machine.