JP2023028247A - Information processing system, communication method, and information processing terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

To allow other players to easily recognize a player who speaks translated chat contents.SOLUTION: An information processing system in which a plurality of information processing terminals operated by a plurality of players respectively provides a chat function to the plurality of players includes a translation processing unit for translating chat contents by the chat function, and a chat processing unit that reproduces the translated chat contents by the translation processing unit in a voice associated with the player who has spoken the chat contents.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The present disclosure relates to an information processing system, communication method, and information processing terminal.

BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, in cooperative play games in which users play cooperatively, for example, chatting is used to exchange information and communicate with other users (see Patent Document 1, for example). Chat functions for exchanging information between a plurality of users include a text chat function for exchanging chat contents by text and a voice chat function for exchanging chat contents by voice.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2020-22668

For example, in an information processing system that provides a chat function to a plurality of players, such as a worldwide online game, players using different languages may exchange information using the chat function. Even between players using different languages, communication can be achieved by translating chat content using a translator, for example.

In an information processing system that provides a chat function to a plurality of players, it would be convenient if other players could easily recognize the player who said the translated chat content. Note that Patent Literature 1 does not describe communication by translating chat content using a translator.

An object of the present disclosure is to allow other players to easily recognize a player who has spoken translated chat content.

According to the present disclosure, an information processing system in which a plurality of information processing terminals operated by a plurality of players respectively provide a chat function to the plurality of players, and a translation processing unit that translates chat content by the chat function and a chat processing unit that reproduces the chat content translated by the translation processing unit in a voice associated with the player who said the chat content.

According to the present disclosure, it is possible to allow other players to easily recognize the player who has spoken the translated chat content.

1 is a configuration diagram of an example of an information processing system according to an embodiment; FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the computer which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of functional composition of an information processing terminal concerning this embodiment, and a translator. It is a figure showing an example of functional composition of an information processing terminal concerning this embodiment, and a translator. 4 is a configuration diagram of an example of a voice table; FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an example of processing of the information processing system according to the present embodiment; 4 is a flowchart of an example of processing of the information processing system according to the present embodiment; 4 is a flowchart of an example of processing of the information processing system according to the present embodiment; 4 is a flowchart of an example of processing of the information processing system according to the present embodiment; 4 is a flowchart of an example of processing of the information processing system according to the present embodiment;

Hereinafter, embodiments for implementing the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings.

[System configuration]
First, an example of a game system will be described as an example of an information processing system that implements a communication method according to an embodiment. An information processing system that implements the communication method according to one embodiment may be a social networking service (SNS) system other than a game system.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an example of an information processing system according to this embodiment. The information processing system 1 of this embodiment shown in FIG. 1 has a configuration including a server device 10, information processing terminals 12a to 12c, translators 14a to 14b, and a network 18 for data communication. The network 18 is a LAN (Local Area Network), the Internet, a communication network, or the like.

The translator 14a is communicably connected to the information processing terminal 12a. Translator 14b is communicably connected to information processing terminal 12b. Note that the translators 14a and 14b may be collectively referred to as the translator 14 below. The translator 14 is communicably connected to the information processing terminal 12a or 12b by wire or wirelessly. For example, the translator 14 communicates with the information processing terminal 12a or 12b using short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) or Wifi (registered trademark).

The information processing terminal 12a of FIG. 1 is operated by the player A. FIG. The information processing terminal 12b is operated by the player B. FIG. The information processing terminal 12c is operated by the player C. FIG. The information processing system 1 of FIG. 1 provides a chat function to the players A to C by having the information processing terminals 12a to 12c transmit and receive chat contents spoken by the players A to C. FIG. Transmission and reception of chat content may be performed via the server device 10 or may be performed without the server device 10 .

The information processing terminal 12a cooperates with the translator 14a, and translates the chat content using the translation function of the translator 14a. The information processing terminal 12b cooperates with the translator 14b, and translates the chat content using the translation function of the translator 14b. In addition, the information processing terminal 12c translates chat contents by a translation function realized by executing a translation program installed in the information processing terminal 12c. Note that the information processing terminals 12a to 12c may translate the chat contents by a translation function implemented by a translation program installed in the server device 10. FIG.

The translator 14 may be, for example, a handy-type dedicated terminal having a translation function, or a general-purpose terminal installed with a translation program. The translator 14 may be placed near the player for use, or may be a clip-side device attached to a headset or the like for use. The translation function can utilize existing technology, and can be implemented using, for example, the technology described in International Publication No. WO2019/111346.

The information processing terminals 12a-12c are computers operated by the players A-C. The information processing terminals 12a to 12c are PCs, tablet terminals, smartphone terminals, game devices, and the like. The information processing terminals 12a to 12c receive operations from the players A to C using, for example, touch panels, controllers, mice, or keyboards, execute information processing according to the operations, and display execution results.

Also, the server device 10 can be realized by a computer. The server device 10 transmits and receives data to and from the information processing terminals 12a to 12c, executes information processing according to the operations of the players A to C received by the information processing terminals 12a to 12c, and processes the execution results. provided to the terminals 12a-12c.

The server device 10 may be realized by a cloud computer. Note that the number of server devices 10 in FIG. 1 is not limited to one, and distributed processing may be performed by two or more. For example, the server device 10 may be used for download processing of programs (applications) to the information processing terminals 12a to 12c, login processing for players A to C, processing for managing various databases, and the like.

Note that the system configuration in FIG. 1 is an example. In the following description, information processing terminals 12a to 12c may be collectively referred to as information processing terminal 12. FIG. At least part of the functions of the server device 10 may be implemented as functions of the information processing terminal 12 . Some of the functions of the information processing terminal 12 may be implemented as functions of the server device 10 . Also, the number of information processing terminals 12 in FIG. 1 is not limited to three, and may be two or four or more.

[Hardware configuration]
The information processing terminal 12 according to this embodiment is realized by, for example, a computer 500 having the configuration shown in FIG. Similarly, the server apparatus 10 is realized by a computer 500 having the configuration shown in FIG. 2, for example. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of a computer according to this embodiment.

The computer 500 in FIG. 2 has a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 100, a storage device 102, a communication device 104, an input device 106, and an output device 108, for example. CPU 100 controls computer 500 according to a program. The storage device 102 is, for example, a memory such as ROM (Read Only Memory) or RAM (Random Access Memory), or a storage such as HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or SSD (Solid State Drive). A storage device 102 stores programs and data to be executed by the CPU 100 .

The communication device 104 is a communication device such as a network circuit that controls communication. The input device 106 is an input device such as a touch pad, controller, mouse, keyboard, camera, and microphone. Also, the output device 108 is an output device such as a display and a speaker. A touch panel is realized by combining a touch pad as an example of the input device 106 and a display as an example of the output device 108 . The hardware configuration of FIG. 2 is an example.

[Function block]
Below, in cooperation with the translator 14, the function block for translating the chat content with the translation function of the translator 14 and the translation function realized by executing the translation program installed are used to translate the chat content. The functional block in the case and the case will be described separately.

For example, the functional block in the case of cooperating with the translator 14 and translating chat contents by the translation function of the translator 14 is as shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of functional configurations of an information processing terminal and a translator according to this embodiment. Note that the functional configuration of FIG. 3 is an example, and for example, at least a part of the functional configuration of the information processing terminal 12 shown in FIG. good too.

Information processing terminal 12 in FIG.

The storage unit 210 stores a game program 212 , a voice table 214 , an image change table 216 , a privilege table 218 and a national pattern table 220 . The storage unit 210 may be implemented by the storage device 102 or may be implemented by a storage device connected via the network 18 or the like.

The game program 212 is an example of a program for game processing and chat processing executed by the CPU 100 . The voice table 214 stores information about voices for reproducing chat contents as described later. The image change table 216 stores, as will be described later, information regarding visual changes to the image of the player or character during playback of the sound.

Also, the privilege table 218 stores, as will be described later, information relating to a privilege given to a player with whom the player has communicated using the chat function, for example, when the player cooperates in the game. The national pattern table 220 stores, as will be described later, information relating to visual changes according to the national pattern given to the image of the player or character during playback of the voice.

In this embodiment, when a player uses the chat function while playing a game to communicate with another player, the content of the chat can be translated by the translator 14, so that the languages used are different. Communication is possible even between players. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to facilitate communication between players using different languages, such as their mother tongue, and to reduce barriers to cooperative play between players using different languages. are promoted and cooperative play games are activated.

The control unit 200 controls the entire information processing terminal 12 . The overall control of the information processing terminal 12 includes a process of receiving an operation for the game being executed from the player and generating and displaying a game image according to the operation. Also, the overall control of the information processing terminal 12 includes processing for providing a chat function to a plurality of players. Furthermore, the overall control of the information processing terminal 12 includes selection processing of audio for reproducing chat content, change processing for visually changing the image of the player or character during audio reproduction, and nationality of the player during audio reproduction. It includes processing such as a change processing that gives a visual change to the image of the player or the character according to the state.

Control unit 200 is implemented by CPU 100 executing processing described in a program such as game program 212 . The control unit 200 in FIG. 3 has a configuration including a game control unit 230 and an information processing terminal side cooperation processing unit 232 . The game control unit 230 performs game-related processing such as game processing and chat processing. Further, the information processing terminal side cooperation processing unit 232 performs processing related to cooperation with the translator 14 .

For example, the game control unit 230 executes game processing, generates a game image according to the game processing being executed, and causes the output device 108 to display it as a game screen. The game control unit 230 also executes chat processing for providing a chat function to the player. If it is necessary to translate the content of the chat uttered by the player, the game control unit 230 can cause the translator 14 to translate the content of the chat via the information processing terminal side cooperation processing unit 232 that cooperates with the translator 14 . can.

The game control unit 230 has a configuration including a chat processing unit 240 , an image generation unit 242 , an image change processing unit 244 , an emotion recognition unit 246 and a privilege provision unit 248 . The chat processing unit 240 receives chat content utterances by voice from players, and transmits the chat content to the information processing terminals 12 of other players. In addition, the chat processing unit 240 receives chat contents spoken by other players. The chat processing unit 240 causes the translator 14 to translate the chat content as necessary.

The chat processing unit 240 reproduces the translated chat content as voice. The voice used for reproducing the chat content is, for example, the voice associated with the player who said the chat content. Voice information used for reproducing chat content is stored in the voice table 214 . Also, the voice used to reproduce the chat content may be the voice associated with the character used by the player who said the chat content, for example. For example, voice information associated with characters used by the player is stored in the voice table 214 .

The image generator 242 generates game and chat images according to the game processing and chat processing. The image change processing unit 244 visually changes the game and chat images so that the chat processing unit 240 can identify the player or character whose voice is being reproduced. For example, the image change processing unit 244 causes the chat processing unit 240 to make the appearance of the player or character during sound reproduction different from the appearance of the player or character not during sound reproduction by adding frames, effects, icons, or the like. By changing it, it gives a visual change.

The emotion recognition unit 246 recognizes the player's emotion (anger, sadness, joy, etc.) from the voice of the player who said the chat content. The technology for recognizing the emotion of the player who has spoken the chat content from the voice of the player who has spoken is an existing technology, and the technology described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-91482, for example, can be used.

The recognized emotion of the player is used by the chat processing unit 240 to select the voice for reproducing the chat contents. Voice information based on the recognized emotion of the player is stored in the voice table 214, for example. The chat processing unit 240 refers to the voice table 214 and reproduces chat content with voice based on the player's recognized emotion.

Also, the recognized player's emotion is used by the image change processor 244 to select a visual change that identifies the image of the player or character whose voice is being reproduced. Information about visual changes based on recognized player emotions is stored, for example, in the audio table 214 . The image change processing unit 244 refers to the voice table 214 and gives visual changes to the image of the player or character during playback of the voice based on the recognized emotion of the player.

The privilege granting unit 248 grants a privilege when players in a relationship that can be recognized from the result of translation processing cooperate in the game, such as players using the same language or players belonging to the same region as will be described later. process.

For example, the privilege granted by the privilege granting unit 248 can be used in place of an image of a recovery action when more than a predetermined number of players belonging to the same region are registered in the same guild. It is an image of the action of eating food to recover.

Also, the privilege granted by the privilege granting unit 248 can be used as a costume for a player's character when more than a predetermined number of players belonging to the same region are registered in the same guild. It is an image of the clothes you are wearing. Furthermore, the privilege given by the privilege giving unit 248 can be used in place of a greeting action image when more than a predetermined number of players belonging to the same region are registered in the same guild. It is an image of the greeting action being performed.

In addition, the image change processing unit 244 identifies information about each player's national character based on the language used by the player that can be recognized from the result of translation processing or the like. Information about national characteristics based on language is stored in the national characteristics table 220, for example. The image change processing unit 244 refers to the national pattern table 220, and visually changes the image of the character of the player whose voice is being reproduced according to the identified player's national pattern.

For example, the image change processing unit 244 visually changes the image of the player's character whose voice is being reproduced, by using an action image corresponding to the specified national character (religion, ethnicity, etiquette, etc.) of the player. Examples of actions according to national characteristics include bowing, raising hands, and joining hands, which are actions that show respect.

The operation reception unit 202 receives various operations performed by the player on the input device 106 . The output control unit 204 displays various screens on the output device 108 under the control of the control unit 200 . The operation reception unit 202 is implemented by the CPU 100 controlling the input device 106 according to a program. Also, the output control unit 204 is implemented by the CPU 100 controlling the output device 108 according to a program.

Various operations performed by the player on the input device 106 refer to operations performed by the player on the operation reception unit 202 in order to cause the CPU 100 to execute processing. The output control unit 204 displays various screens and outputs sounds under the control of the control unit 200 . The communication unit 206 performs processing related to communication. Communication unit 206 is implemented by CPU 100 executing a program and controlling communication device 104 according to the program.

The translator 14 of FIG. 3 has a translation processing section 250 , a translation result output section 252 , and a translation machine side cooperation processing section 254 . The translation processing unit 250 executes processing for translating the chat content by the chat function. The translation result output unit 252 outputs the translated chat contents to the information processing terminal 12 . The translator-side cooperation processing unit 254 performs processing related to cooperation with the information processing terminal 12 . For example, the translator 14 translates chat contents via a translator-side cooperation processing unit 254 that cooperates with the information processing terminal 12 .

Next, functional blocks for translating chat contents by a translation function realized by executing a translation program installed will be described. FIG. 4 shows functional blocks for translating chat contents by means of a translation function realized by executing a translation program installed. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the information processing terminal according to this embodiment. Note that the functional configuration of FIG. 4 is an example, and for example, at least part of the functional configuration of the information processing terminal 12 shown in FIG.

Information processing terminal 12 in FIG. Note that the functional configuration of the information processing terminal 12 in FIG. 4 is the same as the functional configuration of the information processing terminal 12 in FIG. 3 except for some parts, and thus the description of the same parts will be omitted as appropriate. The information processing terminal 12 of FIG. 4 has a configuration in which the information processing terminal side cooperation processing section 232 of the information processing terminal 12 of FIG. 3 is replaced with a translation processing section 234 .

For example, the game control unit 230 executes chat processing for providing a chat function to the player. If it is necessary to translate the content of the chat uttered by the player, the game control unit 230 can cause the translation processing unit 234 to translate the content of the chat. The chat processing unit 240 causes the translation processing unit 234 to translate chat contents as necessary. Since other functional configurations are the same as those in FIG. 3, descriptions thereof are omitted.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of an example of a voice table. The voice table 214 stores, for example, information as shown in FIG. 5(A) or FIG. 5(B) as information relating to voice for reproducing chat contents. FIG. 5(A) associates and stores the player name and the voice as information relating to the voice for reproducing the chat content. FIG. 5B stores the player name, the character used, and the character's voice in association with each other as information relating to the voice for reproducing the chat content.

A player name is an example of information that identifies a player. The voice is an example of information identifying the voice used to reproduce the chat contents. The voice table of FIG. 5A is an example in which voice information used to reproduce chat content is associated with each player. By referring to the voice table of FIG. 5A, the information processing terminal 12 can reproduce the translated chat content with voice associated with the player who made the statement.

The character used is an example of information identifying the character used by the player in the game. A character voice is an example of information identifying a voice used to reproduce chat content. The voice table of FIG. 5B is an example in which voice information used to reproduce chat content is associated with each character used by the player. By referring to the voice table of FIG. 5(B), the information processing terminal 12 can reproduce the translated chat contents in the voice associated with the character used by the player who made the statement.

[process]
An example in which a player communicates with other players using a chat function while playing a game in the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described below. Here, an example of the information processing system 1 of FIG. 1 will be described. It is assumed that the languages used by the players A to C are different.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of an example of processing of the information processing system according to this embodiment. For example, players A to C start chatting in step S10 in order to communicate in the game they are playing. The information processing terminals 12a-12c repeat the processing of steps S12-S18 until the chat ends in step S20.

Players A to C, if there is content that they wish to communicate with other players, say the content (chat content) by voice from an input device 106 such as a microphone. Here, the explanation is continued assuming that the player A made a statement about the content of the chat. The chat content uttered by the player A is transmitted from the information processing terminal 12a to the information processing terminals 12b and 12c.

In step S12, the information processing terminals 12b and 12c receive the chat content from the information processing terminal 12a, determine that player A has made a statement, and perform steps S14 to S18. If the information processing terminals 12a to 12c do not receive the chat content from the other information processing terminals 12, they determine that there is no statement by another player, and skip the processing of steps S14 to S18.

In step S14, the information processing terminal 12b cooperates with the translation machine 14b, and translates the chat content uttered by the player A using the translation function of the translation machine 14b. Further, in step S14, the information processing terminal 12c translates the chat content uttered by the player A with a translation function realized by executing a translation program installed in the information processing terminal 12c.

Here, an example in which the languages used by the players A to C are different has been described, but if the languages used are the same, the translation of the chat content in step S14 may be omitted. The language used by the players A to C may be determined by the translation function, or may be determined based on information manually set by the player.

In step S16, the information processing terminals 12b and 12c refer to the voice table 214 and specify the voice associated with the player A who said the chat content as the voice to be used to reproduce the chat content voiced by the player A. . In step S16, the information processing terminals 12b and 12c refer to the voice table 214 and use the voice associated with the character α used by the player A who has spoken the chat contents to reproduce the chat contents spoken by the player A. It may be specified as voice. In step S18, the information processing terminals 12b and 12c reproduce the chat content translated in step S14 with the voice specified in step S16.

For example, if the player A is a man, if information on the male voice is stored in the voice table 214 in association with the player A, then the chat content uttered by the player A can be reproduced in the male voice. Further, for example, if player A is a woman, if information on female voice is stored in the voice table 214 in association with player A, the chat content uttered by player A can be reproduced in female voice. In this way, by increasing the types of voices that can be associated with player A in the voice table 214 and making them correspond to appropriate voices, players B and C can identify player A who said the reproduced chat content. easier to recognize.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of an example of processing of the information processing system according to this embodiment. Since the processing of the flowchart of FIG. 7 is the same as that of FIG.

Since the processing of steps S30 to S34 is the same as the processing of steps S10 to S14 in FIG. 6, the description thereof is omitted. In step S36, the information processing terminals 12b and 12c refer to the image change table 216 to specify the visual change to be given to the image of the player A or the character α who has spoken the chat content. In step S38, the information processing terminals 12b and 12c reproduce the chat content translated in step S34 by voice, and display the visual image specified in step S36 in the image of the player A who is speaking or the character α used by player A. Perform image modification processing that gives change.

For example, players B and C give visual changes to the images showing player A or character α displayed on the screens of information processing terminals 12b and 12c by image change processing in which frames, effects, icons, or the like are added. As a result, it becomes easier to recognize player A who has spoken the reproduced chat content.

Further, for example, the players B and C are visually changed by image change processing in which the character α displayed on the screens of the information processing terminals 12b and 12c moves its mouth as if it were speaking. It becomes easier to recognize the player A who has spoken the content of the chat.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of an example of processing of the information processing system according to this embodiment. Since the processing of the flowchart in FIG. 8 is the same as that in FIG.

Since the processing of steps S50 to S54 is the same as the processing of steps S10 to S14 in FIG. 6, the description thereof is omitted. In step S56, the information processing terminals 12b and 12c recognize the emotion of the player A who has spoken from the voice of the player A who has spoken.

In step S58, the information processing terminals 12b and 12c refer to the voice table 214, and use the voice associated with the emotion of player A who has spoken the chat content as the voice used to reproduce the chat content of player A. Identify. In step S60, the information processing terminals 12b and 12c reproduce the chat content translated in step S54 with the voice specified in step S58.

For example, if player A's emotion is "joy", the information of the voice of "joy" (the voice that makes player A feel happy) is stored in the voice table 214 in association with the emotion of "joy". For example, the chat contents spoken by player A can be reproduced with the voice of "joy". Further, for example, if the emotion of player A is "anger", the information of the voice of "anger" (the voice that makes player A feel angry) is recorded in the voice table 214 in association with the emotion of "anger". , the content of the chat uttered by player A can be reproduced with the voice of "anger".

In this way, by increasing the types of voices that can be associated with player A's emotions in the voice table 214, and by matching them with appropriate voices, players B and C will be able to identify the player who uttered the reproduced chat content. It becomes easier to recognize A's emotions.

In addition, the voice table 214 may record voice information in association with the situation of the game in addition to player A's emotions. For example, when the character α used by player A has few hit points (HP) and player A speaks the contents of the chat, the chat contents spoken by player A will sound painful on the information processing terminals 12b and 12c. You may make it reproduce|regenerate.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of an example of processing of the information processing system according to this embodiment. Since the processing of the flowchart in FIG. 9 is the same as that in FIG.

Since the processing of steps S70 to S76 is the same as the processing of steps S50 to S56 in FIG. 8, description thereof will be omitted. In step S78, the information processing terminals 12b and 12c refer to the image change table 216 to change the visual change given to the image of the player A or the character α who has spoken the chat content based on the emotion of the player A recognized in step S76. to identify. In step S80, the information processing terminals 12b and 12c reproduce the chat contents translated in step S74 by voice, and add the visual image specified in step S78 to the image of player A who is speaking or the character α used by player A. Perform image modification processing that gives change.

For example, if the emotion of player A is "joy", if the image change table 216 stores the information of the expression "joy" in association with the emotion of "joy", the screens of the information processing terminals 12b and 12c The facial expression of player A or character α being displayed can be changed to a “joyful” facial expression. In addition, the image change table 216 may be recorded in association with facial expression information in consideration of the situation of the game in addition to the player A's emotion.

For example, when the character α used by the player A has few hit points (HP) and the player A speaks the content of the chat, the expression of the player A or the character α displayed on the screens of the information processing terminals 12b and 12c can be changed. , a visual change may be given to give a distressed expression.

In this way, by increasing the types of visual changes that can be associated with Player A's emotions in the image change table 216 and by making them correspond to appropriate visual changes, Players B and C are able to It becomes easy to recognize the emotion of the player A who said the content.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of an example of processing of the information processing system according to this embodiment. Since the processing of the flowchart of FIG. 10 is the same as that of FIG. 6 except for a part, the description of the same part will be omitted as appropriate.

Since the processing of steps S90 to S94 is the same as the processing of steps S10 to S14 in FIG. 6, the description thereof is omitted. In step S94, the information processing terminals 12b and 12c determine the language used by the player A who has spoken. The language used by player A may be determined by the translation function, or may be determined based on the language information set by the player. Based on the language used by player A, the information processing terminals 12b and 12c identify player A's national character.

In step S98, the information processing terminals 12b and 12c refer to the nationality table 220 to determine the visual change to be given to the image of the player A who made the remark or the character α used by the player A, based on the nationality of the player A who made the remark. Identify.

In step S100, the information processing terminals 12b and 12c reproduce the chat content translated in step S94 by voice, and display the image of player A who is speaking or the character α used by player A in the national pattern specified in step S98. Image modification processing is performed to provide a visual change in accordance with the image.

For example, players B and C can confirm an action corresponding to player A's national character as an action of player A's character α displayed on the screens of information processing terminals 12b and 12c.

The processing of the flow charts shown in FIGS. 6 to 10 can be combined in part or in whole. For example, by adding the processing contents of steps S16 and S18 of FIG. 6 to the processing of the flowchart of FIG. 7, the information processing terminals 12b and 12c reproduce the chat contents translated in step S34 with the voice specified in step S16. At the same time, it is possible to perform an image change process for giving the visual change specified in step S36 to the image of the player A who is speaking or the character α used by the player A.

For example, by adding the processing contents of steps S58 and S60 of FIG. 8 to the processing of the flowchart of FIG. 9, the information processing terminals 12b and 12c reproduce the chat contents translated in step S74 with the voice specified in step S58. At the same time, it is possible to perform an image change process for giving the visual change specified in step S78 to the image of the player A who is speaking or the character α used by the player A.

Further, in the above description, an example has been described in which the content of the chat uttered by the player A is transmitted from the information processing terminal 12a to the information processing terminals 12b and 12c, and then the content of the chat is translated by the information processing terminals 12b and 12c. The content of the chat may be translated on the 12a side or the server device 10. FIG. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, an example of application to voice chat has been described, but application to a read-aloud function of text chat is also possible.

Thus, in this embodiment, it is possible for other players to easily recognize the player who has spoken the translated chat content. For example, in a game system, unlike a meeting where one can concentrate on listening to other people's comments or reading subtitles, it is necessary to listen to chat contents while operating the game and grasping the situation. According to this embodiment, it becomes easier for other players to recognize the player who said the content of the chat being reproduced.

The information processing system 1 of the disclosed embodiment should be considered illustrative and not restrictive. The embodiments described above can be modified and improved in various ways without departing from the scope and spirit of the appended claims. In addition, the items described in the above-described multiple embodiments can be configured in other configurations within a consistent range, and can be combined within a consistent range.

1 Information processing system 10 Server devices 12a to 12c Information processing terminals 14a to 14b Translator 232 Information processing terminal side cooperation processing unit 240 Chat processing unit 244 Image change processing unit 246 Emotion recognition unit 248 Privilege granting unit 250 Translation processing unit 254 Translator Side cooperation processing part

Claims (13)

An information processing system in which a plurality of information processing terminals operated by a plurality of players respectively provides a chat function to the plurality of players,
a translation processing unit that translates chat content by the chat function;
a chat processing unit that reproduces the chat content translated by the translation processing unit in a voice associated with the player who said the chat content;
An information processing system having 2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein said chat processing unit reproduces said chat content translated by said translation processing unit in a voice associated with a character used by said player who has made a statement. an image change processing unit that visually changes the image of the player or the character so that the player or the character that is reproducing the sound can be identified;
3. The information processing system according to claim 2, further comprising: an emotion recognition unit that recognizes the emotion of the player who has spoken the chat content from the voice of the player who has spoken the chat content;
further having
4. The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the chat processing unit reproduces the chat contents with voice based on the recognized emotion of the player. an emotion recognition unit that recognizes the emotion of the player who has spoken the chat content from the voice of the player who has spoken the chat content;
further having
4. The information processing system according to claim 3, wherein the image change processing unit gives a visual change based on the recognized emotion of the player to the image of the character during reproduction of the voice. The translation processing unit determines the language or region to which each of the players who have spoken is based on the result of translating the chat contents,
A privilege granting unit that grants a privilege when the players using the same language or the players belonging to the same region cooperate,
The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising: The translation processing unit determines the language of each of the players who have spoken based on the result of translating the chat contents,
4. The information processing system according to claim 3, wherein the image change processing unit specifies information about the national character of the player based on the determined language of each of the players, and gives the image of the character a visual change corresponding to the national character. . The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the translation processing unit is implemented by a translator capable of communicating with the information processing terminal. 8. The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein said translation processing unit is realized by a translation program installed in said information processing terminal. 10. The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the chat function is a chat function used by the plurality of players during a game. A communication method for an information processing system in which a plurality of information processing terminals operated by a plurality of players respectively provides a chat function to the plurality of players,
a translation step of translating chat content by the chat function;
a chat processing step of reproducing the chat content translated by the translating step in a voice associated with the player who said the chat content;
method of communication. An information processing terminal communicably connected to an information processing terminal operated by another player and capable of communicating with the other player using a chat function,
a translation processing unit that translates chat content by the chat function;
a chat processing unit that reproduces the chat content translated by the translation processing unit in a voice associated with the player who said the chat content;
Information processing terminal having An information processing terminal communicably connected to an information processing terminal operated by another player and capable of communicating with the other player using a chat function,
a cooperation processing unit that cooperates with a translation device that translates chat content by the chat function;
a chat processing unit that reproduces the chat content translated by the translator in a voice associated with the other player who said the chat content;
Information processing terminal having

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