JP3246040U - automatic interpretation system - Google Patents

Abstract

[Problem] To provide an automatic interpretation system that can provide multilingual interpretation with high accuracy and at low cost. SOLUTION: A second voice 61 in a second language 131 interpreted by a first interpreter 31 is input to a first terminal device 41. A second voice 62 in the second language 132 interpreted by the second interpreter 32 is input to the second terminal device 42 . The automatic interpreting unit 15 of the automatic interpreting system 11 performs a process of interpreting the first voice 105 of the first language into third voices 81 to 85 of a plurality of mutually different third languages 71 to 75. The transmitter 33 associates the first voice, the second voice 61, 62, and the plurality of third voices 81 to 85 in a format that allows the terminal device 19 of the recipient 29 to select a language and output it. Send as multilingual audio 99. [Selection diagram] Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to an automatic interpretation system that interprets a speaker's voice into multiple languages.

For example, in the field of international conferences, the audio of speakers at the venue may be interpreted into multiple languages.
Conventionally, multiple interpreters capable of handling multiple languages are arranged, and each interpreter translates the speaker's voice into the language in which they are responsible, and the viewer selects the language to view the video.

International Publication WO2020/070959 Publication

By the way, there is a problem in that it is difficult to secure interpreters for minor languages, and that securing interpreters who can handle many languages becomes expensive.

The present invention was devised in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide an automatic interpretation system that can provide multilingual interpretation with high accuracy and at low cost.

The present invention includes an input unit for inputting a second voice obtained by interpreting a first voice in a first language by a speaker into a second language by an interpreter; an automatic interpreter that interprets third voices in a plurality of mutually different third languages; and a receiver selects a language from the first voice, the second voice, and the plurality of third voices. and a transmitting unit that associates the information in a format that can be outputted and transmits it to the recipient.

The present invention includes an input unit for inputting a second voice obtained by interpreting a first voice in a first language by a speaker into a second language by an interpreter; an automatic interpreter that interprets third voices in a plurality of mutually different third languages; and a receiver selects a language from the first voice, the second voice, and the plurality of third voices. and a transmitting unit that associates the information in a format that can be outputted and transmits it to the recipient.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an automatic interpretation system that can provide multilingual interpretation with high accuracy and at low cost.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an interpretation business model 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a system used in the interpretation business model 1 shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the automatic interpretation system 11 shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the processing flow of the interpretation business model 1 shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the interpretation business model 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

An interpretation business model according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below.
<First embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an interpretation business model 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a system used in the interpretation business model 1 shown in FIG. 1.
As shown in FIG. 1, the interpretation business model 1 is used by, for example, a speaker 5 such as a lecturer, a first interpreter 31, a second interpreter 32, and a receiver 29. The recipient 29 may be singular or plural.

In this embodiment, the automatic interpretation system 11 automatically interprets the first voice 105 of the first language of the speaker 5 into third voices 81 to 85 of a plurality of mutually different third languages 71 to 75. Perform the processing to do.
The first language is, for example, English. The second language is, for example, Chinese.
The third languages 71 to 75 are, for example, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Spanish, and Portuguese.

The speaker 5 transmits the first voice 105 of the utterance to the automatic interpretation system 11 using a microphone or a terminal device.
The first interpreter 31 uses a first terminal device 41 .
The first terminal device 41 inputs the first voice 105 from the automatic interpretation system 11 and outputs it to the first interpreter 31 .
Further, the first terminal device 41 transmits to the automatic interpretation system 11 a second voice 61 obtained by interpreting the first voice 105 into the second language 51 by the first interpreter 31 .

The second interpreter 32 uses a second terminal device 42 .
The second terminal device 42 inputs the first voice 105 from the automatic interpretation system 11 and outputs it to the second interpreter 32.
Further, the second terminal device 42 transmits the second voice 62 obtained by interpreting the first voice 105 into the second language 52 by the second interpreter 32 to the automatic interpretation system 11.

The automatic interpretation system 11 includes an automatic interpretation section 15 and a transmission section 33.
The automatic interpretation unit 15 performs a process of interpreting (translating) a first voice 105 in a first language into third voices 81 to 85 in a plurality of mutually different third languages 71 to 75.
The transmitter 33 transmits the first voice, the second voices 61 and 62, and the plurality of third voices 81 to 85 in a format that allows the terminal device 19 of the recipient 29 to select a language and output it. It is associated and transmitted as multilingual audio 99.

The recipient 29 uses the terminal device 19.
The terminal device 19 receives multilingual speech 99 from the automatic interpretation system 11 .

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the automatic interpretation system 11 shown in FIG. 1.
As shown in FIG. 3, the automatic interpretation system 11 includes, for example, a display 51, an operation section 53, a communication section 55, a memory 59, and a processing section 61.

The display 51 displays an image based on a signal from the processing section 61.
The operation unit 53 is an operation means such as a touch panel, a keyboard, and a mouse.
The communication unit 55 performs communication among the terminal device of the speaker 5, the first terminal device 41, the second terminal device 42, the terminal device 19, and the like.
The input unit 57 is a terminal for inputting data from the outside.
The memory 59 stores programs executed by the processing unit 61.
The processing unit 61 executes the program PRG1 (the program of this embodiment) stored in the memory 59 to perform the processing of the automatic interpretation system 11 defined in this embodiment.
The processing section 61 realizes the functions of the automatic interpretation section 15 and the transmission section 33.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the processing flow of the interpretation business model 1 shown in FIG.
Each step will be explained.
Step ST11:
A first voice 105 in the first language of the speaker 5 is input to the automatic interpretation system 11 via a microphone or a terminal device.
The automatic interpretation system 11 outputs the input first voice 105 to the speaker 13.

Step ST12:
The automatic interpretation system 11 transmits the first voice 105 of the speaker 5 to the first terminal device 41 of the first interpreter 31, the second terminal device 42 of the second interpreter 32, and the automatic interpreter 31. Send to.

Step ST13:
The first terminal device 41 outputs the first voice received from the automatic interpretation system 11 to the first interpreter 31.
The second terminal device 42 outputs the first voice received from the automatic interpretation system 11 to the second interpreter 32.

Step ST14:
A second voice 61 in the second language 131 interpreted by the first interpreter 31 is input to the first terminal device 41 .
A second voice 62 in the second language 132 interpreted by the second interpreter 32 is input to the second terminal device 42 .
The automatic interpretation unit 15 of the automatic interpretation system 11 performs a process of interpreting the first voice 105 of the first language into third voices 81 to 85 of a plurality of mutually different third languages 71 to 75.

Step ST15:
The transmitting unit 33 of the automatic interpretation system 11 transmits the first voice, the second voices 61 and 62, and the plurality of third voices 81 to 85 after the terminal device 19 of the recipient 29 selects the language. It is associated in an outputtable format and transmitted as multilingual audio 99.

Step ST16:
The terminal device 19 selects and outputs the voice in the language specified by the recipient 29 from the multilingual voices 99.

As explained above, according to the interpretation business model 1, the automatic interpretation unit 15 automatically performs interpretation into other languages that cannot be interpreted by the first interpreter 31 and the second interpreter 32. be able to. Therefore, we can provide interpretation services that support many languages.
According to this embodiment, multilingual interpretation can be provided with high accuracy and at low cost.

<Second embodiment>
FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the interpretation business model 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 5, the interpretation business model 1 is used by, for example, a speaker 5 such as a lecturer, a first interpreter 31, a second interpreter 32, and a receiver 29, as in the first embodiment. be done.

The interpretation business model 1 of the second embodiment will be explained below, focusing on the differences from the first embodiment.
The automatic interpretation system 11 shown in FIG. 5 is the same as that described in the first embodiment except for the processing of the automatic interpretation section 15.
In this embodiment, the automatic interpreter 15 inputs not the first voice 105 of the speaker 5 but the second voice 61 interpreted by the first interpreter 31 from the first terminal device 41 .

The automatic interpretation unit 15 performs a process of interpreting the second voice 61 into third voices 81 to 85 of a plurality of mutually different third languages 71 to 75.

In this embodiment, when the second voice 61 is a highly versatile language such as English, a wide variety of interpretation software can be used to translate the second voice 61 into the third languages 71 to 75. This can improve the accuracy of interpretation.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above.
That is, those skilled in the art may make various changes, combinations, subcombinations, and substitutions with respect to the components of the above-described embodiments within the technical scope of the present invention or its equivalents.
For example, the number of second and third languages is arbitrary. Furthermore, the number of interpreters is also arbitrary.

The present invention can be applied to an automatic interpretation system that interprets into multiple languages.

1...Interpretation business model 11...Automatic interpretation system 19...Recipient's terminal device 41...First terminal device 42...Second terminal device 61...Second voice 62...Second voice 81-85...Third voice Audio 99...Multilingual audio 105...First audio

Claims (5)

an input unit that inputs a second voice obtained by interpreting a first voice in a first language by a speaker into a second language by an interpreter;
an automatic interpretation unit that interprets the second voice input by the input unit into third voices in a plurality of mutually different third languages;
an automatic interpreter comprising: a transmitter that associates the first voice, the second voice, and the plurality of third voices in a format that allows the recipient to select a language and output the resulting information to the recipient; system. The input unit inputs a plurality of second voices obtained by interpreting the first voice into a plurality of different second languages,
The transmitter associates the first audio, the plurality of second voices, and the plurality of third voices in a format that can be outputted by the recipient in a language selection, and transmits the associated information to the recipient. The automatic interpretation system according to claim 1. The automatic interpretation section is
for each of the plurality of second voices, interpreting the second voice into the third voice of the plurality of third languages;
generating fourth sounds that are each of the plurality of third sounds translated back into the second language;
A degree of coincidence between the plurality of fourth voices corresponding to the different second language and the second voice is detected, and among the plurality of third voices that are back-interpreted into the different second language. 3. The automatic interpretation system according to claim 2, wherein the third voice having a high matching degree is selected and transmitted to the transmitter. The automatic interpretation section is
for the selected third voices of the plurality of different third languages, generating interpretation accuracy information that allows the recipient to identify the third voice with a high degree of matching;
The automatic interpretation system according to claim 3, wherein the transmitter associates the interpretation accuracy information with the third voice and transmits it to the recipient. an input unit that inputs a second voice obtained by interpreting a first voice in a first language by a speaker into a second language by an interpreter;
an automatic interpretation unit that interprets the first voice input by the input unit into third voices of a plurality of mutually different third languages;
an automatic interpreter comprising: a transmitter that associates the first voice, the second voice, and the plurality of third voices in a format that allows the recipient to select a language and output the resulting information to the recipient; system.