JP6807799B2 - server - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a server for outputting a message in an appropriate language.

Patent Document 1 describes one or more information output devices that display guidance information to a user, and information that provides guidance information created in one or more languages to the information output device at the request of the information output device. There is a description about the providing server. There is a description that this information output device outputs guidance information created in the language used corresponding to the nationality information of the user transmitted from the information providing server.

Special Table 2016-524189

The technique described in Patent Document 1 above requires a tag that stores nationality information, such as a boarding pass. Therefore, for a person who does not have such a tag, there is a problem that it is not possible to consider what language should be translated and it is not possible to provide appropriately translated guidance information.

Therefore, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a server capable of providing a message in an appropriate language to a user without using a tag or the like storing nationality information.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the server of the present invention is a server that controls a message output device that outputs a message in an arbitrary language, and the language setting information of the user terminal and the language setting information of the user terminal are transmitted from the user terminal used by each user. The first collection unit that collects the position information of the user terminal, the second collection unit that determines the user to be collected based on the position information and collects the contract information of the user for each user, and the first description. A calculation unit that calculates the degree of understanding of one or more languages that the user can understand for each user based on the information collected by the collection unit and the second collection unit, and one or one calculated by the calculation unit. A determination unit that determines a language to be output and its priority based on the understanding level of a plurality of languages, and a control that causes the message output device to output a message in a language according to the determined priority. It is provided with an output unit for performing.

According to the present invention, another language can be determined based on the setting information, contract information, and location information of the user terminal. Therefore, it is possible to provide a message in an appropriate language without using a tag that stores nationality information.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a message in an appropriate language without using a tag storing nationality information.

It is a figure which shows the system structure of the message output system of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the user information stored in the user information DB 101a. It is a figure which showed the total point of the comprehension degree of all the users in a predetermined area for each language. It is a sequence diagram which shows the operation of a message output system. It is a figure which shows the positional relationship between the moving direction of a communication terminal 300, the area for determining a translation language, and a message output device 200 in a certain area. It is a figure which shows the positional relationship between a broadcasting vehicle 400, and regions W to Z in which a translation language is determined. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of the translation server 100 and the broadcasting vehicle 400 in the 2nd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which showed the definition by dividing the target area into a predetermined area. It is a figure which shows the processing sequence of the system including a translation server 100 and a broadcasting vehicle 400. It is explanatory drawing which shows the rotation mechanism of the broadcast output part 203. It is a figure which shows the hardware configuration of the translation server 100.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. When possible, the same parts are designated by the same reference numerals and duplicate description is omitted.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of the message output system of the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, this message output system includes a translation server 100, a voice input device 150, and a message output device 200. The message output system is configured to be accessible to the contract information DB 220, the external site 230, and the statistical information DB 240 (statistical information DB), and the message translated into an appropriate language based on the information from these databases. Is output.

Then, the translation server 100 collects the position information and the setting information of one or more communication terminals 300, which are mobile devices or mobile terminals, located in a predetermined area (for example, around the message output device 200). The setting information is information individually set in the communication terminal 300, for example, a language setting. In addition, it may include information such as which country the person has a contract with, and which country the carrier has a contract based on roaming information.

Then, the translation server 100 further collects the contract information of each communication terminal 300 based on the collected identification information, and also collects the linguistic information operated at the external site 230 and the alien statistical information from the statistical information DB 240.

Based on this information, the translation server 100 determines the translation language having the highest understanding in the predetermined area. Then, when the translation server 100 receives the voice input from the voice input device 150, it translates it into the determined translation language and transmits the translated message to the message output device 200. This message is voice or text.

The message output device 200 outputs the received message. Here, output means display or broadcasting.

Next, the configuration of the translation server 100 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the translation server 100 includes an information collection unit 101 (first collection unit, second collection unit, third collection unit, fourth collection unit), user information DB 101a (storage unit), and comprehension calculation unit. It includes 102 (calculation unit), an output device DB 102a, a language determination unit 103 (determination unit), a translation processing unit 104, and an output unit 105 (output unit).

The information collecting unit 101 is a part that collects identification information, position information, and setting information of one or more communication terminals 300. Further, the information collecting unit 101 can use the contract information DB 220 and the external site 230 based on the identification information of the communication terminal 300 for which the location information has been collected, in the language and the external site 230 in which the user of the communication terminal 300 has proceeded with the communication carrier or the like. Collect the entered language. The information collecting unit 101 stores various collected information as user information in the user information DB 101a. The information collecting unit 101 may collect the position information of the user in the predetermined area determined based on the position of the message output device 200.

The comprehension calculation unit 102 calculates the comprehension of the user of the communication terminal 300 in each language based on the collected information. Here, the comprehension calculation will be described in detail.

FIG. 2 is user information stored in the user information DB 101a. The user information is stored in association with the language setting, keyboard application, correspondence history: shop, correspondence history: web, SNS history, contract period, and current position for each user ID.

The language setting and the keyboard application are setting information, and are information individually collected from the communication terminal 300. The language setting is the language set in the communication terminal 300 for displaying messages and the like. The keyboard app indicates the language of the keyboard app installed for inputting emails and the like.

Correspondence history: Shop, Correspondence history: Web indicates the procedure language processed in the shop or Web, and the contract period indicates the contract period of the communication terminal. These pieces of information are information collected from the contract information DB 220. The contract information DB 220 stores the history of the language in which the procedure was performed.

The SNS history indicates the language operated at the external site 230. Using the identification information of the communication terminal 300 as a key, the operated language information is collected from an external site 230 such as a predetermined SNS site. The manipulated language information is stored in the external site 230, but the information collecting unit 101 may determine by analyzing the manipulated language.

The current position is the position information of the communication terminal 300.

Based on such user information, a method of calculating the comprehension level of each user in each language will be described.

FIG. 2A shows user information for each user. For example, user ID: 10001 is associated with language setting: JP, keyboard application: JP, correspondence history shop: JP, correspondence history web: JP, SNS history: EN, contract period: 10 years, current position xx, yy. There is. JP indicates Japanese, and EN indicates English. In addition, weighting for comprehension calculation is set for each item of user information, and 100% weighting is applied to the language setting and the keyboard application. Correspondence history shop is 85%, correspondence history web is 80%, SNS history is 70%, contract period is 50%. These weights are preset numerical values and are set from the viewpoint of how much they have contributed to the understanding of the language.

Here, looking at the user ID: 10001, as shown in FIG. 2B, the language setting: JP is 100%, the keyboard application: JP is 100%, the correspondence history shop: JP is 85%, Correspondence history shop: JP is set to 80%.

On the other hand, since the SNS history is EN, the weighting of the degree of understanding of Japanese in this item is set to 0. On the other hand, SNS history: EN is 70%.

As for the contract period, since Japan is the contract target place (stay place) here, Japanese is set to 50%.

The degree of understanding of each language is set to the maximum value in each item of user information. Therefore, if 100% is added to any one item, the degree of understanding of the language will be 100%. For example, in FIG. 2B, the Japanese comprehension level of the user ID: 10001 is 100%, and the English comprehension level is 70%.

As described above, the comprehension calculation unit 102 calculates the comprehension level of each language of each user for the communication terminal 300 (user) in the predetermined area determined based on the position information. Taking FIG. 2B into consideration, the user ID: 10001 has a Japanese comprehension level of 100% and an English comprehension level of 70%. The user ID: 10002 has a Japanese comprehension level of 70% and an English comprehension level of 100%. The same comprehension calculation process is performed for other users.

The language determination unit 103 is a portion that preferentially determines a language to be translated for a user in a predetermined area. This will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the total points of understanding of all users in a predetermined area for each language. As shown in FIG. 3A, the Japanese comprehension of the user ID: 10001 is 100%, the Japanese comprehension of the user ID: 10002 is 70%, and the Japanese comprehension of the user ID: 10033 is Japan. The language comprehension level 103 is calculated by the language determination unit 103, and the total points are calculated as 370.

By the same processing, 320 is calculated as the total points of understanding of English, and 100 is calculated as the total points of understanding of Chinese. Below, the points of comprehension of Taiwanese, Korean, etc. are calculated.

Referring to FIG. 3A, the language having the maximum total points is Japanese, so the language determination unit 103 sets Japanese as the first priority language.

Next, the setting of the second priority language will be described. As shown in FIG. 3 (b), since Japanese is set as the first priority language, the language determination unit 103 has the item of the user who understands Japanese 100% and Japanese in other users. The item in is excluded, and the second priority language is determined.

As shown in FIG. 3B, each user with user IDs 10001 and 10004 has a 100% understanding of Japanese, and is therefore excluded when calculating the second priority language. That is, the comprehension level of the second priority language is calculated based on the comprehension level of the remaining excluded users in each language. Here, 250 is calculated as the total points in English, and 100 is calculated as the total points in Chinese. Therefore, the language determination unit 103 determines English as the second priority language.

As shown in FIG. 3C, the same processing is performed for the third priority language. Here, the understanding of Chinese is calculated to be 100%, and the understanding of Ukrainian is calculated to be 100%. Since there are many Chinese based on the statistical information DB 240 of foreigners, the language determination unit 103 determines Chinese as the third priority language.

The translation processing unit 104 performs translation processing in the language determined by the language determination unit 103. When multiple languages are determined, translation processing is performed according to the priority.

The output unit 105 is a unit that outputs the language translated by the translation processing unit 104 to the message output device 200. The output unit 105 may be configured to output a message translated in any one language for a message translated in a language set in advance as a language of the same type (related language). Here, the same type of language means a language having the same language system and uses similar characters / words whose meanings can be generally understood. For example, Chinese and Taiwanese have the same language system, and a person whose mother tongue is one of them can generally understand the message displayed or output in either language. Languages with such a relationship are defined as the same type of language. In addition, Malaysian and Indonesian, Portuguese and Spanish and Italian, Norwegian and Swedish and Danish, Thai and Lao, Russian and Ukrainian can be treated as the same type of language. The language type information is stored in the user information DB 101a, but is not limited to this, and may be stored in a language information database (not shown).

The operation of the message output system configured in this way will be described. FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of the message output system. First, one or more communication terminals 300 transmit the identification information, setting information, and location information of the communication terminal 300 to the translation server 100 (S101).

When the information collecting unit 101 collects the identification information, the setting information, and the location information from one or more communication terminals 300 in the translation server 100, the identification information of the further collected communication terminal 300 is used as a key from the contract information DB 20. Collect contract information (S102).

Then, the information collecting unit 101 stores the setting information, the location information, and the contract information in the user information DB 101a for each identification information (S103).

Next, when the position information, the type information, and the state information are registered in the message output device 200, the information collecting unit 101 collects the information (S105). The state information indicates the operating state of the message output device 200, and the type information is information indicating whether the device outputs voice or displays a display.

The information collecting unit 101 stores the collected information in the output device DB 102a (S105).

The comprehension calculation unit 102 identifies, position information, contract information, and setting information of the communication terminal 300 located in a predetermined area determined based on the position information of the message output device 200 stored in the output device DB 102a. Is acquired from the user information DB 101a. Then, the comprehension calculation unit 102 calculates the comprehension of each language based on the user information (S106).

The language determination unit 103 determines the translation language in the predetermined area based on the understanding level of each language calculated by the comprehension level calculation unit 102 (S107). The process of determining the translation language is performed for each predetermined area.

Next, in the voice input device 150, the operator inputs the voice of the content to be output (S108). Then, the voice input device 150 outputs the input voice data and the designated area to the translation server 100 (S109).

When the translation processing unit 104 receives the voice data and the designated area from the voice input device 150 in the translation server 100, the voice data is voice-recognized and converted into text (S110). Then, the translation processing unit 104 translates the textualized data into the determined translation language (S111). If the type of the message output device 200 is a device that outputs voice, the output unit 105 converts the message output device 200 into voice data according to the type (S112). If the message output device 200 is a display device that displays characters, the voice data conversion process is not performed. Then, the output unit 105 outputs the translated message data to the message output device 200 (S113).

The message output device 200 receives the message data and outputs the message data (S114). The message output device 200 outputs the voice from the speaker when the voice data is received, and displays the text data on the display when the text data is received.

Next, a modified example of the present embodiment will be described. In the above-described embodiment, it is determined whether or not the user is in a predetermined area based on the position of the communication terminal 300, and the translation language is determined. This modification is characterized in that the translation language is determined based on the moving direction of the communication terminal 300.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the positional relationship between the moving direction of the communication terminal 300 in a certain area, the area for determining the translation language, and the message output device 200 (200a, 200b, 200c). In FIG. 5, the message output device 200 includes a display for displaying a translation language. In FIG. 5, the black circle indicates the user, and the arrow indicates the moving direction.

As shown in FIG. 5, the message output device 200a, the message output device 200b, and the message output device 200c are arranged so as to face the moving direction of the communication terminal 300. The area A is an area associated with the message output device 200a. The area B is an area associated with the message output device 200b. The area C is an area associated with the message output device 200c.

A case where the translation language of the message output device 200a is determined for the area A will be described. The translation server 100 acquires user information (setting information, contract information, location information) of the communication terminal 300 moving toward the message output device 200a in the area A. The moving direction can be determined based on the transition of the position information of the communication terminal 300. The comprehension calculation unit 102 has a function as a target user extraction unit, and determines the movement direction based on the movement history when narrowing down the target users in order to calculate the language comprehension.

Then, the translation server 100 calculates the degree of understanding of each language by the user of each communication terminal 300 based on this user information. Then, the translation server 100 determines the translation language based on the degree of understanding of the user. As described above, a plurality of translation languages such as the first priority language and the second priority language may be prioritized and determined.

Similarly, the translation server 100 determines the translation language for the communication terminal 300 that moves toward the message output device 200b for the area B, and the communication that moves toward the message output device 200c for the area C. The translation language is determined for the terminal 300.

Next, a specific example of the message output method of the message output device 200 will be described. The message output device 200 may output (broadcast or display) based on the priority of the translation language. When the message output device 200 is a display device, a message having a high priority may be displayed in a large size.

If the language that the user can understand is not output from the message output device 200, the user can also operate the translation server 100 or the message output device 200 to request a language that the user can understand. In that case, the message output device 200 outputs the message translated into the requested translation language. The requested language may be automatically set based on information such as the SIM of the communication terminal 300 and the language setting.

The message output device 200 may perform interrupt processing and output a message in the requested translation language according to an operation by the user even while the message output device 200 is outputting a message in another language.

Further, the user's communication terminal 300 requests the translation language from the message output device 200 or the translation server 100, and the translation server 100 outputs the message in the translation language requested by the communication terminal 300. You may.

When the message output device 200 is a display device, the display time of messages in each translation language may be changed according to the priority or the number of people in the area.

Next, a modification of the translation process will be described. In the present embodiment, the translation processing unit 104 translates the input voice, but the present invention is not limited to this. The translation processing unit 104 may translate the recorded standard message. Further, the output unit 105 may output a message translated into each language in advance.

Next, the timing of collecting the position information of the communication terminal 300 will be described. The timing of executing the processes S101 to S103 in FIG. 4 may be adjusted according to the location where the message output device 200 is arranged or the conditions for outputting a message. For example, in a space where people do not come and go, for example, a vehicle, a movie theater, a concert hall, a sports stadium, etc., the collection range is the inside of the vehicle or building, and the collection process is performed at the timing of boarding, lecture or game start. Is preferable.

In a space where people come and go, for example, a town, a shopping center, an evacuation center, a station, a tourist spot, etc., it is preferable to collect the message output device 200 as a collection range immediately before broadcasting. In the city, it is better to exclude the inside of the building. Shopping centers should exclude registered employees from that target.

In a space where people move in a certain direction, such as a New Year's shrine / temple, a marathon event, a person heading for (or going out) a fireworks display, a protest march, etc., move toward the message output device 200. It is preferable to target users who are within a certain distance and perform the collection process immediately before broadcasting.

In the outdoors where there is little movement of people, for example, in a residential area at midnight, it is better to collect at predetermined time intervals.

Next, the second embodiment will be described. In the second embodiment, the broadcasting vehicle (broadcasting device) broadcasts the message translated into the translation language determined by the translation server 100. In this second embodiment, the translated message is broadcast while the broadcasting vehicle is moving. Therefore, the broadcast vehicle rotates the speaker (broadcast output unit) provided in the broadcast vehicle at an appropriate angle according to the relative positional relationship between the region where the translation language is determined and the broadcast vehicle. Let me broadcast.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the positional relationship between the broadcasting vehicle 400 and the regions W to Z in which the translation language is determined and the enlarged region V. The broadcasting vehicle 400 is located in the expansion region V. Here, Japanese is determined as the default language in the expansion area V.

As shown in FIG. 6, it is assumed that the broadcasting vehicle 400 is moving in the direction P. In this case, since there is an area X determined to be translated into English in the front right of the moving direction of the broadcasting vehicle 400, the translation server 100 outputs a message translated into English in that direction. Similarly, there are regions Y, Z, and W behind the broadcasting vehicle 400, and a message translated into each determined language is output in each direction. For other directions, a message in Japanese is output.

Since the broadcasting vehicle 400 is moving, the directions of the regions W to Z change relatively. Therefore, it is necessary to calculate the direction each time a message is output. Hereinafter, the functional configurations of the translation server 100 and the broadcasting vehicle 400 for executing the processing will be described.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the translation server 100 and the broadcasting vehicle 400 in the second embodiment. The translation server 100 is the same as the first embodiment, but the output unit 105a outputs the translation language and the position information of the communication terminal 300 corresponding to the translation language to the broadcasting vehicle 400 which is the message output device 200. It's different.

The broadcast vehicle 400 includes a relative position calculation unit 201, a rotation control unit 202, and a broadcast output unit 203.

The relative position calculation unit 201 is a part that calculates the direction of the communication terminal 300 based on the position information calculated based on the position information of the communication terminal 300 received from the translation server 100 and the broadcasting vehicle 400.

The rotation control unit 202 is a unit that controls the direction of the broadcast output unit 203 based on the direction calculated by the relative position calculation unit 201.

The broadcast output unit 203 is a unit that rotates in the direction controlled by the rotation control unit 202 and outputs an output message output from the translation server 100.

Here, the content of control of the message output direction by the translation server 100 and the relative position calculation unit 201 will be described. As shown in FIG. 8, in the translation server 100, the area processing unit (not shown) divides the target area for specifying the translation language into a predetermined area and defines it in advance. This predetermined area is an area for determining the translation language. The predetermined area may be a rectangle or a circle having a predetermined radius. In FIG. 8, a predetermined region is formed by a circle having a predetermined radius, and is defined so as not to overlap each other and leak. Then, the comprehension calculation unit 102 obtains the language comprehension of the user of the communication terminal 300 in the one predetermined area, and the language determination unit 103 determines the translation language in the one predetermined area. The comprehension calculation unit 102 and the language determination unit 103 calculate the comprehension level and determine the translation language for the area where the total number of the communication terminals 300 is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. The area in which the communication terminal 300 of the predetermined value or more is located is defined as the language specific area. Then, the language determination unit 103 calculates the position of the center of gravity of one or more communication terminals 300 located in the language specific area based on the position information of the communication terminals 300.

FIG. 8 shows that the communication terminal 300 whose language specific areas W to Z are equal to or higher than a predetermined value is located in the area, and the translation language is determined for that area.

Then, the output unit 105a outputs the output message translated by the translation language determined in the language specific area together with the position of the center of gravity of the language specific area to the broadcasting vehicle 400.

When the relative position calculation unit 201 of the broadcasting vehicle 400 receives the output message and the position of the center of gravity, the relative position calculation unit 201 calculates the relative positional relationship based on the output message. Then, the broadcast output unit 203 outputs an output message in a direction based on the relative relationship between the broadcast vehicle 400 and the position information to be the output destination.

Instead of calculating the position of the center of gravity on the translation server 100, the position of the center of gravity may be calculated on the broadcasting vehicle 400. At that time, the translation server 100 needs to output all the position information of the communication terminal 300 for calculating the position of the center of gravity.

Next, the processing of the message output system configured in this way will be described. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a processing sequence of a system including a translation server 100 and a broadcasting vehicle 400.

The communication terminal 300 outputs the identification information, setting information, and location information of the communication terminal 300 to the translation server 100 (S101). The translation server 100 acquires the contract information from the contract information DB 220 using the identification information as a key (S102).

The translation server 100 stores the user information of the user of the communication terminal 300 in the defined predetermined area in which the target area is divided (S103a).

Further, the broadcasting vehicle 400 registers its position, type, and operating state, and outputs the information to the translation server 100 (S104). Then, in the translation server 100, the information collecting unit 101 (acquisition unit) receives the information, and the output device DB 102a stores the position, type, and operating state of the broadcasting vehicle 400 (S105).

In the translation server 100, the comprehension calculation unit 102 calculates the comprehension level for each language specific area based on the user information of the communication terminal 300 located at a certain distance of the broadcasting vehicle 400 (S106a). The language determination unit 103 determines the translation language and its priority for each language specific area, and lists them (S107). When the language specific area is determined, the position of the center of gravity is calculated.

Next, in the voice input device 150, the operator inputs the voice of the content to be output (S108). Then, the voice input device 150 outputs the input voice data and the identification information that identifies the broadcasting vehicle 400 to the translation server 100 (S109). Further, the voice input device 150 may be included in the broadcasting vehicle 400.

When the translation processing unit 104 receives the voice data and the identification information of the broadcasting vehicle 400 from the voice input device 150 in the translation server 100, the voice data is voice-recognized and converted into text (S110). Then, the translation processing unit 104 translates the textualized data into the determined translation language (S111). Here, the translation language is defined in some language-specific areas among the predetermined areas divided and defined. Therefore, when the translation language is defined in the language specific area at a certain distance from the broadcasting vehicle 400, the translation processing unit 104 translates into the translation language. Then, the output unit 105 converts the translated data translated into the translation language into voice data (S112).

The output unit 105 outputs the audio data translated into the translation language to the broadcasting vehicle 400 together with the language specific area, the translation language, the priority list, and the position of the center of gravity (S113a).

In the broadcasting vehicle 400, the relative position calculation unit 201 calculates the relative positional relationship based on the position of the center of gravity and the position, orientation, and speed of the broadcasting vehicle 400 (S114a). This relative positional relationship is represented by the distance and direction from the broadcasting vehicle 400 to the position of the center of gravity.

Then, the relative position calculation unit 201 calculates the direction (angle) of the broadcast output unit 203 toward the center of gravity position and the volume thereof based on the calculated relative positional relationship (S115). The relative position calculation unit 201 instructs the rotation control unit 202 of the calculated angle (S116).

The rotation control unit 202 rotates the broadcast output unit 203 at a designated angle (S117).

The relative position calculation unit 201 outputs the specified volume and audio data to the broadcast output unit 203, and the broadcast output unit 203 broadcasts the audio at the instructed volume (S119). Then, processing is performed according to the list, and if there is other direction or other voice data received from the translation server 100, the process returns to S116 and repeated processing (S120).

Next, the rotation mechanism of the broadcast output unit 203 will be described. The broadcast output unit 203 is realized by the mechanism shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 10, the broadcast output unit 203 includes a speaker 203a, a rotating unit 203b, and a control unit 203c. The rotating portion 203b includes an electrode d1 fixed to the broadcasting vehicle 400 and an electrode d2 fixed to the rotating portion Q. The rotating portion Q rotates about the axis R, and the speaker 203a rotates together with the rotation of the rotating portion Q. By using a roller bearing, the electrode d1 realizes smooth rotation with the electrode d2.

The electrode d1 changes the polarity of the electrode as the rotating portion Q rotates. The inner electrode d2 rotates with the rotation of the speaker 203a, and the outer electrode d2 in contact with the speaker 203a changes, but the polarity of the electrode of the ring changes, so that a constant polarity is always maintained.

The control unit 203c outputs an audio signal to the rotating unit 203b. The rotating unit 203b further outputs to the speaker 203a, and the speaker 203a broadcasts audio.

By providing the configuration shown in FIG. 10 in multiple stages in the axial direction, it is possible to transmit a plurality of electric signals from the control unit 203c to the speaker 203a.

With this configuration, a smooth rotation mechanism can be provided. The speaker 203a may be rotated and reciprocated between 0 degrees and 360 degrees without using the rotation mechanism described above.

Further, the broadcast output unit 203 may be a plurality of directional speakers (omnidirectional speaker group) set in all directions (360 degrees) instead of the physically rotating speaker. In this case, the rotation control unit 202 is not required, and instead, a control unit that determines which speaker outputs the output is required.

When the omnidirectional speaker group is adopted, the voice of the language (for example, Japanese) input by the voice input device may be broadcast as it is in the direction in which the translated voice data is not required. Further, when a speaker in a certain direction broadcasts a message, it is preferable that the adjacent speaker is controlled so as not to output audio. This configuration can prevent crosstalk.

Further, in the second embodiment, the target area is divided into a predetermined area, but prior to the processing in the predetermined area, the translation language is first determined in the enlarged area larger than the predetermined area, and after the identification, the translation in the predetermined area is performed. You may decide the language.

For example, although some predetermined regions are shown in FIG. 6, the comprehension calculation unit 102 and the language determination unit 103 determine the translation language in the expansion region for the expansion region V larger than the predetermined region. You may. The language determination unit 103 makes this translation language the default language in the expansion area. Then, the broadcast output unit 203 outputs a message in the default language in all directions (360 degrees) with the translation language determined in this enlarged area as the default language.

After that, the language determination unit 103 may specify the translation language for each predetermined area by using a group of users excluding users who can understand the default language. It should be noted that, without defining a predetermined area, clustering is performed for each understandable language among users who do not understand the default language based on the position information of the communication terminal 300, and a specific language is provided within a range of a predetermined radius. It may be possible to identify that there is a group with a high degree of understanding of.

The broadcast vehicle 400 is notified of the position of the center of gravity and the translation language for some language-specific areas in the enlarged area, and the broadcast output unit 203 performs the specified translation for the orientation based on the position of the center of gravity. Output a message in a language.

Next, the operation and effect of the translation server 100 of the first embodiment and the second embodiment will be described.

The translation server 100 is a server that controls a message output device 200 that outputs a message in an arbitrary language. Then, the translation server 100 includes an information collecting unit 101 that collects setting information indicating the language setting of the communication terminal 300 and the position information of the user terminal from the communication terminal 300 which is a user terminal used by each user. Then, the information collecting unit 101 determines the communication terminal 300 in the target area as the user to be collected based on the location information, and collects the contract information of the user for each user.

The comprehension calculation unit 102 calculates the comprehension level of one or more languages that the user can understand for each user based on the information collected by the information collection unit 101.

The language determination unit 103 determines the language to be output and its priority based on the comprehension level of one or a plurality of languages calculated by the comprehension level calculation unit 102.

The output unit 105 and the translation processing unit 104 control the message output device 200 to output a message in a language according to a determined priority. That is, the translation processing unit 104 translates the message into the determined translation language, and the output unit 105 outputs the translated message to the message output device 200. It should be noted that a fixed message in a predetermined language may be output without translation processing.

Further, in the translation server 100, the information collecting unit 101 determines a user to be collected based on the location information, and stores the history of the language in which the user has performed the procedure related to the service. The contract information database 220 (corresponding to the history server). ), The language history information used is collected for each user.

Then, the comprehension calculation unit 102 calculates the comprehension level of one or a plurality of languages for each user based on the language history information collected by the information collection unit 101.

With this configuration, the degree of understanding of the language for each user can be calculated more accurately.

Further, in the translation server 100, the user to be collected is determined based on the location information, and the language information (corresponding to the input language information) operated by the user to the external site 230 on the network is transmitted from the external site 230. Collect for each user.

Then, the comprehension calculation unit 102 calculates the comprehension level of one or a plurality of languages for each user based on the language information collected by the information collection unit 101.

With this configuration, the degree of understanding of the language for each user can be calculated more accurately.

Further, the translation server 100 further includes a storage unit that manages language types. In the first embodiment, the user information DB 101a stores language type information. Then, the output unit 105 outputs one of the languages to be output (translation target) for the language previously set to the same type of language in the user information DB 101a.

With this configuration, it is possible to output a message in any one language for similar languages, and it is possible to output a message efficiently. That is, it is possible to prevent the message in the same language from being output many times.

Further, the translation server 100 makes it accessible to the statistical information DB 240 that stores the statistical information of the foreigner who is staying, and the language determination unit 103 determines the degree of understanding for each language calculated by the understanding degree calculation unit 102. If the conditions are met, language priorities are determined based on statistical information.

With this configuration, for example, if the degree of understanding is the same, it is possible to determine the language used by a foreigner who is more likely to stay.

Further, in the translation server 100, the comprehension calculation unit 102 (corresponding to the target user extraction unit) determines the movement direction of the user based on the user's position information collected by the information collection unit 101, and moves in the movement direction. Determine the corresponding user group. The language determination unit 103 determines the priority of the language based on the user setting information and the contract information included in the user group determined by the target user extraction unit.

Further, in the translation server 100, the comprehension calculation unit 102 understands each of the one or a plurality of languages associated with the setting information of each user and one or a plurality of languages associated with the contract information of each user. Based on the degree, the degree of understanding of each language for all users is calculated.

Then, the language determination unit 103 calculates the total value of the comprehension levels of all users of each language, and determines the first priority language to be the first priority according to the total value. The language determination unit 103 excludes the comprehension information used to determine the first priority language, and selects the second priority language based on the comprehension of other languages other than the first priority language. decide.

With this configuration, the degree of understanding of the language can be judged more accurately.

Next, the operation and effect of the translation server 100 of the second embodiment will be described.

The message output device 200 in the second embodiment is a movable broadcasting vehicle 400 that enables audio output in a designated direction.

Then, the information collecting unit 101 of the translation server 100 acquires the position information of the broadcasting vehicle 400.

Then, the output unit 105a refers to the broadcasting vehicle 400 based on the position information of the broadcasting vehicle 400 acquired by the information collecting unit 101 and the position information of the communication terminal 300 (user) acquired by the information collecting unit 101. And output the message in the language according to the priority.

With this configuration, the broadcasting vehicle 400 can output a message in a designated direction while moving.

Further, in the translation server 100, the language determination unit 103 sets an understandable position (center of gravity position) for each language based on each position of the communication terminal 300 (user) who understands the language corresponding to the determined priority. The output unit 105a determines and controls the broadcasting vehicle 400 to output a message in a language corresponding to the determined position in a direction determined based on the determined position of the center of gravity and the position of the broadcasting vehicle 400. I do.

With this configuration, the broadcasting vehicle 400 can output a message in the language to an area where the language can be understood.

Further, in the translation server 100, the language determination unit 103 sets the language having the highest degree of understanding in the enlarged area in which some predetermined areas are put together as the default language, and the language having the highest degree of understanding of users other than the user who can understand the default language. The second priority language distribution area (corresponding to one language specific area among the predetermined areas constituting the expansion area) is determined based on the position of the user who can understand, and the determined second priority is given to the broadcasting vehicle 400. Control is performed to output a message in the language corresponding to the determined area in the direction determined based on the language distribution area and the position of the broadcasting vehicle 400.

With this configuration, it is possible to output a message in another language while outputting a message in the default language to a region with a high degree of understanding of the other language.

The block diagram used in the description of the above embodiment shows a block of functional units. These functional blocks (components) are realized by any combination of hardware and / or software. Further, the means for realizing each functional block is not particularly limited. That is, each functional block may be realized by one physically and / or logically coupled device, or directly and / or indirectly by two or more physically and / or logically separated devices. (For example, wired and / or wireless) may be connected and realized by these plurality of devices.

For example, the translation server 100, the message output device 200, the communication terminal 300, and the like according to the embodiment of the present invention may function as a computer that performs the processing of the present embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the translation server 100 according to the present embodiment. The translation server 100 described above may be physically configured as a computer device including a processor 1001, a memory 1002, a storage 1003, a communication device 1004, an input device 1005, an output device 1006, a bus 1007, and the like.

In the following description, the word "device" can be read as a circuit, device, unit, or the like. The hardware configuration of the translation server 100 may be configured to include one or more of the devices shown in the figure, or may be configured not to include some of the devices.

For each function in the translation server 100, by loading predetermined software (program) on hardware such as the processor 1001 and the memory 1002, the processor 1001 performs an operation, and communication by the communication device 1004, the memory 1002, and the storage 1003 It is realized by controlling the reading and / or writing of the data in.

Processor 1001 operates, for example, an operating system to control the entire computer. The processor 1001 may be composed of a central processing unit (CPU) including an interface with a peripheral device, a control device, an arithmetic unit, a register, and the like. For example, the comprehension calculation unit 102, the language determination unit 103, and the like may be realized by the processor 1001.

Further, the processor 1001 reads a program (program code), a software module, and data from the storage 1003 and / or the communication device 1004 into the memory 1002, and executes various processes according to these. As the program, a program that causes a computer to execute at least a part of the operations described in the above-described embodiment is used. For example, the comprehension calculation unit 102 and the language determination unit 103 of the translation server 100 may be stored in the memory 1002 and realized by a control program that operates on the processor 1001, or may be similarly realized for other functional blocks. Good. Although it has been described that the various processes described above are executed by one processor 1001, they may be executed simultaneously or sequentially by two or more processors 1001. Processor 1001 may be mounted on one or more chips. The program may be transmitted from the network via a telecommunication line.

The memory 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium, and is composed of at least one such as a ROM (Read Only Memory), an EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM), and a RAM (Random Access Memory). May be done. The memory 1002 may be referred to as a register, a cache, a main memory (main storage device), or the like. The memory 1002 can store a program (program code), a software module, or the like that can be executed to carry out the wireless communication method according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The storage 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium, for example, an optical disk such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc ROM), a hard disk drive, a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk (for example, a compact disk, a digital versatile disk, a Blu-ray). It may consist of at least one (registered trademark) disk), smart card, flash memory (eg, card, stick, key drive), floppy (registered trademark) disk, magnetic strip, and the like. The storage 1003 may be referred to as an auxiliary storage device. The storage medium described above may be, for example, a database, server or other suitable medium containing memory 1002 and / or storage 1003.

The communication device 1004 is hardware (transmission / reception device) for performing communication between computers via a wired and / or wireless network, and is also referred to as, for example, a network device, a network controller, a network card, a communication module, or the like. For example, the above-mentioned information collecting unit 101 and the like may be realized by the communication device 1004.

The input device 1005 is an input device (for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a switch, a button, a sensor, etc.) that receives an input from the outside. The output device 1006 is an output device (for example, a display, a speaker, an LED lamp, etc.) that outputs to the outside. The input device 1005 and the output device 1006 may have an integrated configuration (for example, a touch panel).

Further, each device such as the processor 1001 and the memory 1002 is connected by a bus 1007 for communicating information. The bus 1007 may be composed of a single bus or may be composed of different buses between the devices.

Further, the translation server 100 includes hardware such as a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP: Digital Signal Processor), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), a PLD (Programmable Logic Device), and an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array). It may be configured, and the hardware may realize a part or all of each functional block. For example, processor 1001 may be implemented on at least one of these hardware.

Although the present embodiment has been described in detail above, it is clear to those skilled in the art that the present embodiment is not limited to the embodiment described in the present specification. This embodiment can be implemented as a modified or modified mode without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention determined by the description of the claims. Therefore, the description of the present specification is for the purpose of exemplification and does not have any limiting meaning to the present embodiment.

The notification of information is not limited to the embodiments / embodiments described herein, and may be made by other methods. For example, information notification includes physical layer signaling (for example, DCI (Downlink Control Information), UCI (Uplink Control Information)), upper layer signaling (for example, RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling, MAC (Medium Access Control) signaling, etc. It may be carried out by notification information (MIB (Master Information Block), SIB (System Information Block)), other signals, or a combination thereof. Further, the RRC signaling may be referred to as an RRC message, and may be, for example, an RRC Connection Setup message, an RRC Connection Reconfiguration message, or the like.

Each aspect / embodiment described herein includes LTE (Long Term Evolution), LTE-A (LTE-Advanced), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4G, 5G, FRA (Future Radio Access), W-CDMA. (Registered Trademarks), GSM (Registered Trademarks), CDMA2000, UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, UWB (Ultra-WideBand), It may be applied to Bluetooth®, other systems that utilize suitable systems and / or next-generation systems that are extended based on them.

The order of the processing procedures, sequences, flowcharts, etc. of each aspect / embodiment described in the present specification may be changed as long as there is no contradiction. For example, the methods described herein present elements of various steps in an exemplary order, and are not limited to the particular order presented.

The input / output information and the like may be stored in a specific location (for example, a memory), or may be managed by a management table. Input / output information and the like can be overwritten, updated, or added. The output information and the like may be deleted. The input information or the like may be transmitted to another device.

The determination may be made by a value represented by 1 bit (0 or 1), by a boolean value (Boolean: true or false), or by comparing numerical values (for example, a predetermined value). It may be done by comparison with the value).

Each aspect / embodiment described in the present specification may be used alone, in combination, or may be switched and used according to the execution. Further, the notification of predetermined information (for example, the notification of "being X") is not limited to the explicit notification, but is performed implicitly (for example, the notification of the predetermined information is not performed). May be good.

Software is an instruction, instruction set, code, code segment, program code, program, subprogram, software module, whether called software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or another name. , Applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executable files, execution threads, procedures, features, etc. should be broadly interpreted to mean.

Further, software, instructions, and the like may be transmitted and received via a transmission medium. For example, the software uses wired technology such as coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twist pair and digital subscriber line (DSL) and / or wireless technology such as infrared, wireless and microwave to websites, servers, or other When transmitted from a remote source, these wired and / or wireless technologies are included within the definition of transmission medium.

The information, signals, etc. described herein may be represented using any of a variety of different techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, chips, etc. that may be referred to throughout the above description are voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or magnetic particles, light fields or photons, or any of these. It may be represented by a combination of.

In addition, the terms described in the present specification and / or the terms necessary for understanding the present specification may be replaced with terms having the same or similar meanings.

The terms "system" and "network" as used herein are used interchangeably.

Further, the information, parameters, etc. described in the present specification may be represented by an absolute value, a relative value from a predetermined value, or another corresponding information. .. For example, the radio resource may be indexed.

The names used for the above parameters are not limited in any way. Further, mathematical formulas and the like using these parameters may differ from those expressly disclosed herein. Since the various channels (eg, PUCCH, PDCCH, etc.) and information elements (eg, TPC, etc.) can be identified by any suitable name, the various names assigned to these various channels and information elements are in any respect. However, it is not limited.

As used herein, the terms "determining" and "determining" may include a wide variety of actions. "Judgment", "decision" is, for example, calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up (eg, table, database or another). It can include searching in the data structure), and considering that confirming is "judgment" and "decision". Also, "judgment" and "decision" are receiving (for example, receiving information), transmitting (for example, transmitting information), input (input), output (output), and access. (Accessing) (for example, accessing data in memory) may be regarded as "judgment" or "decision". In addition, "judgment" and "decision" mean that "resolving", "selecting", "choosing", "establishing", "comparing", etc. are regarded as "judgment" and "decision". Can include. That is, "judgment" and "decision" may include that some action is regarded as "judgment" and "decision".

The terms "connected", "coupled", or any variation thereof, mean any direct or indirect connection or connection between two or more elements, and each other. It can include the presence of one or more intermediate elements between two "connected" or "combined" elements. The connection or connection between the elements may be physical, logical, or a combination thereof. As used herein, the two elements are by using one or more wires, cables and / or printed electrical connections, and, as some non-limiting and non-comprehensive examples, radio frequencies. By using electromagnetic energies such as electromagnetic energies with wavelengths in the region, microwave region and light (both visible and invisible) regions, they can be considered to be "connected" or "coupled" to each other.

As used herein, the phrase "based on" does not mean "based on" unless otherwise stated. In other words, the statement "based on" means both "based only" and "at least based on".

When the terms "first", "second", etc. are used herein, any reference to the elements does not generally limit the quantity or order of those elements. These designations can be used herein as a convenient way to distinguish between two or more elements. Thus, references to the first and second elements do not mean that only two elements can be adopted there, or that the first element must somehow precede the second element.

As long as "include", "including", and variations thereof are used within the scope of the present specification or claims, these terms are similar to the term "comprising". Is intended to be inclusive. Furthermore, the term "or" as used herein or in the claims is intended not to be an exclusive OR.

In the present specification, a plurality of devices shall be included unless the device has only one device apparently in the context or technically.

100 ... translation server, 150 ... voice input device, 200 ... message output device, 220 ... contract information DB, 230 ... external site, 240 ... statistical information DB, 300 ... communication terminal, 101 ... information collection unit, 102 ... comprehension calculation Unit, 103 ... Language determination unit, 104 ... Translation processing unit, 105 ... Output unit, 101a ... User information DB, 102a ... Output device DB, 201 ... Relative position calculation unit, 202 ... Rotation control unit, 203 ... Broadcast output unit, 203a ... Speaker, 203b ... Rotating unit, 203c ... Control unit.

Claims (10)

In the server that controls the message output device that outputs messages in any language
A first collection unit that collects the language setting information of the user terminal and the location information of the user terminal from the user terminal used by each user.
A second collection unit that determines a user to be collected based on the location information and collects the contract information of the user for each user.
A calculation unit that calculates the comprehension level of one or more languages that the user can understand for each user based on the information collected by the first collection unit and the second collection unit.
A determination unit that determines the language to be output and its priority based on the comprehension level of one or more languages calculated by the calculation unit.
An output unit that controls the message output device to output a message in a language according to a determined priority.
Server with. A third collection unit that determines the user to be collected based on the location information and collects the used language history information for each user from the history server that stores the history of the language in which the user has performed the procedure related to the service. With more
The server according to claim 1, wherein the calculation unit calculates an understanding level of one or a plurality of languages for each user based on the language history information collected by the third collection unit. A fourth collection unit is further provided, in which a user to be collected is determined based on the location information, and input language information input by the user to a site on the network is collected from the site for each user.
The server according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the calculation unit calculates an understanding level of one or a plurality of languages for each user based on the input language information collected by the fourth collection unit. It also has a storage unit that manages language types.
Any of claims 1 to 3, wherein the output unit outputs a message in one of the languages to be output to a language that is preset in the same type of language in the storage unit. The server described in item 1. Make it accessible to the statistical information storage unit that stores the statistical information of foreigners
When the degree of understanding for each language calculated by the calculation unit satisfies a predetermined condition, the determination unit determines the priority of the language based on the statistical information.
The server according to any one of claims 1 to 4. A target user extraction unit is further provided, which determines a user's movement direction based on the user's position information collected by the first collection unit and determines a user group according to the movement direction.
The determination unit is described in any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the determination unit determines the priority of the language based on the language setting information and the contract information of the users included in the user group determined by the target user extraction unit. server. The calculation unit
Understanding of each language for all users based on each user's understanding of one or more languages associated with the language setting information and each user's understanding of one or more languages associated with the contract information. Calculate the degree,
The decision unit
The first priority language, which is the first priority according to the degree of understanding of each language, is determined.
The second priority language is determined based on the comprehension level of a language other than the first priority language, excluding the comprehension level used to determine the first priority language.
The server according to any one of claims 1 to 6. The message output device is a movable broadcasting device that enables audio output in a designated direction.
It is provided with an acquisition unit for acquiring the position information of the broadcasting device.
The output unit
Based on the position information of the broadcasting device acquired by the acquisition unit and the position information of the user acquired by the first collecting unit, the broadcasting device is made to output a message in a language according to the priority. Take control,
The server according to any one of claims 1 to 7. The decision unit
Based on the position of each user who understands the language corresponding to the determined priority, the position that can be understood for each language is determined.
The output unit
Control is performed so that the broadcasting device outputs a message in a language corresponding to the determined position in a direction determined based on the determined position and the position of the broadcasting device.
The server according to claim 8. The output unit
The default language is the language with the highest level of understanding within the specified range.
The second priority language distribution area is determined based on the position of the user who can understand the language with the highest understanding of the user other than the user who can understand the default language.
The broadcasting device is controlled to output a message in the language corresponding to the determined area in a direction determined based on the determined second priority language distribution area and the position of the broadcasting device. ,
The server according to claim 9.