JPH0830530A - Input/output device for communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To omit complicated operation and to move displayed contents to a required item without consuming time and uselessly increasing a telephone charge by providing an I/O device with plural liquid crystal displays, a voice recognizing means, plural microphones, and a speaker. CONSTITUTION:The I/O device is constituted of a liquid crystal display means 10, a keyboard 16 and an electronic pen 17. The means 10 is constituted of 1st and 2nd liquid crystal displays 11, 12, 1st and 2nd microphone and a speaker 15 and a communication terminal input device is loaded with a voice recognizing means. When an item to be displayed on either one of the displays 11, 12 is selected by an electronic pen 17 or a keyboard 16 or an item name is pronounced to the microphones 13, 14, all the displays 11, 12 display pictures for executing the operation of the selected category. On the displays 10, 11 which do not hierarchically display items in a center, documents or texts in the category are loaded up or down by the pen 17, the microphone 13, 14, or the like.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an input / output device for a communication terminal used for personal computer (hereinafter referred to as personal computer) communication.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a form of personal computer communication. FIG. 3A is a diagram showing an end-to-end type communication form, and FIG. 3B is a diagram showing a center-to-end type communication form.

The end-to-end type communication configuration and usage shown in FIG. 3 (a) is based on one-to-one information transmission by connecting personal computers via a network. Then, mails such as documents and texts are sent and received between the personal computers.

The center-to-end type communication configuration and usage shown in FIG. 3B is based on the one-to-many information transmission by connecting a plurality of personal computers to the center via a network. is there. Then, a bulletin board is prepared on the file of the center, and is accessed from a personal computer via a line. The so-called BBS (bulletin)
It is used as an information exchange medium between subscribers as a board system. A bulletin board is prepared for each item, and the user can read information from the bulletin board and write in the bulletin board.

Generally, a personal computer or a word processor is often used as an input / output device for a communication terminal used for personal computer communication, and recently, a portable information device such as a sub-notebook personal computer, palmtop personal computer or PDA is equipped with a modem. The number of input / output devices for communication terminals is also increasing.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of a conventional communication terminal input / output device. The configuration of the input / output device for a communication terminal shown in FIG. 4 includes a liquid crystal display means 40 including a liquid crystal display 42, a microphone 44, and a speaker 45, a keyboard 46, and an electronic pen 47. The input means is composed of a keyboard 46, an electronic pen 47 and a microphone 44, and the output means is composed of a liquid crystal display 42 and a speaker 45.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display screen of a conventional BBS. Next, an operation method for connecting to the BBS of the conventional communication terminal input / output device shown in FIG. 4 will be described with reference to the display screen shown in FIG.

A case in which the keyboard 46 is used as an input means of the communication terminal input / output device shown in FIG. 4 will be described.
First, launch the communication software and start BBS via the network.
When it is connected to the center, the item of the first layer 51, which is the first startup of the BBS shown in FIG. 5, is displayed.

Then, the user indicates the number of the desired item from the items of the first layer 51 on the keyboard 46 shown in FIG.
Enter from. Here is the service guide / search ”
"1" is input. Then, the items of the second hierarchy 52 related to the service guidance / search are displayed.

Next, the user inputs the number of the desired item from the items of the second layer 52 from the keyboard 46. As described above, it is possible to move to the item desired by the user only after passing through the third layer 53, the fourth layer 54, and so on many layers one after another.

When the electronic pen 47 is used as the input means, a keyboard is displayed on the liquid crystal display 42, and the user points to the desired item by pointing the keyboard on the liquid crystal display 42 using the electronic pen 47. can do.

When the microphone 44 is used as the input means, the voice recognition means is mounted on the communication terminal input / output device and the voice corresponding to the command or the key input by the keyboard 46 is registered in the voice recognition means. Then, it is possible to move to a desired item by voice inputting an operation performed with the keyboard 46 or the electronic pen 47.

However, when the user becomes accustomed to the operation of the BBS, it becomes clear where the desired item is. Then you can move directly to the desired item.

In personal computer communication, image data and audio data may be downloaded via a network. However, it often takes several minutes to several tens of minutes to download image data and audio data, and the image data being downloaded is displayed on the liquid crystal display 42, and the audio data being downloaded is heard through the speaker 45. It may happen.

[0015]

As described above, it is necessary to memorize where the user wants to get used to the operation of the BBS, and it is necessary for a beginner or an expert who is unfamiliar with BBS communication to make a request. There is a problem that when a procedure for moving to an item to be performed is forgotten, a complicated operation of sequentially selecting the hierarchical structure must be performed.

Further, selecting the hierarchical structure in order has a problem that it takes time and wastes time. Further, there is a problem that the telephone charges are incurred while communicating, and the charges are wasted.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, to save complicated operations, to save time, and to quickly move to an item desired by a user without wasting telephone charges. It is to provide an excellent input / output device for communication terminals.

[0018]

In order to achieve the above object, an input / output device for a communication terminal according to the present invention comprises a plurality of liquid crystal displays, voice recognition means, a microphone corresponding to the liquid crystal displays in a one-to-one correspondence, and a speaker. And having.

The communication terminal input / output device of the present invention includes a plurality of liquid crystal displays, a microphone corresponding to the liquid crystal displays in a one-to-one correspondence, a voice recognition means, a liquid crystal display means having a speaker, an electronic pen or a keyboard. And having.

Further, the communication terminal input / output device of the present invention includes a plurality of liquid crystal displays, a microphone corresponding to the liquid crystal displays in a one-to-one correspondence, a liquid crystal display means having a voice recognition means and a speaker, an electronic pen, And a keyboard.

[0021]

[Operation] When an item to be displayed on one of the liquid crystal displays is selected with an electronic pen or a keyboard, or when a desired item name is pronounced into a microphone corresponding to the liquid crystal display displaying the item, all the liquid crystal displays are displayed. Becomes the screen display for operating the genre.

It is possible to download or upload documents, texts, data, etc. of the genre by using an electronic pen, a keyboard, or a microphone compatible with the liquid crystal display on a liquid crystal display other than the liquid crystal display for hierarchically displaying the items of the center. Becomes

[0023]

1 is a perspective view showing a communication terminal input / output device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The configuration of the communication terminal input / output device shown in FIG. 1 will be described below.

The communication terminal input / output device shown in FIG. 1 comprises a liquid crystal display means 10, a keyboard 16 and an electronic pen 17. The liquid crystal display means 10 comprises a first liquid crystal display 11, a second liquid crystal display 12, a first microphone 13, a second microphone 14 and a speaker 15, and the communication terminal input / output device is a voice recognition means (see FIG. (Not shown).

The first liquid crystal display 11 and the first microphone 13 correspond to the second liquid crystal display 12 and the second microphone 14 in a one-to-one correspondence.
The second microphone 14 and the second microphone 14 are directional microphones and are arranged on both sides of the liquid crystal display means 10.

Here, the first liquid crystal display 11 has three
Use a display with a resolution of 20 x 240 dots,
The second liquid crystal display uses a display having a resolution of 640 × 480 dots.

The communication terminal input / output device according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the liquid crystal display means 10 to the keyboard 16.
Can be removed. When the keyboard 16 is connected, the keyboard 16, the electronic pen 17, the first microphone 13, and the second microphone 14 can be used as input means.

When the keyboard 16 is detached from the liquid crystal display means 10 and used, the electronic pen 17, the first microphone 13 and the second microphone 14 can be used as the input means.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a display screen of the first liquid crystal display which constitutes the communication terminal input / output device of the present invention, in which each item of the BBS is displayed in a hierarchical structure. Figure 2
(A) is a figure showing a mode that only the item of the 1st hierarchy is displayed. FIG. 2B is a diagram showing a state in which one item of the first layer, items of the second layer, and the third layer are also displayed.

Further, the display screen of the second liquid crystal display 12 displays the display screen of FIG. 5 shown in the conventional example. By using the second liquid crystal display 12, one by one as in the conventional example. You can also move down to a desired item by moving down the hierarchy, or directly to the desired item.

Next, a method of operating the communication terminal input / output device of the present invention will be described. First, the keyboard 16 shown in FIG.
An operation method using is described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

Special key operations are assigned to select either the first liquid crystal display 11 or the second liquid crystal display 12. For example, in the embodiment of the present invention, the first liquid crystal display 11 is the second liquid crystal display 1
Since it is arranged on the left side of 2, the operation of pressing the left arrow key while holding down the control key is assigned to the special key operation for selecting the first liquid crystal display 11.

Similarly, in order to select the second liquid crystal display 12, the operation of pressing the right arrow key while holding down the control key is assigned to the special key operation, and other necessary operations are assigned to the special key. .

First, when connecting to the BBS via a network, the first liquid crystal display 11 has a display screen of only the first layer as shown in FIG. 2 (a). Next, use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the service guide / search and press the return key to display the items one level below the service guide / search.

As described above, by moving the cursor to the item of the desired layer and pressing the return key, the items one layer below can be displayed one after another. FIG. 2B is a display screen when the return key is pressed with the cursor on the service guide / search and the access method and the joining method of the next lower layer.

Then, when the cursor is moved to the easy sign-up of the final hierarchy and the return key is pressed in the hierarchy one level below the joining method, the display of the first liquid crystal display 11 does not change and the display of the second liquid crystal display 12 is displayed. Displays the display of the fourth layer 54 shown in FIG. 5 after the display of the first layer 51.

Next, hold down the control key and press the left arrow key to select the second liquid crystal display 12, and use the keyboard 16 on the second liquid crystal display 12 for the operation of the enrollment method in the easy sign-up. And do it.

In the operation method with the BBS described above, by moving the cursor in each layer to lower the layer, select the item of the desired final layer, select the second liquid crystal display 12, and operate the item. However, the operation method to be raised next is an example in which the operation is further simplified.

First, when connecting to the BBS via a network, the first liquid crystal display 11 has a display screen of only the first layer as shown in FIG. 2 (a). Next, use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the genre of service guidance / search and press the return key to display the items of all layers under the service guidance / search as shown in FIG. 2 (b).

When the cursor is moved to the easy sign-up of the final hierarchy and the return key is pressed in the hierarchy one level below the joining method, the display of the first liquid crystal display 11 does not change and the display of the second liquid crystal display 12 is displayed. Displays the display of the fourth layer 54 shown in FIG. 5 after the display of the first layer 51, the second liquid crystal display 12 is automatically selected, and the operation of the enrollment method in the easy sign-up is performed. The keyboard 16 is used on the second liquid crystal display 12.

Next, a method of operating the communication terminal input / output device using the electronic pen 17 shown in FIG. 1 as the input means will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

First, when connecting to the BBS via a network, the first liquid crystal display 11 has a display screen of only the first layer as shown in FIG. 2 (a). Electronic pen 1
Vertical scroll bar 21 and horizontal scroll bar 2 using 7
Operate 2 to move the cursor to the service guide / search genre.

Next, a keyboard (not shown) is displayed on the first liquid crystal display 11, and the return key of the keyboard is pointed with the electronic pen 17 to display the item one level below the service guide / search. To do.

As described above, by moving the cursor to the item of the desired genre and pointing the return key of the keyboard displayed on the first liquid crystal display 11 with the electronic pen 17, the items one level below are displayed one after another. .

In FIG. 2B, the cursor is moved to the service guide / search and the access method and the enrollment method one level below the service guide / search, and the return key of the keyboard displayed on the first liquid crystal display 11 is the electronic pen. 17 is a display screen when pointing is performed at 17.

Then, when the cursor is moved to the easy sign-up of the final layer one level below the joining method and the return key of the keyboard displayed on the first liquid crystal display 11 is pointed by the electronic pen 17, the first liquid crystal is displayed. The display of the display 11 does not change, and the display of the second liquid crystal display 12 displays the display of the fourth layer 54 shown in FIG. 5 after the display of the first layer 51.

Next, the electronic pen 17 is used to point to an arbitrary place on the second liquid crystal display 12, select the second liquid crystal display 12, and display a keyboard (not shown) on the second liquid crystal display 12. Then, the operation of the enrollment method by the easy sign-up is performed using the keyboard displayed on the second liquid crystal display 12.

In the operation method with the BBS described above, the cursor is moved in each layer to lower the layer, the item of the desired final layer is selected, and the second liquid crystal display 12 is selected to operate the item. However, the operation method to be raised next is an example in which the operation is further simplified.

First, when the BBS is connected via a network, the first liquid crystal display 11 has a display screen of only the first layer as shown in FIG. 2 (a). Next, by using the electronic pen 17 to move the cursor to the genre of service guidance / search and pointing the return key of the keyboard displayed on the first liquid crystal display 11 with the electronic pen 17, the service guidance as shown in FIG. -Display items in all layers under the search.

Then, when the cursor is moved to the easy sign-up of the final layer one level below the enrollment method and the return key of the keyboard displayed on the first liquid crystal display 11 is pointed by the electronic pen 17, the first liquid crystal is displayed. The display of the display 11 does not change, the display of the second liquid crystal display 12 displays the display of the fourth layer 54 shown in FIG. 5 after the display of the first layer 51, and the second liquid crystal display 12 displays It is automatically selected and the keyboard is displayed on the second liquid crystal display 12, and the operation of the enrollment method by the easy signup is performed on the second liquid crystal display 12
Use the keyboard above.

Next, a method of operating the communication terminal input / output device using the first microphone and the second microphone shown in FIG. 1 as the input means will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

First, when connecting to the BBS via a network, the first liquid crystal display 11 has a display screen of only the first layer as shown in FIG. 2 (a). Then the first
If you speak to the microphone 13 of the service guidance / search item name toward the first microphone 13, the service guidance /
Display the item one level below the search.

As described above, when the desired item name is uttered into the first microphone 13, the items one level lower are displayed one after another.

FIG. 2 (b) shows the service guide / search and the item names of the access method and the enrollment method in the layer immediately below the service guide / search.
7 is a display screen when a voice is uttered into the microphone 13.

Then, when the name of the item for easy signup in the final layer is uttered to the first microphone 13 in the layer one level below the joining method, the display on the first liquid crystal display 11 does not change, and the second layer is displayed. The liquid crystal display 12 displays
The display of the fourth layer 54 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed after the display of the first layer 51.

Next, by uttering a voice to the second microphone 14, the operation of the enrollment method by the easy sign-up is performed on the second liquid crystal display 12.

In the operation method with the BBS described above, the item of the last layer is displayed by uttering the item name for each layer into the first microphone 13, and the second liquid crystal display 1 is displayed.
This is a method of selecting 2 and operating the item, but the operating method to be raised next is an example in which the operation is further simplified.

First, when connecting to the BBS via the network, the first liquid crystal display 11 has a display screen of only the first layer as shown in FIG. 2 (a). Then the first
When the user names the service guidance / search item name to the first microphone 13 and utters it into the first microphone 13, all the items under the service guidance / search are displayed as shown in FIG. 2B.

When an item name of the easy sign-up of the final layer is uttered into the first microphone 13 in the layer one level below the joining method, the display on the first liquid crystal display 11 does not change, and the second layer is displayed. The liquid crystal display 12 displays
The display of the fourth layer 54 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed after the display of the first layer 51, and the second liquid crystal display 12 is automatically selected. This is done on the second liquid crystal display 12 using the microphone 14.

The operation method of the communication terminal input / output device described above is performed by using the keyboard 16, the electronic pen 17, and the first input device.
Although the method of separately using the microphone 13 and the second microphone 14 is described, it is clear that the use efficiency can be further improved by using the microphones 13 and 14 in combination.

The speaker 15 has a function of uttering voice data downloaded from the BBS as described in the conventional example. Further, by disposing a third liquid crystal display (not shown) in the communication terminal input / output device of the present invention,
The image data to be downloaded from the BBS can be displayed on the third liquid crystal display, and the image data can be confirmed while downloading.

[0062]

As described above, according to the present invention, the hierarchical structure is displayed in an easy-to-understand manner as compared with the conventional communication input / output device, there is no need to store the destination of the desired item, and the complicated operation is omitted. It is possible to provide an input / output device for a communication terminal, which has a good user interface and can be quickly moved to an item desired by a user without spending a lot of time on telephone charges without wasting time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a communication terminal input / output device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display screen of a first liquid crystal display which constitutes the communication terminal input / output device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a form of personal computer communication.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of a conventional communication terminal input / output device.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display screen of a conventional BBS.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Liquid Crystal Display Means 11 First Liquid Crystal Display 12 Second Liquid Crystal Display 13 First Microphone 14 Second Microphone 15 Speaker 16 Keyboard 17 Electronic Pen

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of liquid crystal displays, a microphone corresponding to the liquid crystal displays in a one-to-one correspondence, and a voice recognition means.
An input / output device for a communication terminal, comprising: a speaker. 2. A plurality of liquid crystal displays, a microphone corresponding to the liquid crystal displays in a one-to-one correspondence, and a voice recognition means,
An input / output device for a communication terminal, comprising: a liquid crystal display means having a speaker; and an electronic pen or a keyboard. 3. A plurality of liquid crystal displays, a microphone corresponding to the liquid crystal displays in a one-to-one correspondence, and a voice recognition means,
An input / output device for a communication terminal, comprising: a liquid crystal display unit having a speaker, an electronic pen, and a keyboard. 4. The input / output device for a communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein one of the liquid crystal displays displays items hierarchically. 5. The input / output device for a communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the microphone is a directional microphone.