JPH0856183A - Guidance device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow the tour person to listen to explanation of an exhibition from the start depending on the circumstance and the pace of the tour person. CONSTITUTION:Radiators 6-1 to 6-N arranged on a ceiling or the like of each exhibition place emit guide information of each exhibition place repetitively as optical signal. When a tour person 11 listens to the explanation about exhibition, a carried receiver 7-1 is directed to the radiators 6-1 to 6-N to receive guidance information. The received data are stored in a memory and when the tour person 11 depresses a start button, the guide information is reproduced from the beginning, When various functions added to the receivers N-1 to N-7 are used, the corresponding button or the like is depressed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a guide device, and more particularly to a technique for providing guide information according to the position and pace of each visitor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a museum or the like, it is desirable to be able to see and hear explanations of exhibits from the beginning, from the perspective of the individual observer, when receiving explanations about the exhibits. Conventionally, (1) a way to proceed at the exhibition organizer's one-sided schedule and pace, (2) send guide information for the exhibit, and the user receives this guide information while operating with the receiver, A method of reproducing the received guidance information as it is has been adopted.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the conventional method (1), the operation burden on the exhibition organizer side is heavy, and
Visitors could not freely enjoy the exhibits.
Also, with method (2), if the explanation the viewer was trying to hear was in the middle, the guide information could not be heard from the beginning unless the explanation was completed. Also, there was a lot of interference, which made the noise a lot hard to hear and was not always satisfactory.

The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and an object thereof is to provide a guide device capable of providing guide information according to the position and pace of each user.

[0005]

For this reason, in the guide device according to the invention of claim 1, in the guide device for providing the guide information regarding the exhibit to the observer, the transmission provided for each exhibit to be guided. An apparatus and a receiving device for a visitor, while the transmitting device includes a transmitting side storage unit that stores the guide information, and a transmitting unit that transmits the guide information stored in the transmitting side storage unit. The receiving device receives the guide information transmitted from the transmitting unit, the receiving side storage unit stores the received information, and the guide stored in the receiving side storage unit. And a reproducing means for reproducing information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a guide device including an editing device for creating / editing the guide information and transmitting the guide information to a transmitting device, while the editing device includes a compressing means for compressing the guide information. The receiving device is configured to include a decompressing unit that decompresses the guide information stored in the receiving side storage unit to restore the original guide information. In the guide device according to the invention of claim 3, the editing device adds unique identification information designating each transmitting device to the guide information, and transmits the guide information added with the identifying information to each transmitting device. The transmitting device is configured to receive the guide information about the own device based on the identification information.

In the guiding device according to the present invention, the transmitting means of the transmitting device repeatedly transmits the guiding information using light as a medium, and the receiving means of the receiving device directs the receiving device toward the transmitting device. The guidance information is received by pointing. In the guiding device according to the invention of claim 5, the optical medium is any one of visible light, infrared light, and infrared laser light.

In the guiding device according to the invention of claim 6, when the receiving means receives the guiding information, the receiving-side storage means of the receiving device deletes the stored information and then the receiving means receives the guiding information. This is a configuration for storing guidance information. In the guiding device according to the invention of claim 7, the receiving side storage means is configured to select and store the designated information when the predetermined information is designated.

In the guiding device according to the invention of claim 8, the editing device configures the guiding information with information in several languages, and the receiving side storage means guides in several languages transmitted from the transmitting means. The guide information in a predetermined language is selected from the information and stored. In the guide device according to the invention of claim 9, the reproducing means of the portable receiving device comprises a speed adjusting means for adjusting a reproduction speed of the guide information, and an interlacing means for skipping and reproducing at a predetermined reproduction position of the guide information. At least one of the repeating means for repeatedly reproducing a predetermined reproduction range of the guide information is included.

[0010]

According to the configuration of the guide device according to the invention of claim 1, the guide information is stored in the transmitting side storage means of the transmitting device and transmitted by the transmitting means. This guidance information is
It is received by the receiving means of the receiving device, stored in the receiving side storage means, and reproduced by the reproducing means. Therefore, in the receiving device carried by the visitor, since it is stored in the receiving-side storage means and then reproduced, it is possible to provide the observer with the guide information related to the exhibit from the beginning. Also, once stored in the receiving side storage means, it is possible to provide clear guide information to the observer, wherever the observer is.

According to the configuration of the guiding device of the second aspect of the invention, in the editing device, the guiding information is compressed by the compressing means and transmitted to the transmitting device. The compressed guide information is transmitted by the transmitting means, received by the receiving means of the receiving device, stored in the receiving side storage means, expanded by the expanding means and restored to the original guide information. Therefore, it is possible to save the storage capacity of the transmission side storage means and the reception side storage means.

According to the configuration of the guiding device of the third aspect of the present invention, since the identification information unique to each transmitting device is added to the guiding information, each transmitting device can identify itself based on the identifying information. It is possible to select and receive only the guide information. According to the configuration of the guiding device of the invention of claim 4, the guiding information is repeatedly transmitted from the transmitting means by using light as a medium, and the receiving device only needs to point the receiving device in the direction of the transmitting device to immediately and immediately. Moreover, it becomes possible to easily receive the guide information.

According to the configuration of the guide device of the fifth aspect, wireless communication is performed using any one of visible light, infrared light, and infrared laser light as a medium, and particularly infrared light of a single wavelength. By using the infrared laser light, it is possible to provide clear guidance information to the observer without causing interference. According to the configuration of the guide device of the invention of claim 6, the received guide information is stored and updated in the receiving side storage means, and only the necessary guide information can be stored.

According to the configuration of the guiding device of the invention of claim 7, it is possible to select and store only predetermined information in the receiving side storage means. According to the configuration of the guide device according to the invention of claim 8, when a desired language is designated, for example, the mother tongue of the visitor, the guide information in the designated language is stored in the receiving side storage means, and the tour is conducted. It is possible to provide guidance information in a desired language to a person. Therefore, the choice of languages is wide.

According to the structure of the guide device of the ninth aspect, the guide information is provided to the visitor at the optimum speed by providing the speed adjusting means, and the guide information is skipped by providing the jumping means. It is possible to see and hear the information, and by providing a repeater, it is possible to see and hear the guidance information any number of times, and it is possible to provide the visitor with appropriate guidance information according to the individual's position and pace. .

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 1 showing the present embodiment, the editing center includes an operation panel 1, a multi-channel memory device 2,
Digital multiplexing filing apparatus 3 and signal transmission apparatus 4
And are provided.

The operation panel 1 is provided with a microphone or the like for inputting guide information in which voice is a voice signal. The multi-channel memory device 2 is a device for sampling the guidance information by voice from the operation panel 1, performing coding compression, and then filing and storing the information. For example, a digital audio memory, a magneto-optical recording device is used as the storage device. It is equipped with a disk device and the like. The sampling frequency of the guide information is, for example, 8 kHz, and the sampling data is quantized with 8 bits to perform coding compression. This reduces the original data to 1/2
It is compressed to the amount of data. The compressed data is stored in a storage device with ID information added for each group, and signal distributors 5-1 to 5-N and terminal radiators (hereinafter referred to as "radiators") 6-1 to 6- are described below. Register the address for each N. In addition, when the content of the exhibition and its place are decided, the guide information is re-edited and filed for each exhibit. Depending on the number of exhibits, 1
One channel for guide information of exhibits, for example, 1000-
Have a 2000 channel one. As for the storage capacity per channel, guide information in five languages is prepared, and the data is set to 8 bits and 2.1 Mbyte (= 8bit
X14 kHz x 60 seconds x 5 languages x 1/2 compression) is required.

The digital multiplex filing apparatus 3 is an apparatus for extracting guide information required for distribution from each compressed guide information filed in the multi-channel memory device 2 and filing it into a transmission file. Such a transmission file is shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, the ID information is identification information that can be recognized by each radiator and is added to the beginning of the frame. The radiator selection (hereinafter, simply referred to as “la selection”) is data for selecting the location of the radiator, and the receiver selection (hereinafter, referred to as “radia selection”).
(“Re-selection”) is data for selecting a language. Then, after these data, guidance information in, for example, five languages is incorporated.

The signal transmission device 4 is a device for transmitting such data to each of the signal distributors 5-1 to 5-N via the communication cable 10 by synchronous start, high speed serial block transmission or parallel block transmission. Is. Transmission to each of the signal distributors 5-1 to 5-N is performed based on a command from the operation unit 1. For the communication cable 10, for example, a dedicated communication cable or a power carrier line is used. Alternatively, optical communication may be used.

The operation panel 1, multi-channel memory device 2, digital multiplex file device 3, signal transmission device 4
Corresponds to the editing device. FIG. 4 shows the signal distributors 5-1 to 5-1.
An example of an exhibition hall such as a museum in which 5-N and radiators 6-1 to 6-N are arranged is shown. In FIG. 4, the exhibition hall has halls A and B, and each hall is provided with an exhibition shelf on which exhibits are exhibited. Signal distributor 5-1
To 5-N, radiators 6-1 to 6-N as transmitting means
Are arranged on, for example, the ceiling so as to correspond to the exhibits to be guided in the halls A and B, respectively. Further, the radiators 6-1 to 6-N respectively include the signal distributor 5
It is connected to -1 to 5-N.

The signal distributors 5-1 to 5-N receive necessary data from the transferred data. As shown in FIG. 2, each of the signal distributors 5-1 to 5-N is provided with a selector 51 and a memory 52 as a transmitting side storage means. The radio selector 51 identifies the ID information and the radio selection data included in the data transferred from the signal transmission device 4. The signal transmission device 4 and the signal distributor 5
When optical communication is used between -1 to 5-N, the signal distributors 5-1 to 5-N convert optical signals into electrical signals o /
Be equipped with an e-converter.

The radiators 6-1 to 6-N respectively convert the data stored in the memory 52 of the signal distributors 5-1 to 5-N into optical signals and repeatedly emit them into space at a predetermined emission angle. To do. As shown in FIG. 2, the radiator 6-
1 to 6-N, each of which converts an electrical signal into an optical signal e /
o A light converter 61 is provided. Incidentally, the radiator 6-1
Visible light, infrared light having a single wavelength, and weak infrared laser light can be used as the radiated light of up to 6-N, but infrared light and infrared laser light are used in terms of high-speed signal transmission and interference prevention. Is suitable.

The speed of transferring the optical signal from each of the radiators 6-1 to 6-N is about 50 Mbps / sec, which is 5.25 Mbytes.
If the data in 1 is compressed to 1/4, the data will be transferred in about 200 msec per radiation. Further, a radio wave signal can be used instead of an optical signal for a signal radiated into space.

The signal distributors 5-1 to 5-N and the radiators 6-1 to 6-N correspond to a transmitter. Light receivers (hereinafter referred to as “receivers”) 7-1 to 7-M as portable receiving devices are respectively carried by a visitor 11 to display guide information of each exhibit as shown in FIG. An o / e converter 71, which is provided in an exhibition hall such as a museum for listening, receives light signals from the radiators 6-1 to 6-N and converts them into electric signals, and a receiver. Selector 72
A memory 73 as receiving side storage means, a data decompressor 74 as decompression means, a decompressed data converted into an audio signal, and an audio reproducer 9 such as headphones or earphones.
And an audio signal converter 75 for outputting to.

The receivers 7-1 to 7-M and the audio reproducer 9 correspond to a receiving device, and the audio signal converter 75 and the audio reproducer 9 correspond to reproducing means. Receiver 7-1 to 7-M
When each receives new data, erases the existing data stored in the memory 73 and rewrites it with new data. Each of the receivers 7-1 to 7-M is provided with a switch for switching between automatic reception and manual reception. The automatic reception is a method of receiving optical data of a certain level or higher, and the manual reception is a method of designating desired guide information.

In addition to this, the receivers 7-1 to 7-M include
Various functions such as a repeat function, a speed adjustment function, a skip function, and a language selection function are added, and these functions are used by operating a button or a volume.
Here, the repeat function is a function to repeatedly output the voice signal from, for example, 5 to 10 phrases before the current voice signal, and the speed adjustment function is to change the read voice speed within a range of ± 20%, for example. The skip function is a function for fast-forwarding or returning by one unit, and the language selecting function is a function for selecting, for example, a mother tongue of a visitor or a desired language from five languages.

Next, the operation will be described. 2, in the operation panel 1 of the editing center, as shown in FIG.
For each section of the hall, guidance information provided to the visitor is input as voice information from the microphone 8. This guide information is input in, for example, five languages. The guide information input from the microphone 8 is encoded and compressed in the multi-channel memory device 2 to be compressed to 1/2 to 1/8 of the original data amount. Then, the compressed data is classified into files 1 to N, converted into an ID, and stored in a magneto-optical disk device or the like provided in the multi-channel memory device 2. It should be noted that, when the content of the exhibition and its place are decided, it is re-edited and filed.

The data stored in the multi-channel memory device 2 is edited into a transmission file as shown in FIG. 3 in the digital multiplex filing device 3 for distribution control. Then, this data is signal-transmitted from the signal transmission device 4 to each of the signal distributors 5-1 to 5-N via the communication cable 10. Data transmission to the signal distributors 5-1 to 5-N may be performed over time, and the transmission speed may be slow.

In each of the signal distributors 5-1 to 5-N, the ID information and the LA selection are identified by the LA selector 51, and when it is recognized that the data is necessary data, the data is transmitted to the signal distributor 5.
-1 to 5-N, and stored in the memory 52. The data stored in the memory 52 is the radiator 6-1.
Light is emitted cyclically from -6 to N at regular intervals.

On the other hand, the visitor 11 is asked to, for example, the receiver 7-
1 was handed over, and visitor 11 carried receiver 7-1 and A
It goes around each exhibition place in order from the hall. When the observer 11 enters the first hall A, the observer 11 first operates the switch of the receiver 7 to select automatic or manual. For example a visitor
If you want to receive only 11 native languages, select Manual and specify the language. After selecting and designating, the receiver 7-1 is directed to the radiator 6-1 to receive the data.

In the hall A, the guide information of the exhibits in the hall A is repeatedly radiated from the radiator 6-1. Therefore, by pointing the receiver 7-1 to the radiator 6-1, the guide information is radiated. Is received by the receiver 7-1. Also, the transfer speed is about 20 as mentioned above.
Since it is 0 msec / once, reception is performed in an instant. When automatic is selected, light emission data of a certain level or higher is received, and when manual is selected, the language specified by the reselector 72 is selected, and only guide information in the selected language is received. It

The received guidance information is sent to the receiver 7-1.
It is converted into an electrical signal by the o / e converter 71 and stored in the memory 73. When the observer 11 presses the operation button, the data expander 74 restores the original data and reproduces the sound such as headphones as sound information. Reproduced in container 9. Since the guide information received from the radiator 6-1 is stored in the memory 73, when the visitor 11 presses the start button, the guide information of the exhibit in the hall A is reproduced from the beginning by the audio reproducer 9.

The visitor 11 operates the receiver 7-1 so that the guide information can be heard at his / her own pace and pace. For example,
If the observer 11 misses the explanation, he / she can press the repeat button and the same explanation will be repeated. If you want to skip the explanation, press the skip button and proceed to the previous explanation for one block. Also, if you want to hear at a high speed, operate the speed volume in the fast direction,
If you want to hear at a slow speed, operate the speed volume in the slow direction. As a result, the voice is reproduced at the optimum speed that the observer 11 can easily hear without changing the pitch.

Next, the visitor 11 finishes viewing the exhibits in the A hall, enters the B hall, and sets the receiver 7-1 to the radiator 6
Turning to -2, this time the guidance information of section 1 of Hall B is received. When the guidance information of the section 1 of the B hall is received, the guidance information of the exhibit of the A hall stored in the memory 73 of the receiver-1 is deleted and the memory 73 is displayed.
The section 1 stores the newly received guidance information of the section 1 of the B hall.

Then, when the visitor 11 presses the start button, the guide information of the section 1 of the B hall is reproduced by the voice reproducer 9.
Will be played from the beginning. According to such a configuration, the guide information of the exhibit is repeatedly emitted from the radiator of each exhibition hall, and when the receiver is directed to the radiator, the guide information of the exhibit is stored in the memory of the receiver.
Visitors can hear the explanation of each exhibit from the beginning.

At any position of the receiver, the viewer can hear a clear explanation without interference. Also, since the signal distributor has a memory,
Data can be transferred at low speed to the signal distributor.
Since data is repeatedly emitted from the radiator, the observer can receive the data at any time by pressing the start button with the receiver pointing to the radiator, and can receive the data instantly.

Since the receiver is provided with an automatic / manual switching function, if it is automatically switched, it can receive a certain level of guidance information, and if it is manually switched,
Visitors can receive only guidance information in the language desired. Various other functions are added to the receiver.For example, by using the speed adjustment function, the observer can hear the spoken words at the optimum speed that is easy to hear without changing the pitch, and the repeat function can be used. By using it, you can hear the missed guidance information again, by using the skip function, you can send and hear or skip it and listen, and by using the language selection function, the visitor can see You can hear the guide information in the language you want. In this way, the visitor can hear the appropriate guide information according to the individual's position and pace.

In this embodiment, the guide information is coded and compressed and then stored in the storage device. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be coded and compressed after the distribution control. In this case, the guide information is coded and compressed by the signal distributor and stored.

[0039]

As described above, with the guide device according to the invention of claim 1, it is possible to provide the observer with the guide information related to the exhibit from the beginning, and once the guide information is stored in the receiving side storage means. By doing so, it is possible to provide clear guide information to the visitor, no matter where the visitor is.

In the guiding device according to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to save the storage capacity of the transmitting side storage means and the receiving side storage means. In the guiding device according to the invention of claim 3, each transmitting device can select and receive only the guiding information related to its own device based on the identification information. In the guiding device according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the receiving device can receive the guiding information at any time instantly and easily simply by pointing the receiving device toward the transmitting device.

In the guiding device according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, if the infrared light or the infrared laser light having a single wavelength is used, there is no interference and it is possible to provide the viewer with clear guiding information. In the guiding device according to the invention of claim 6,
The received guide information is stored and updated in the receiving side storage means, and only necessary guide information can be stored.

In the guiding device according to the invention of claim 7, only predetermined information can be selected and stored in the receiving side storage means. In the guiding device according to the invention of claim 8,
It is possible to provide the visitor with guidance information in the desired language, and the range of language selection is broadened. With the guide device according to the invention of claim 9, it is possible to provide the visitor with appropriate guide information according to the position and pace of the individual.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flow chart of the system of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a guide information transmission file of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of FIG. 1.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 multi-channel memory device 3 digital multiplexing filing device 4 signal transmission device 5-1 to 5-N signal distributor 6-1 to 6-N (terminal) radiator 7-1 to 7-M (write) receiver 51 La-selector 52 Memory 72 Re-selector 72 73 Memory 73 74 Data decompressor 74

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification code Office reference number FI technical display location H04H 1/00 Z

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A guide device for providing guide information related to an exhibit to a visitor, comprising: a transmitter provided for each exhibit to be guided; and a receiver portable to the observer. The device is configured to include a transmission side storage unit that stores the guide information, and a transmission unit that transmits the guide information stored in the transmission side storage unit, and the reception device is transmitted from the transmission unit. A receiving unit for receiving the guide information, a receiving-side storage unit for storing the received information, and a reproducing unit for reproducing the guide information stored in the receiving-side storage unit. Guidance device. 2. An editing device for creating / editing the guide information and transmitting the guide information to a transmitting device, the editing device comprising a compression means for compressing the guide information, and the receiving device is a receiving side. The guide device according to claim 1, further comprising an expanding unit that expands the guide information stored in the storage unit to restore the original guide information. 3. The editing device is configured to add unique identification information designating each transmitting device to the guide information and transmit the guide information added with the identifying information to each transmitting device. The guide device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the guide device receives the guide information about the device itself based on the identification information. 4. The transmitting means of the transmitting device repeatedly transmits the guide information using light as a medium, and the receiving means of the receiving device receives the guide information by directing the receiving device toward the transmitting device. It is a structure, The guide apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1-3. 5. The guide device according to claim 4, wherein the optical medium is any one of visible light, infrared light, and infrared laser light. 6. The receiving side storage means of the receiving device, when the receiving means receives the guide information, erases the stored information and then stores the guide information received by the receiving means. The guide device according to any one of claims 1 to 5. 7. The receiving side storage means is configured to select and store designated information when designated information is designated.
Guidance device described in. 8. The editing device comprises guidance information in information in several languages, and the receiving side storage means selects guidance information in a predetermined language from among the guidance information in several languages transmitted from the transmission means. The guide device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the guide device is selected and stored. 9. A reproducing means of the portable receiving device, a speed adjusting means for adjusting a reproducing speed of the guide information, an interlacing means for skipping and reproducing the guide information at a predetermined reproducing position, and a predetermined guide information. 9. At least one of the repeating means for repeatedly reproducing the reproduction range of No. 1 is included, and at least one means is included.
Guidance device described in.