CN113194021B

CN113194021B - Electronic device, message play control system and message play control method

Info

Publication number: CN113194021B
Application number: CN202010036657.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘骁
Original assignee: Alpine Electronics Inc
Current assignee: Alpine Electronics Inc
Priority date: 2020-01-14
Filing date: 2020-01-14
Publication date: 2024-03-19
Anticipated expiration: 2040-01-14
Also published as: CN113194021A

Abstract

The invention provides an electronic device, a message playing control system and a message playing control method capable of avoiding repeated listening. The electronic device is provided with: a receiving unit that receives a message; a playing part for playing the message received by the receiving part as sound; and a communication unit for communicating with a communication destination; the electronic device is characterized by further comprising: an information detection unit that detects whether or not there is an unrecast message received by the reception unit from a communication target to which a call has been made before the call, and that has not been played as sound by the playback unit, when the call has been made with the communication target by the communication unit; and a playback control unit that controls the playback unit to play back the unrecast message without sound when the information detection unit detects that the unrecast message received from the communication destination where the call has been made before the call has not been played back as sound.

Description

Electronic device, message play control system and message play control method

Technical Field

The invention relates to an electronic device, a message play control system and a message play control method.

Background

In recent years, with the innovation of communication technology and the popularization of the internet and the like, it has become possible to realize real-time information exchange with a communication object by an interactive communication device, a mobile terminal, social software installed on a smart phone and the like. In particular, real-time communication can be performed by means of text, voice, audio and video, and the like.

In the related art, in order to simplify the operation of a user, a technology for automatically playing a message such as a voice received by an interactive communication device, a mobile terminal, social software mounted on a smart phone, or the like is disclosed. In addition, a technique of converting a received text message into a voice message and playing the voice message as a sound is disclosed. In particular, a technique for automatically playing a received message as sound in a vehicle-mounted environment in which a driver drives a motor vehicle or in a special environment of a special group such as a blind person is disclosed.

In addition, in practical applications, after a message is sent to a communication object, the message content may be a significant item, or the message content may have a strong timeliness, and if a receiver cannot acquire the message in time, the message may cause trouble to the sender. In this case, the sender often contacts the receiver by means of telephone, voice or audio/video communication, so that the information to be transmitted can be timely transmitted to the other party. In particular, in an in-vehicle environment in which the receiving party is driving a motor vehicle, this is particularly frequent because the receiving party fails to timely reply to the received message due to safety considerations and the like.

However, in the above case, if the receiving side has received the information to be transmitted by the transmitting side by telephone, voice, audio/video communication, or the like, if the message from the same transmitting side is continuously played while it is not yet played or is being played, there is a problem that the receiving side repeatedly listens and wastes time.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to the above-mentioned technical problems in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device, a message playing control system, and a message playing control method capable of avoiding repeated listening.

An embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device including: a receiving unit that receives a message; a playing part for playing the message received by the receiving part as sound; and a communication unit for communicating with a communication destination; the electronic device is characterized by further comprising: an information detection unit that detects whether or not there is an unrecast message received by the reception unit from a communication target to which a call has been made before the call, and that has not been played as sound by the playback unit, when the call has been made with the communication target by the communication unit; and a playback control unit that controls the playback unit to play back the unrecast message without sound when the information detection unit detects that the unrecast message received from the communication destination where the call has been made before the call has not been played back as sound.

Therefore, repeated listening can be avoided, and the utilization efficiency of the user is improved.

The electronic device may further include: an information confirmation unit for confirming whether or not the unrecast message satisfies at least a predetermined condition related to the call, when the unrecast message is detected, when the information detection unit detects the unrecast message received from the communication destination where the call is made and not yet played as a sound before the call, and when the information confirmation unit confirms that the unrecast message satisfies the predetermined condition, the play control unit controls the play unit to play the unrecast message not as a sound.

Therefore, the message related to the call can be accurately identified, repeated listening is avoided, information loss is avoided, and the utilization efficiency of the user is further improved.

The electronic device may further include: a call recording unit for recording call contents of a call with a communication destination by the communication unit; an information acquisition unit that acquires content information included in the message received by the reception unit, wherein the information confirmation unit confirms whether or not the content information included in the unicast message acquired by the information acquisition unit is included in the call content of the call recorded by the call recording unit when the information detection unit detects an unicast message received from the communication destination to which the call has been made before the call has been played as a sound, and confirms that the unicast message satisfies a predetermined condition when the content information included in the unicast message is included in the call content.

Therefore, the message which is the same as or similar to the conversation content can be accurately identified, repeated listening is avoided, information loss is avoided, and the utilization efficiency of a user is further improved.

In the above electronic device, the information confirming unit may confirm whether or not a time difference between a timing of receiving the multicast message and a timing of starting the call is smaller than a predetermined threshold, and if the time difference is smaller than the predetermined threshold and the content information included in the multicast message is included in the call content of the call, the information confirming unit may confirm that the multicast message satisfies a predetermined condition.

Therefore, the method and the device can avoid repeated listening and information loss aiming at the message in a certain time range, and further improve the utilization efficiency of users.

The electronic device may also be such that the unrecast message includes a message that has not been played as sound at all, and a message that has been played as sound partially but not yet played as sound at all before the start of the call.

Therefore, the unrecast message can be accurately identified, and repeated listening can be avoided.

In the above-described electronic device, the receiving unit may receive a group message from a group having a plurality of objects, and the information detecting unit may further detect whether or not there is an unrecast group message received by the receiving unit from the group including the communication object to which the call has been made before the call is made and not yet played as a sound by the playing unit, and may control the playing unit to play at least a message emitted by the communication object to which the call has been made, out of the unrecast group messages not yet played as a sound, when the information detecting unit detects the unrecast group message received from the group before the call is made.

Thus, repeated listening to the group message can be avoided.

The electronic device may be an in-vehicle device.

This can avoid repetitive listening to the vehicle environment.

The electronic device may further include: and a message conversion unit for converting the text message into a voice message when the text message is received by the receiving unit, and a playback unit for automatically playing the voice message received by the receiving unit and the voice message converted by the message conversion unit by voice.

Thus, the automatic playing of the sound can be realized for the vehicle-mounted environment, and repeated listening can be avoided.

Further, an embodiment of the present invention provides a message play control system implemented by a mobile terminal and an electronic device capable of mutually communicating data, the electronic device having a play section for playing a received message as sound, characterized in that the message play control system implements functions by: a receiving unit that receives a message transmitted to a mobile terminal; a communication unit for communicating with a communication object; an information detection unit that detects whether or not there is an unrecast message received by the reception unit from a communication target to which a call has been made before and which has not been played as sound by the playback unit, when the call has been made with the communication target by the communication unit; and a playback control unit that controls the playback unit to play back the unrecast message without sound when the information detection unit detects that the unrecast message received from the communication destination where the call was made before the call was made and has not yet been played back as sound.

In addition, one embodiment of the present invention provides a message play control method for an electronic device, the electronic device including: a receiving unit that receives a message; a playing part for playing the message received by the receiving part as sound; and a communication unit for communicating with a communication destination; the message play control method is characterized by comprising the following steps: an information detection step of detecting whether or not there is an unrecast message received by the reception unit from the communication destination to which the call has been made before the call has been made and which has not yet been played as sound by the playback unit, in the case where the call has been made with the communication destination by the communication unit; and a playback control step of controlling the playback unit to play back the unrecast message without sound when the information detection step detects that the unrecast message received from the communication destination on which the call has been made before the call has not been played back as sound.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an electronic device 100 according to embodiment 1.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart showing a message play control method implemented by the electronic device 100 according to embodiment 1.

Fig. 3 shows an interface of one specific example of receiving a message and communicating with a communication target.

Fig. 4 shows an interface of one specific example of receiving a group message from a group having a plurality of objects and communicating with the communication objects in the group.

Fig. 5 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an electronic device 200 according to embodiment 2.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart showing a message play control method implemented by the electronic device 200 according to embodiment 2.

Fig. 7 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an electronic device 300 according to embodiment 3.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart showing a message play control method implemented by the electronic device 300 according to embodiment 3.

Fig. 9 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an electronic device 400 according to embodiment 1 of embodiment 3.

Fig. 10 is a flowchart showing specific judgment conditions in step S109 in specific example 1 of embodiment 3.

Fig. 11 is a flowchart showing specific judgment conditions in step S109 in specific example 2 of embodiment 3.

Fig. 12 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a message play control system 500 according to embodiment 4.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the drawings, embodiments and specific examples. The following description is merely an example for facilitating understanding of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. In the embodiment, the components of the apparatus may be changed, combined, deleted or added according to the actual situation, and the units of the system are units representing functions, and the steps of the method may be changed, combined, deleted, added or changed in order according to the actual situation. In the drawings, the size, direction, and the like are merely illustrative, and may be changed according to actual conditions.

(embodiment 1)

An electronic device 100 according to embodiment 1 is described below with reference to fig. 1. Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an electronic device 100 according to embodiment 1. As shown in fig. 1, an electronic device 100 according to embodiment 1 includes a receiving unit 101, a playing unit 102, a communication unit 103, an information detecting unit 104, and a playing control unit 105. Wherein the arrows indicate the direction of the data flow. The above-mentioned parts in the electronic device 100 may be implemented by means of software modules or may be implemented by means of dedicated hardware integrated circuits. The electronic device 100 may be realized by a single computer or a server, or may be realized by a plurality of devices which are separated, for example, a cloud computing server composed of a plurality of servers. The present embodiment may be implemented by executing a program stored in advance in a recording medium by a processor of a computer, and realizing the functions of the respective units of the electronic device 100. The respective parts of the electronic device 100 are specifically described below.

The receiving unit 101 is configured to receive a message. Specifically, a message from a communication object is received. For example, the receiving unit 101 may receive a short message to be transmitted to a base station from the base station by SMS (Short Message Service ) provided by a communication carrier. For example, the receiving unit 101 may be connected to the internet by a wired or wireless method, and may receive a message from a data communication network based on an internet protocol. For example, the receiving unit 101 may receive a message from a cloud server. For example, the receiving unit 101 may be social software that receives a message by connecting to the internet or the like. For example, the receiving unit 101 may perform data communication with a terminal such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a mobile tablet, or a computer by wired or wireless, and may receive a message in synchronization with the terminal. The manner in which the receiving unit 101 receives the message is not limited to the above specific example.

The message received by the receiving unit 101 is, for example, a voice message, a text message, or an audio/video message. The receiving unit 101 can receive at least information related to a communication destination, such as a telephone number, an IP address, a name, and a nickname ID of the communication destination, which is a sender of a message. The reception unit 101 can also obtain timing information and the like for receiving the message.

The playback unit 102 plays back the message received by the reception unit 101 as sound. For example, when the receiving unit 101 receives a voice message, the playing unit 102 directly plays the voice message. The playback unit 102 may perform a plurality of sound processes such as volume adjustment, tone adjustment, and filtering processing on the received voice message, and then play the voice message. For example, when the audio/video message is received by the receiving unit 101, the playing unit 102 plays the audio information in the received audio/video message, or performs a filtering process so that the voice information included in the audio information in the audio/video message is played. The volume of the message played by the playing unit 102 may be, for example, a volume matching the vehicle environment.

The timing of playing the message by the playing unit 102 may be, for example, immediately after the receiving unit 101 receives the message, automatically after a predetermined time, or according to a user instruction. Further, when the playing section 102 is playing a message from a communication object as sound, the receiving section 101 receives a message from another communication object, and the message from another communication object is in a play waiting state, and is automatically played after the completion of the playing of the message currently being played, or is played according to an instruction of the user.

The function of the playback unit 102 for playing back the message received by the reception unit 101 as sound may be realized by any playback device, and may be realized by, for example, sound equipment, car audio equipment, headphones, or the like.

The communication unit 103 is configured to communicate with a communication destination. For example, the communication unit 103 can perform a telephone call with a communication target in a wired or wireless manner by providing a telephone call service by a communication carrier. For example, the communication unit 103 may communicate with a communication destination in a network by connecting to a network such as a lan or the internet in the form of an IP phone. For example, the communication unit 103 may be social software that performs voice or audio/video communication with a communication object by connecting to the internet or the like. The manner in which the communication unit 103 communicates with the communication destination is not limited to the above specific example.

The communication unit 103 may make a call with a communication destination such as a telephone call, a voice call, or an audio/video call. The call with the communication destination by the communication unit 103 may be a call request from the communication destination to the user or a call request from the user to the communication destination. The communication unit 103 can obtain at least information on a communication target to which a call is to be made, such as a telephone number, an IP address, a name, and a nickname ID of the communication target. The communication unit 103 can also obtain information such as the timing of the start of the call. The communication unit 103 performs a call function such as a microphone and a sound.

When a call is made with a communication destination by the communication unit 103, the information detection unit 104 detects whether or not there is an unrecast message received by the reception unit 101 from the communication destination where the call was made before and which has not yet been played as a sound by the playback unit 102.

The information detecting unit 104 compares the information on the communication object obtained by the receiving unit 101 and the information on the communication object obtained by the communication unit 103, and determines whether or not the sender of the message and the object to which the call is to be made are the same communication object. For example, whether the telephone numbers of the communication objects included in the decoded modulated signals are the same is determined by comparing whether the telephone numbers are the same. For example, whether the network IP addresses of the communication objects are the same is determined by comparing whether the network IP addresses are the same. For example, whether the communication object is the same is determined by comparing whether nickname IDs of the communication object in social software are the same.

Further, the information detecting section 104 compares the timing of receiving the message obtained by the receiving section 101 and the timing of starting the call obtained by the communication section 103, and judges whether or not the message was received before the call.

Further, the information detecting section 104 acquires from the playing section 102 whether or not the received message is an unremitted message that has not yet been played as sound. The not-played message that has not been played as sound includes a message that has not been played as sound at all before the call, and a message that has been played as sound partially but not yet played as sound at all before the start of the call.

When the information detecting unit 104 detects an unrecast message received from the communication destination to which the call has been made before the call, and which has not yet been played as a sound, the playback control unit 105 controls the playback unit 102 to play back the unrecast message without making a sound.

For example, when the information detecting unit 104 detects that at least one message from the same communication destination is received by the receiving unit 101 before the start of a call with the communication destination by the communication unit 103 and that the at least one message has not been played as sound, the playback control unit 105 controls the playback unit 102 so that the at least one message is not played as sound after the end of the call with the communication destination. For example, when the information detecting unit 104 detects that the playing unit 102 is playing a message from the same communication destination as a sound before the start of a call with the communication destination by the communication unit 103, and only a part of the message is played, the playing control unit 105 controls the playing unit 102 so that the remaining unreflected part of the message is not played by a sound after the end of the call with the communication destination.

A flow of a message play control method implemented by the electronic device 100 in embodiment 1 will be specifically described below with reference to fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a flowchart showing a message play control method implemented by the electronic device 100 according to embodiment 1.

First, in step S101, a message is received by the receiving section 101. The flow advances to step S102.

In step S102, the message received by the receiving section 101 is being played as sound by the playing section 102 or is waiting to be played as sound by the playing section 102. For example, in step S102, the message received by the receiving section 101 is automatically played by the playing section 102 or played according to an instruction, and is in a state in which a part of the message is played but not yet completely played. For example, in step S102, since the playback section is playing other messages, the message received by the reception section 101 is in a state waiting for playback that is not played at all. The flow advances to step S103.

In step S103, it is determined whether or not a call is made with the communication destination by the communication unit 103. When it is determined in step S103 that the communication unit 103 is not communicating with the communication destination (S103: no), the flow proceeds to step S105. In step S105, the playback unit 102 plays back the message received by the reception unit 101. For example, in step S105, the playback section 102 continues playing the message that was being played in step S102. For example, in step S105, the playback section 102 plays back the message waiting to be played back in step S102 at an appropriate time. When it is determined in step S103 that a call is made with the communication destination by the communication unit 103 (yes in S103), the flow proceeds to S104.

In step S104, the information detecting unit 104 detects whether or not there is an unrecast message received by the receiving unit 101 from the communication destination where the call was made before the call, and which has not yet been played as a sound by the playing unit 102. That is, in step S104, the information detecting unit 104 determines whether or not the sender of the message received by the receiving unit 101 before the call by the communication unit 103 and in the state described in step S102 is the same communication destination as the communication destination of the call. If it is determined in step S104 that the multicast message from the same communication destination does not exist (S104: no), the flow proceeds to S105. In step S105, the playback unit 102 plays back the message received by the reception unit 101. For example, in step S105, the playback section 102 plays back the message waiting to be played back in step S102 at an appropriate time. For example, the playback unit 102 continues the playback at an appropriate time after the end of the call, while the message that was being played back in step S102 but was interrupted by the call in step S103. If it is determined in step S104 that there is an unrecast message from the same communication destination (yes in S104), the flow proceeds to S106.

In step S106, the playback control unit 105 controls the playback unit 102 so that the playback unit 102 does not play back the unrecast message from the same communication destination by voice. For example, the playback control section 105 controls the playback section 102 such that the playback section 102 does not play back the message in the waiting-for-playback state in step S102 by sound. For example, the playback control unit 105 controls the playback unit 102 such that the playback unit 102 plays back the message that was being played back in step S102 but was interrupted by the call in step S103, and does not play back the message by sound after the call is ended.

A specific example of a message play control method implemented by the electronic device 100 will be described below with reference to fig. 3.

Fig. 3 shows an interface of one specific example of receiving a message and communicating with a communication target. Fig. 3 is an interface shown for convenience of explanation, and is not an actual interface. In one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may not have an interface, or may not have a display unit for displaying the content of a message or the like. In addition, even if the electronic device 100 has a display unit, not shown, in one embodiment, the manner in which the display unit displays information such as message content does not necessarily coincide with the interface of fig. 3.

Fig. 3 shows an interface for receiving a message and making a call between a user and a "duteacher" as a communication target. Among them, message a "is small and is hard today. ", message B" 8 points in the morning our company collection bar. ", message C" forgets to bring the relevant data. The "message received by the user from the" Du teacher "indicates the timing of receiving each message, respectively, above each message. In fig. 3, the message contents of the message a, the message B, and the message C are shown as text messages, but the messages are not limited to text messages, and may be voice messages or the like. In fig. 3, a call D represents a call between the user and the communication target "duteacher", the call duration is, for example, 3 minutes in the drawing, the call start timing is 21:05, and the call is performed by a voice call, an audio/video call, or the like. The call D may be a call request from a user or a call request from a duteacher.

According to the message playing control method implemented by the electronic device 100, when the information detecting unit 104 detects that the message a, the message B, and the message C are received from the same communication object "duteacher" before the call D with the "duteacher" starts, and the playing unit 102 has not yet played the messages by voice, the playing control unit 105 controls the playing unit 102 so that none of the message a, the message B, and the message C is played as voice.

According to the message playing control method implemented by the electronic device 100 of embodiment 1, when a call is made with a communication object, by not playing an unrecast message from the same communication object received before the call, it is possible to avoid a user from repeatedly listening to information from the same object, to save the time of the user, and to improve the utilization efficiency. Further, it is possible to eliminate the sense of trouble when the user continues to listen to the message from the same communication destination after the end of the call.

(modification)

A modification of embodiment 1 will be described below.

In the modification of embodiment 1, the receiving unit 101 receives a group message from a group having a plurality of objects, and when a call is made with a communication object by the communication unit 103, the information detecting unit 104 also detects whether or not there is an unremitted group message received by the receiving unit 101 from the group including the communication object to which the call has been made before the call is made and which has not yet been played as a sound by the playing unit 102. The call with the communication destination by the communication unit 103 is not limited to the call with one group member in the group, and may be, for example, a multi-person call such as a teleconference with a plurality of communication destinations including at least one group member in the group.

When the information detecting unit 104 detects an unrecast group message which is received from the group before the call and has not been played as a voice, the control playing unit 105 plays at least a message from the communication target which has performed the call, among the unrecast group messages, without voice. For example, only a message from the communication target having performed the call in the non-broadcast group message may not be played according to the user's preset. For example, all messages in the multicast group message may not be played.

Fig. 4 shows an interface of one specific example of receiving a group message from a group having a plurality of objects and communicating with the communication objects in the group. Fig. 4 is an interface shown for convenience of explanation, and is not an actual interface. In one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may not have an interface, or may not have a display unit for displaying the content of a message or the like. Even if the electronic device 100 has a display unit, not shown, in one embodiment, the manner in which the display unit displays information such as group message content does not necessarily coincide with the interface of fig. 4.

Fig. 4 shows an interface in which a user receives a group message from "XX company group" which is a group having a plurality of objects, and makes a call with "duteacher" which is a communication object included in the group as an object. Wherein, message A 'tomorrow's meeting Bayer is in each bit-! "is a message received from group member" Wang Zong ", message B" Wang Zong, received. Small pieces, 8 points in the morning our company gathers bars. ", message C" are small, forget to bring the related data. The "messages received from the group member" Du teacher "indicate the timing of the reception of the messages, respectively, above the respective messages. In fig. 4, the message contents of the message a, the message B, and the message C are shown as text messages, but the messages are not limited to text messages, and may be voice messages or the like. In fig. 4, a call D represents a call between a user and a communication target "duteacher" that is a target in "XX company group", a call duration is, for example, 3 minutes in the drawing, a call start timing is 21:05, and a call mode is a voice call, an audio/video call, or the like. The call D may be a call request from a user or a call request from a duteacher.

According to the message playing control method implemented by the electronic device 100 in the modification of embodiment 1, when the information detecting unit 104 detects that the message B and the message C are received from the group member of the "XX company group" as the communication target "duteacher" and the message a is received from the communication target "Wang Zong" which is the group member of the "XX company group" but is not the communication target, before the call D with the "duteacher" starts, and the playing unit 102 has not yet played the messages by voice, the playing control unit 105 may control the playing unit 102 so that only the message B and the message C are not played as voice and the message a is played as voice. Further, the playback control section 105 may control the playback section 102 so that none of the message a, the message B, and the message C is played as sound.

According to the message play control method implemented by the electronic device 100 according to embodiment 1, when a call is made to a communication target that is a member of a group, repeated listening to repeated information from the group can be avoided. In particular, by not playing at least the group message sent by the group member which performs the conversation in the group, the group message required by the user is selected from a plurality of unread group messages, repeated listening is avoided, and the utilization efficiency is improved.

(embodiment 2)

An electronic device 200 according to embodiment 2 is described below with reference to fig. 5. Fig. 5 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an electronic device 200 according to embodiment 2. The electronic device 200 is an in-vehicle device, and can implement a message play control method in an in-vehicle environment. The electronic device 200 is different from the electronic device 100 in that a message conversion unit 206 is further provided. Due to the specificity of the vehicle-mounted environment, the driver cannot view the text message in real time due to safety and other factors. Therefore, it is required to convert the received text message into a voice message and automatically play it. Thus, the electronic device 200 is different from the electronic device 100 in that the message conversion unit 206 is further provided. The receiving unit 201, the playing unit 202, the communication unit 203, the information detecting unit 204, and the playing control unit 205 of the electronic device 200 are components corresponding to the receiving unit 101, the playing unit 102, the communication unit 103, the information detecting unit 104, and the playing control unit 105 of the electronic device 100 in a one-to-one correspondence manner, and the same or corresponding functional structures are not described herein.

The message conversion unit 206 converts the text message into a voice message when the text message is received by the reception unit 201. The conversion method is not limited, and any speech processing technique may be used.

The playback unit 202 automatically plays back the voice message received by the reception unit 201 and the voice message converted by the message conversion unit 206 by voice. The automatic playing may be, for example, playing the voice message as sound immediately after receiving the voice message, or playing the converted voice message as sound immediately after converting the text message into the voice message. For example, the automatic playback may be performed immediately after the playback unit 202 plays back another voice message or after a predetermined time has elapsed. The playback unit 202 may share the same sound source with other players in the in-vehicle environment, such as a navigation player and a music player, or may be different sound sources. In the case where the playback section 202 shares the same sound source with other players in the in-vehicle environment, the automatic playback may be, for example, to interrupt playback of a lower priority (e.g., music sound) and play back a voice message, and to not interrupt playback of a higher priority (e.g., navigation sound) and play back a voice message after completion of playback thereof.

In addition, the electronic device 200 preferably does not include a display unit for displaying the text message or the like received by the receiving unit 201, due to the specificity of the vehicle-mounted environment. In addition, due to the specificity of the in-vehicle environment, the playing section 202 of the electronic device 200 preferably plays information related to the communication object, such as a nickname ID of the communication object, as sound before playing the message content as sound.

A message play control method implemented by the electronic device 200 according to embodiment 2 will be described below with reference to fig. 6. Fig. 6 is a flowchart showing a message play control method implemented by the electronic device 200 according to embodiment 2. The flow shown in fig. 6 differs from the flow shown in fig. 3 in that it includes steps S107 and S108, and the same step numbers are given to the same steps as those in fig. 3, and the description is not repeated.

After the message is received by the receiving unit 201 in step S101, the flow advances to step S107. In step S107, it is determined whether or not the message received by the receiving unit 201 is a voice message. In step S107, when it is determined that the message received by the receiving unit 201 is a voice message (S107: yes), the flow proceeds to S102. If it is determined in step S107 that the message received by the receiving unit 201 is not a voice message (S107: no), the flow proceeds to step S108. In step S108, the message conversion unit 206 converts the text message in the message that is not the voice message received by the receiving unit 201 into a voice message, and the flow advances to S102.

The message playing control method implemented by the electronic device 200 according to embodiment 2 can realize automatic playing of sound for the vehicle-mounted environment and avoid repetitive listening.

Embodiment 3

An electronic device 300 according to embodiment 3 is described below with reference to fig. 7. Fig. 7 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an electronic device 300 according to embodiment 3. The electronic device 300 is different from the electronic device 100 in that it further includes an information confirmation unit 306. The receiving unit 301, the playing unit 302, the communication unit 303, the information detecting unit 304, and the playing control unit 305 of the electronic device 300 are components corresponding to the receiving unit 101, the playing unit 102, the communication unit 103, the information detecting unit 104, and the playing control unit 105 of the electronic device 100 in a one-to-one correspondence manner, and the same or corresponding functional structures are not described herein.

When the information detection unit 304 detects an unrecast message received by the reception unit 301 from the communication destination to which the call is made before the call by the communication unit 303 and not yet played as a sound by the playback unit 302, the information confirmation unit 306 confirms whether or not the unrecast message satisfies at least a predetermined condition concerning the call. The predetermined condition related to at least the call may be, for example, a condition related to the call content of the call, a condition related to the timing of the start of the call, or the like. Details of the predetermined conditions are described in detail in specific examples 1 and 2 of embodiment 3 below.

In embodiment 3, the playback control unit 305 performs the following control. When the information detection unit 304 detects an unrecast message received from the communication destination to which the call has been made before the call, and the information confirmation unit 306 confirms that the unrecast message satisfies a predetermined condition, the play control unit 305 controls the play unit 302 to play the unrecast message without making a sound. That is, for an unicast message received from the same communication destination before a call, an unicast message satisfying the predetermined condition is not played, and an unicast message not satisfying the predetermined condition is normally played.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart showing a message play control method implemented by the electronic device 300 according to embodiment 3. The flow shown in fig. 8 differs from the flow shown in fig. 3 in that step S109 is provided, and the same step numbers are given to the same steps as those in fig. 3, and the description is not repeated.

If it is determined in step S104 that there is an unrecast message from the same communication destination (yes in S104), the flow advances to step S109. In step S109, the information confirming unit 306 confirms whether or not the multicast message satisfies at least a predetermined condition concerning the call. When the information confirmation unit 306 confirms in step S109 that the non-broadcast message does not satisfy the predetermined condition (S109: no), the flow advances to step S105. In step S105, the playback unit 302 plays back, for example, the unrecast message that is from the same communication destination and does not satisfy the predetermined condition as a sound. When the information confirming unit 306 confirms that the multicast message satisfies the predetermined condition in step S109 (yes in S109), the flow proceeds to step S106. In step S106, the playback control unit 305 controls the playback unit 302 to play back the non-played-back message satisfying the predetermined condition without making a sound.

(concrete example 1)

Specific example 1 of embodiment 3 will be described below with reference to fig. 9. Fig. 9 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an electronic device 400 according to embodiment 1 of embodiment 3. The electronic device 400 is different from the electronic device 300 in that it further includes an information acquisition unit 407 and a call recording unit 408. The receiving unit 401, the playing unit 402, the communication unit 403, the information detecting unit 404, the playing control unit 405, and the information confirming unit 406 of the electronic device 400 are components corresponding to the receiving unit 301, the playing unit 302, the communication unit 303, the information detecting unit 304, the playing control unit 305, and the information confirming unit 306 of the electronic device 300 one by one, and the same or corresponding functional structures thereof are not described herein.

The information acquisition unit 407 acquires content information included in the message received by the reception unit 401. The content information may be, for example, text content of a message received by the receiving unit 401, and the information acquiring unit 407 converts the received voice message into a text message and uses the text content as the content information. The content information may be, for example, keyword information, and the information acquisition unit 407 extracts the keyword information from the message received by the reception unit 401, and uses the keyword information as the content information. The content information may be, for example, semantic information, and the information acquisition unit 407 extracts the semantic information from the message received by the reception unit 401 by performing natural speech processing using an artificial intelligence method such as a neural network algorithm.

The call recording unit 408 records the call content of the call with the communication destination by the communication unit 403. The call recording unit 408 may record, for example, the original call audio as call content; or the original call audio is subjected to proper filtering processing to obtain call voice, and the obtained call voice is used as call content; the acquired call voice may be further converted into call text, and the call text may be used as call content.

When the information detection unit 404 detects an unrecast message received from the communication destination to which the call has been made before the call and not yet played as a sound, the information confirmation unit 406 confirms whether or not the content information included in the unrecast message acquired by the information acquisition unit 407 is included in the call content of the call recorded by the call recording unit 408, and confirms that the unrecast message satisfies a predetermined condition when the content information included in the unrecast message is included in the call content.

The content information included in the multicast message may be the same information as the content information included in the multicast message, or may be similar information as the content information included in the multicast message. For example, when the information obtaining unit 407 obtains the text content of the multicast message, it is possible to determine whether or not the content information included in the multicast message is included in the call content, using, as a criterion, whether or not the text content is identical or similar to the call text corresponding to the call content. In addition, whether or not there are more than a specified number of identical keywords can be used as a criterion by comparing the call content with the keywords contained in the un-broadcast message. In addition, the semantic similarity between the call content and the content information included in the multicast message may be used as a criterion by a preset semantic recognition algorithm, for example, based on machine learning.

Fig. 10 is a flowchart showing specific judgment conditions in step S109 in specific example 1 of embodiment 3. Fig. 10 shows one specific example of the determination condition in step S109 of the flow of fig. 8, and the description of other steps in the flow of fig. 8 is omitted.

If it is determined in step S104 that there is an unrecast message from the same communication destination (yes in S104), the flow advances to step S201. In step S201, the information confirming unit 406 confirms whether or not the content information included in the multicast message is included in the call content of the call. When the information confirmation unit 406 confirms that the content information included in the multicast message is included in the call content of the call (yes in S201), it is determined that the multicast message satisfies the predetermined condition (yes in S109), and the flow proceeds to S106. When the information confirmation unit 406 confirms that the content information included in the multicast message is not included in the call content of the call (S201: no), it is determined that the multicast message does not satisfy the predetermined condition (S109: no), and the flow proceeds to S105.

Taking fig. 3 as an example, according to the message play control method implemented by the electronic device 400, when the information detection unit 404 detects that the message a, the message B, and the message C are received from the same communication object "duteacher" before the call D with the "duteacher" starts, and the play unit 402 has not yet played the messages by voice, the information confirmation unit 406 confirms as follows. For example, the information confirmation unit 406 confirms that the call D includes the same or similar content as the message B and the message C, but does not include the same or similar content as the message a. Thus, the playback control unit 405 controls the playback unit 402 so that the messages B and C are not played back as audio, but so that the message a is played back normally as audio. Thus, the user can listen to the messages B and C about tomorrow work arrangement, which the communication object "duteacher" has expressed in the call, and can listen to the message a about the soothing of the present work, which the communication object "duteacher" has not expressed in the call, without repeating.

In the embodiment 1 of the embodiment 3, by judging whether the call content includes the content information included in the unrecast message, the user can not miss the content which is not listened to in the call on the basis of not repeatedly listening to the information, thereby further improving the use efficiency of the user and improving the experience of the user.

(specific example 2)

Specific example 2 of embodiment 3 will be described below with reference to fig. 11. Fig. 11 is a flowchart showing specific judgment conditions in step S109 in specific example 2 of embodiment 3. Fig. 11 shows one specific example of the determination condition in step S109 in the flow of fig. 8, and the description of other steps in the flow of fig. 8 is omitted. Specific example 2 of embodiment 3 can be implemented by the electronic device 300 described above.

If it is determined in step S104 that there is an unrecast message from the same communication destination (yes in S104), the flow advances to step S301. In step S301, the information confirmation unit 306 confirms whether or not the time difference between the timing of receiving the non-broadcast message and the timing of starting the call is smaller than a predetermined threshold. When the information confirmation unit 306 confirms that the time difference is smaller than the predetermined threshold (yes in S301), it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied by the multicast message (yes in S109), and the flow proceeds to S106. When the information confirmation unit 306 confirms that the time difference is not smaller than the predetermined threshold (S301: no), it is determined that the unrecast message does not satisfy the predetermined condition (S109: no), and the flow proceeds to S105.

In the specific example 2 of embodiment 3, taking fig. 3 as an example, when the information detection unit 304 detects that the message a, the message B, and the message C are received from the same communication object "duteacher" before the call D with "duteacher" starts, and the playback unit 302 has not yet played back the messages, the information confirmation unit 3 confirms whether or not the time difference between the timing of receiving the unremitted message and the timing of starting the call is smaller than the predetermined threshold. For example, the predetermined threshold is set to 4 minutes in advance. Thus, the message a received at 21:00 does not satisfy the predetermined condition, and is normally played as sound at an appropriate timing by the playback section 302; the playback control unit 305 controls the playback unit 302 so that the message B received at 21:03 and the message C received at 21:04 do not play back as audio.

In the embodiment 2 of the embodiment 3, by determining the relationship between the time difference between the timing of receiving the un-broadcast message and the timing of starting the call and the predetermined threshold, the user can not miss the message received before a relatively long time without repeatedly listening to the message, thereby further improving the use efficiency of the user and improving the user experience.

The above specific examples 1 and 2 are merely examples for specifically describing the predetermined condition related to at least the call in step S109, and the predetermined condition is not limited thereto. For example, the conditions in specific examples 1 and 2 may be combined, and if the time difference between the timing of receiving the multicast message and the timing of starting the call is smaller than a predetermined threshold value and the content information included in the multicast message is included in the call content of the call, it may be determined that the multicast message satisfies the predetermined condition. For example, at least the predetermined condition related to the call may be determined based on the duration of the call, the spectral analysis of the call audio signal, and the like.

Embodiment 4

A message playback control system 500 according to embodiment 4 will be described below with reference to fig. 12. The message play control system 500 is implemented by a mobile terminal and an electronic device capable of data communication with each other. The mobile terminal may be, for example, a mobile phone, a smart phone, a mobile tablet, a portable computer, etc. The electronic device has at least a playback unit that plays back the received message as sound. The electronic device may be, for example, a sound device having a data communication function, or may be a device further having a processor, a microphone, or the like, and the electronic device may be, for example, an in-vehicle device. The data communication between the mobile terminal and the electronic device may be wired or wireless, for example, by USB connection, bluetooth connection, connection via internet or local area network, QR code identification connection, or the like. The mobile terminal and the electronic device may synchronize data from a common server, VPS, or the like.

Fig. 12 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a message play control system 500 according to embodiment 4. As shown in fig. 12, the message play control system 500 according to embodiment 4 has functions realized by a receiving unit 501, a playing unit 502 mounted in an electronic device, a communication unit 503, an information detecting unit 504, and a play control unit 505.

The receiving unit 501 receives a message transmitted to a mobile terminal. The function of the receiving unit 501 may be implemented by a mobile terminal having a communication function. The function of the receiving unit 501 is realized, for example, by a mobile phone as a mobile terminal receiving a short message from a base station. In addition, the function of the receiving unit 501 may also be implemented by an electronic device, and the message may be transmitted to the mobile terminal through data interaction between the electronic device and the mobile terminal. For example, the function of the receiving unit 501 is realized by the receiving unit of any one of the electronic devices described in embodiments 1 to 3. Further, the function of the receiving unit 501 may be realized by a server. For example, a server or cluster of servers providing social software for a communication service receives a message and sends the message to a mobile terminal or electronic device.

The playback unit 502 is mounted in an electronic device, and plays back a message received by the reception unit 501 as a sound. The playback section 502 is, for example, the same as the playback section of any one of the electronic devices in embodiments 1 to 3.

The communication unit 503 is for communicating with a communication object. The function of the communication unit 503 may be implemented by a mobile terminal having a communication function. For example, a mobile phone as a mobile terminal performs a telephone call with a communication object. Further, the function of the communication unit 503 may also be realized by an electronic device. For example, the function of the communication unit 503 is realized by the communication unit of any one of the electronic devices described in embodiments 1 to 3. The electronic device is, for example, a car phone. Further, the function of the communication unit 503 may also be realized by a server. For example, a server or a server cluster of social software providing a voice or audio/video call service serves as a processor for processing call services, and a call is realized through a sound and a microphone mounted on a mobile terminal or an electronic device.

When a call is made with a communication destination by the communication unit 503, the information detection unit 504 detects whether or not there is an unrecast message received by the reception unit 501 from the communication destination where the call is made before and not yet played as a sound by the playback unit 502. The functions of the information detection unit 504 are implemented by a processor, which may be mounted on any one or more of an electronic device, a mobile terminal, or a server.

When the information detection unit 504 detects an unrecast message received from the communication destination to which the call has been made before the call and not yet played as a sound, the play control unit 505 controls the play unit 502 to play the unrecast message not as a sound. The functions of the play control unit 505 are implemented by a processor, which may be mounted on any one or more of an electronic device, a mobile terminal, or a server.

According to the message play control system 500 of embodiment 4, when a call is made with a communication destination, the message play control method can be implemented, and by not playing an unrecast message from the same communication destination received before the call, the user can be prevented from repeatedly listening to information from the same destination, the time of the user can be saved, and the utilization efficiency can be improved.

The embodiments of the present invention are described above with reference to the drawings. The above-described embodiments are merely specific examples of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Those skilled in the art can make various modifications, combinations, and reasonable omissions of the elements and the embodiments based on the technical ideas of the present invention, and the resulting approaches are also included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An electronic device is provided with:

a receiving unit that receives a message;

a playback unit that plays back the message received by the reception unit as a sound; and

a communication unit for communicating with a communication destination;

the electronic device is characterized by further comprising:

an information detection unit that detects whether or not there is an unrecast message received by the reception unit from a communication target to which a call has been made before the call, and that has not been played as a sound by the playback unit, when the call has been made with the communication target by the communication unit; and

and a playback control unit that controls the playback unit to play back the unrecast message without sound when the information detection unit detects that the unrecast message received from the communication destination to which the call has been made before the call has not been played back as sound.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, comprising:

an information confirmation unit configured to confirm whether or not the multicast message satisfies at least a predetermined condition related to the call when the multicast message is detected,

when the information detection unit detects the non-broadcast message received from the communication destination to which the call has been made before the call and not yet played as a sound, and the information confirmation unit confirms that the non-broadcast message satisfies the predetermined condition, the play control unit controls the play unit to play the non-broadcast message not as a sound.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2, comprising:

a call recording unit that records call content of a call with a communication destination by the communication unit;

an information acquisition unit configured to acquire content information included in the message received by the reception unit,

the information confirming unit confirms whether or not the content information included in the unicast message acquired by the information acquiring unit is included in the call content of the call recorded by the call recording unit, when the information detecting unit detects the unicast message received from the communication destination to which the call has been made before the call and not yet played as a sound, and confirms that the unicast message satisfies the predetermined condition when the content information included in the unicast message is included in the call content.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein,

the information confirmation unit confirms whether or not a time difference between a timing of receiving the multicast message and a timing of starting the call is smaller than a predetermined threshold, and confirms that the multicast message satisfies the predetermined condition when the time difference is smaller than the predetermined threshold and content information included in the multicast message is included in call content of the call.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein,

the un-broadcast messages include messages that have not been played as sound at all, and messages that have been played as sound in part but not yet been played as sound at all prior to the beginning of the call.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein,

the receiving unit receives a group message from a group having a plurality of objects, and when a call is made with a communication object by the communication unit, the information detecting unit further detects whether or not there is an unremitted group message received by the receiving unit from the group including the communication object to which the call is made before the call, and which has not yet been played as a sound by the playing unit,

when the information detecting unit detects the non-broadcast group message received from the group before the call and not yet played as a sound, the playing unit is controlled to play at least a message from the communication target having the call among the non-broadcast group messages not to be played by the sound.

7. The electronic device according to any one of claim 1 to 6, wherein,

the electronic device is a vehicle-mounted device.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7, comprising:

a message conversion unit for converting the text message into a voice message when the text message is received by the receiving unit,

the playing part automatically plays the voice message received by the receiving part and the voice message converted by the message converting part through sound.

9. A message play control system implemented by a mobile terminal and an electronic device capable of mutually communicating data, the electronic device having a play section that plays a received message as sound, characterized in that the message play control system implements functions by:

a receiving unit that receives a message transmitted to the mobile terminal;

a communication unit for communicating with a communication object;

an information detection unit that detects whether or not there is an unrecast message received by the reception unit from a communication object to which a call has been made before the call, and which has not yet been played as a sound by the playback unit, when the call has been made with the communication object by the communication unit; and

and a playback control unit that controls the playback unit to play back the unrecast message without sound, when the information detection unit detects the unrecast message that was received from the communication destination to which the call was made before the call and has not been played back as sound.

10. A message play control method is a message play control method of an electronic device, the electronic device is provided with:

a receiving unit that receives a message;

a communication unit for communicating with a communication destination;

the message play control method is characterized by comprising the following steps:

an information detection step of detecting whether or not there is an unrecast message received by the reception unit from a communication target to which a call has been made before the call, and which has not yet been played as a sound by the playback unit, when the call has been made with the communication target by the communication unit; and

and a playback control step of controlling the playback unit to play back the unrecast message without sound when the information detection step detects that the unrecast message received from the communication destination on which the call has been made before the call has not been played back as sound.