EP3887299A1 - Method and device for outputting an audible voice message in a lift system - Google Patents
Method and device for outputting an audible voice message in a lift systemInfo
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- the present invention relates to a method and a device for outputting an acoustic voice message in an elevator system.
- the invention further relates to a computer program product which is set up to do the described
- the state of the elevator can include, for example, a current or desired position of an elevator car. For example, it may be required that a floor in which the elevator car is currently located, which the elevator car is currently approaching, or which has been selected as the target floor, for example, by input on a control panel
- the current state of the elevator i.e.
- a current position of the elevator car is communicated using speech.
- the audible output of information about the state of the elevator by means of speech is referred to herein as an acoustic voice message or in part also as a voice announcement.
- Such a voice message transmits information to a passenger in an auditory manner and in a language that the passenger understands. It is particularly helpful for disabled people, for example blind people, but can also make it easier for other passengers to use the elevator.
- a method for outputting an acoustic voice message in an elevator installation has at least the following steps, preferably in the order specified: transmitting a content of the voice message as a text file to be output via the Internet to a web-based text-to-speech service provider;
- a device for outputting an acoustic voice message in an elevator installation is described, the device being configured to implement a method according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the Execution or control invention.
- a computer program product which has computer-readable instructions which, when used
- a computer-readable medium with a computer program product stored thereon according to an embodiment of the third aspect of the invention is presented.
- a conventional approach to do this is to have the voice message read out by a person and recorded using a microphone.
- An effort that must be made to record the voice messages can be significant.
- the analog audio signals generated in this way can be digitized and then stored as an audio file, such audio files typically requiring a large amount of data storage space.
- a text file is easy to create and requires little data storage space.
- the text file can then be transmitted to a web-based text-to-speech service provider.
- Such text-to-speech service providers provide a service in which a text file can be transmitted to the service provider via the Internet and the service provider then converts the content of the text file into an acoustically perceptible voice message and a corresponding audio file sent back to the sender.
- the computational effort required to convert the text file into the audio file can be considerable here, but is performed by the external text-to-speech service provider. Accordingly, the sender, that is to say in the present case, the elevator installation, does not need to have adequate computing capacity. Even the manufacturer of the elevator system does not need such computing capacity.
- the content of the information ultimately to be output as an acoustic voice message can be stored in the elevator installation as a text file to be output.
- a text file to be output For this purpose, for example, an elevator manufacturer can create desired text files and save them in the elevator system.
- the text file to be output already specifies the information content in a language desired for the output.
- the text file can include text data, for example in the form of ASCII codes.
- the text file is only a few bytes or a few kilobytes in length, that is to say usually less than 10 kB or at least less than 100 kB.
- Such short text files can be stored in a relatively small data storage device and can be transmitted over the Internet with relatively small bandwidths.
- text Files very good. Respectively. be compressed very strongly, for example using known data compression methods such as zip, gzip, bzip2, etc.
- the audio file generated by the text-to-speech service provider reproduces the content of the text file to be output as an acoustically perceptible voice message.
- the audio file can be created in various digital file formats, for example as a .wav file or mp3 file.
- the audio file is usually considerably larger than the original text file.
- Corresponding audio files typically require a storage space of several hundred kilobytes to many megabytes.
- the audio files can be generated or synchronized with a sample rate, resolution and bit rate, which ensures sufficient intelligibility of the acoustically output voice message.
- a sample rate of 8 kHz or more, preferably more than 10 kHz, is usually used. 8 bits or 16 bits are typically used as the resolution.
- the audio files can be transmitted in a compressed manner via the Internet and / or stored in the elevator system before they are then decompressed before being output.
- the content of the voice message to be output may not be available in the elevator system as a text file to be output from the start. Instead, a type of basic text file can be stored in the elevator installation, for example, which contains the content of the voice message, but not in a manner or language that people can understand. For example, the content of the voice message can be stored in a compressed manner and / or in a language other than that of the accepted passengers of the elevator system.
- Source language is formulated and which is therefore referred to herein as the source language text file is first translated into another language before it is then transmitted to the text-to-speech service provider as a text file to be output.
- the method described here can be carried out before the step of transmitting the text file to be output to the text-to-speech Service providers also include additional procedural steps, in particular transmitting the content of the voice message as a source language text file via the Internet to a web-based translation service provider, and specifying information regarding a target language to the translation service provider, and receiving the text to be output File from the translation service provider via the Internet, the text file to be output being created by the translation service provider by machine translation of the transmitted source language text file into the specified target language.
- Elevator system is saved as the source language text file.
- the source language text file can be generated in a language familiar to the elevator manufacturer, e.g. English or German.
- the source language text file can then be transmitted to a web-based translation service provider over the Internet.
- Such translation service providers provide a service where a message
- the translation service provider may be able to translate into a variety of possible languages. Therefore, together with the source language text file, information regarding the desired target language should also be transmitted to the translation service provider.
- the target language is generally known for a given elevator system, since it is part of the order data, for example, and is therefore incorporated into the configuration of the elevator.
- the translation service provider can usually use large databases and / or translation know-how for his translation work, which enable him to machine the source language text file into a correct and simple manner translate understandable text file into the target language. If necessary, the translation service provider can also use artificial intelligence for this.
- Source language text file in the text file to be ultimately output in the target language does not require corresponding computing capacities and / or databases to be maintained either by the manufacturer of the elevator system or in the elevator system itself.
- a plurality of contents can be different
- Voice messages can be stored in a component of the elevator installation and transmitted to the text-to-speech service provider before the elevator installation is put into operation.
- the audio files received in each case can then be temporarily stored in the same or a different component of the elevator installation before one of the audio files is currently output.
- Configuration process contents of different voice messages are stored in a component of the elevator system, which has a data memory.
- a component of the elevator system which has a data memory.
- Such a component can be, for example, a control of the elevator installation.
- the contents of the voice messages can already be generated and saved as text files to be output or as source language text files, which must then first be translated into text files to be output.
- the voice messages can be specified as source language text files in a single source language.
- Elevator system is put into operation, it sends the source language text files over the Internet to the translation service provider and also specifies in which target languages the source language text files are to be translated.
- the translations generated by the translation service provider can then be stored in a database within the elevator installation, whereby For example, a separate data record of translated text files to be output can be provided for each desired target language.
- the text files to be output are then transmitted to the text-to-speech service provider.
- the audio files generated by the text-to-speech service provider can then be stored in the elevator system. For example, a component of the
- Elevator systems such as their controls have an electronic data memory in which the audio files can be stored, for example in the form of a database.
- the audio files can thus be generated by the external service provider even before the elevator system is put into operation and stored in the elevator system, so that they can be read out of the memory when required, i.e. when a voice message is currently to be output, and via an output device such as Example a speaker can be output. This enables a quick, low-delay output of voice messages during the operation of the elevator system.
- the audio files can be updated at regular intervals by retransmitting the content of the voice messages to the text-to-speech service provider and receiving the audio files again.
- the audio files are not only generated once by the underlying text files to be output transmitted to the text-to-speech service provider and the audio files subsequently obtained being saved. Instead, it can be provided that the audio files are updated at regular intervals by repeatedly transmitting the text files to be output to the text-to-speech service provider and replacing the audio files subsequently obtained with versions of these audio files previously stored .
- Voice messages can be stored in a component of the elevator installation, with a content of a voice message currently to be output from the stored ones
- Voice messages is selected when there is a specific need, is transmitted as a text file to be output to the text-to-speech service provider and the audio file then received is output directly.
- the voice message to be output is always up to date. It is not necessary to update saved messages. If there is a sufficiently fast communication link to the text-to-speech service provider and, if necessary, to the
- an audio file can always be generated in this way, which originates from the currently highest possible quality standards for text-to-speech conversion and, if applicable, for machine translation.
- the device according to an embodiment of the second aspect of the invention can be configured using suitable hardware and / or software to carry out a method according to an embodiment of the invention described herein.
- the device can be at least suitable for this
- the device can have data storage in which text files and / or audio files can be stored.
- the device can have suitable interfaces, through which data can be exchanged with the Internet and ultimately with external service providers.
- the device can have a suitable
- Dispensing device or with such an output device is Dispensing device or with such an output device
- the device can have a first and a second data interface and an output device for this purpose.
- the first data interface is set up to transmit a content of the voice message as a text file to be output via the Internet to a web-based text-to-speech service provider.
- the second data interface is set up to receive an audio file from the text-to-speech service provider via the Internet, the audio file being created by the text-to-speech service provider based on the transmitted text file to be output.
- Output device is set up to output the audio file in the elevator installation as the acoustic voice message.
- the two interfaces can be designed with separate hardware. Alternatively, however, the two interfaces can also be implemented in a common hardware. Because of their hardware and / or software, each of the two interfaces can be configured for the respective functionalities specified.
- the first data interface can be set up, for example, to read one of the text files stored in a data memory and to transmit them to the text-to-speech service provider via the Internet. If necessary, the text files can be embedded in a suitable data protocol and / or compressed.
- the second data interface can, for example, be set up to read in the audio files generated by the text-to-speech service provider in order to then either store them temporarily or transmit them directly to the output device.
- the output device can in particular have a loudspeaker, by means of which the voice message can be output in an acoustically perceptible manner.
- An audio file which is initially mostly digital, can be converted into an analog signal before or during output.
- the device can further comprise a third data interface and a fourth data interface. The third
- Data interface can be used to transmit the content of the voice message as
- Source language text file over the Internet to a web-based translation service provider and for providing information regarding a
- Target language must be configured to the translation service provider.
- the fourth data interface can be used to receive the text file to be output from the
- Translation service provider can be configured via the Internet, the text file to be output was created by the translation service provider by machine translation of the transmitted source language text file into the specified target language.
- the device described herein can further have two
- the two data interfaces can in turn be designed as separate units or with the aid of a common hardware and, due to their hardware and / or software, can be set up for the functionalities mentioned.
- the device described herein can further comprise a gateway server, an emergency call device and a digital-to-analog signal converter.
- the gateway server can be configured for digital transmission of files over the Internet.
- the emergency call device can be configured to set up voice communication between a person in the elevator installation and a control center in an emergency situation and can be configured for the purpose of analogue transmission of audio signals to the output device.
- the digital-to-analog signal converter can be configured to convert a digital audio file that was received via the gateway server into an analog audio signal that is to be forwarded to the output device.
- the device described can take advantage of the fact that emergency call devices are provided in many elevator systems anyway, with the aid of which
- the emergency call device can use a loudspeaker as well if necessary, have a microphone that can be used to convert electrical signals into acoustic signals or vice versa.
- the signals are analog.
- the device can additionally have the digital-to-analog signal converter in order to convert digital audio files, which were previously received via the gateway server and, if appropriate, have been buffered, into analog audio signals, so that these can be output via the loudspeaker of the output device can then be output as an acoustic voice message.
- the gateway server and the digital / analog signal converter are thus designed such that text files to be output are transmitted to the external text-to-speech service provider and audio files generated thereupon and the audio files can be received then be converted directly into analog audio signals by the digital-analog signal converter, which can be output by the emergency call device, which is often kept in an elevator system anyway.
- the method presented here can thus be implemented with little hardware outlay.
- a gateway server and / or a digital-to-analog signal converter are often already provided for other purposes in modern elevator systems.
- These components can be created with relatively little effort, i.e. For example, by executing a suitably programmed software in the existing hardware, can be used to establish communication with the text-to-speech service provider and possibly with the translation service provider and to output audio files obtained.
- the device described here can furthermore have a gateway server, an elevator control and an output device.
- the gateway server can be configured for digital transmission of files over the Internet.
- the elevator control can be configured to control functions of components of the elevator installation. Furthermore, it can be configured for the digital transmission of files to the output device.
- Output device can be part of a control panel and the control panel can be one Have digital-analog signal converter, for converting a digital audio file, which was received via the gateway server and forwarded to the control panel via the elevator control, into an analog audio signal, which was sent to the
- Output device is to be forwarded, can be configured.
- Embodiments of the method described herein can be used.
- the elevator control in many modern elevators is not only used to control functions of components of the elevator installation, but is also already set up for communication via a network, in particular via the Internet.
- the elevator controller can communicate with a remote monitoring center via a gateway server, e.g.
- a loudspeaker can serve as the output device, which is located in one of the control panels
- Elevator system is provided.
- the elevator car In the elevator car
- Cabin operating panel can be provided, in which a loudspeaker is provided, for example in order to be able to transmit messages to enclosed passengers in emergency situations.
- the control panel can have a digital-to-analog signal converter which can be used to convert the originally digitally present audio signals into analog audio signals in order to then use them as acoustically perceptible voice messages
- the computer program product in this case comprises instructions which can be interpreted by a computer or a computer-controlled device and which instruct them to execute or control the described method.
- the computer program product can be used, for example, to program a programmable elevator control.
- the computer program product may include instructions that are used to program the programmable Elevator control can be induced to do so in the manner described herein with a web-based text-to-speech service provider and, optionally, with a web-based translation service provider
- the computer program product can be programmed in any computer language.
- the computer program product can be on any combination
- Such a computer-readable medium can be, for example, a CD, a DVD, a flash memory, a ROM, a PROM, an EPROM or the like.
- the computer readable medium can also be another computer or server from which the computer program product can be downloaded.
- Such a further computer or server can be part of the Internet or a data cloud.
- FIG. 1 schematically illustrates components of a device for outputting acoustic voice messages in an elevator installation according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 shows an elevator system 1 with a device 3 for outputting acoustic voice messages in the elevator system 1 according to an embodiment of the
- the elevator installation 1 has an elevator car 5 and a counterweight 7, which are connected to one another by a common suspension means 9 and by one
- Drive machine 11 can be moved by moving the suspension element 9 within an elevator shaft 13.
- a car control panel 15 is provided, which has, among other things, control buttons 17 and a loudspeaker 19.
- control buttons 17 By actuating one of the control buttons 17, a passenger can enter a desired destination floor and this information can be transmitted to an elevator controller 21, which can then suitably control the drive machine 11 in order to move the elevator car 5 to the destination floor.
- the current state of the elevator car can be provided.
- the correct set of audio files had to be ordered and then saved in a storage medium.
- the storage medium was then inserted into the hardware of the elevator system during the installation and customer-specific adaptation of the elevator system. Based on the numbered audio files, an audio player in the elevator system could then play the corresponding audio files.
- the entire process described was very complex, both in terms of the work required to provide and translate the voice messages, and in terms of the hardware to be provided for this purpose. In addition, it could always happen that users of the elevator system demanded that some words of voice messages should be changed or entire announcements that were mispronounced, for example, should be modified.
- the process described above is labor intensive and takes a lot of time.
- the elevator controller 21 may be able to recognize situations in which certain voice messages are to be output. Furthermore, when planning or manufacturing the elevator installation 1, it can be determined which contents of voice messages are to be output in which situations.
- the voice messages can initially be transmitted as a text file 35 to be output via the Internet 23 to a web-based text-to-speech service provider 25.
- the elevator system 1 can use, for example, a gateway server 29, which can communicate with the elevator controller 21, for example.
- the gateway server 29 can also be used to implement other functions.
- the elevator system can be configured with a gateway server 29
- the elevator installation 1 can transmit a text file 35 to be output to the text-to-speech service provider via the Internet 23.
- the gateway server 29 has, for example, one or more data interfaces 33.
- a text file can already be kept in the elevator system 1 as a text file 35 to be output, i.e. for example as text in a language as is customary at the installation site of the elevator installation 1.
- the text file can also reproduce the content of the voice message to be output in another way.
- the text file can be formulated as the source language text file 39 in another language.
- the text file 35 to be output can be generated in advance by the fact that the source language text file 39 is also transmitted via the Internet 23 to a special web-based translation service provider 27, which translates the source language text file 39 in turn transmits the text file 35 to be output in a specified target language to the elevator system 1 via the Internet 23.
- the gateway server 29 with its interfaces 33 can optionally also be used for this function.
- the text-to-speech service provider 25 can then generate an audio file 37 on the basis of the text file 35 to be output, which, when played, reproduces the content of the voice message contained in the text file 35 in acoustic, i.e. reproduces audibly perceptible way.
- This audio file 37 can be transmitted back to the elevator installation 1 via the Internet 23 and the gateway server 29.
- the audio file 37 can be routed, for example, via the elevator control 21 to a digital-to-analog signal converter 31 contained in the cabin operating panel 15 and converted there into an analog signal. Such an analog signal can then be output, for example, via the loudspeaker 19 in the cabin control panel 15, which thus serves as the output device 20.
- the audio file 37 can be output with the aid of an emergency call device 43.
- the emergency call device 43 usually serves to establish communication with a control center 45.
- a digital-to-analog signal converter 47 can be provided in the emergency call device 43 or separately therefrom, in which the digital audio file 37 can be converted into an analog signal so that it can then be output as an output device 20 via the loudspeaker 19.
- a text-to-speech service provider 25 is also sometimes referred to as a web speech API.
- Google, IBM and others offer a text-to-speech API (see e.g. https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/docs/basics and
- Text-to-speech service providers 25 typically offer speech recognition (speech to text) and speech synthesis (text to speech).
- the contents of voice messages can be stored as text files, for example in the elevator control 21 or the cabin control panel 15, in a common language, for example English. They can then be translated into a local language by being transmitted to and translated by a translation service provider 27.
- a translation service provider 27 is offered on the Internet by Google, for example (see e.g. https://translate.google.com/; as of October 2018).
- the result of the translation can be synthesized into speech using the Web Speech API and then as an audio file 37 in a local
- Storage medium can be stored in the elevator system 1.
- the method presented enables a large number of translated voice announcements with correct local language and possibly even using a correct accent (for example British English or American English).
- a correct accent for example British English or American English.
- an update mechanism with regular updates can be implemented, which makes it possible to replace the voice announcements, for example in the event that the pronunciation of some words has improved over time.
- the method presented for outputting acoustic voice messages can considerably simplify the effort for implementing voice announcements in an elevator installation, both reducing the amount of work involved and reducing the time required.
- the targeted use of online service providers can result in an effort to make voice announcements in an elevator system to be able to realize different locations with different languages can be significantly reduced.
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