JP2000056943A - Setting display unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a setting display unit which arbitrarily associates sound data inputted from the outside with character/picture data which is previously generated and outputs them to an outer display device and a sound output device. SOLUTION: A sound data storage part 11 for storing sound data from the outside, a character/picture data storage part 14 for storing character/picture data generated in an outer character/picture generation device 15 and a sound data = character/picture data association part 16 associating stored sound data and character/picture data by the command of a control part 10 are installed. A sound output device 17 and a character/picture display device 4 respectively output associated sound data and character/picture data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a setting display useful as a man-machine interface in an electric control device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 3 shows a conventional display operation device with a built-in audio output disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-305541.
It mainly comprises a control unit 1, a speech synthesis unit 2, a speaker 3, a character / image display device 4, and a switch board 5.

[0003] The control unit 1 receives predetermined switch data Ds and character data in response to an external command C.
It plays the role of creating display data D including data Dm. The voice synthesizing unit 2 converts the character data Dm from the control unit 1 into a voice signal, and the speaker device 3 outputs the voice signal converted by the voice synthesizing unit 2 to the outside. The character / image display device 4 is, for example, a CRT, E
L, a display such as a liquid crystal, which displays display data D from the control unit 1. The switch board 5 is a transparent touch key disposed on the front of the screen 4a of the character / image display device 4, and includes a plurality of unit switches 5a, 5a,.

Next, the operation of the conventional display operation device will be described. When a command C is input from the outside, the control unit 1 decodes the command C, creates display data D corresponding to the command C, and sends it to the character / image display device 4. Then, the character / image display device 4 displays the display contents of the display data D corresponding to the command C on the screen 4.
Display on a. Here, the display data D is character data Dm obtained by combining a fixed message and a variable message.
And switch data Ds indicating the position, size, and name of each switch on the screen 4a.

When the specified display data D includes the switch data Ds, the control unit 1 stores the correspondence between each switch on the screen 4a of the display device 4 and the unit switch 5a of the switch board 5. Then, each switch specifies the corresponding unit switch 5a.

On the other hand, when the operator pushes the unit switch 5a of the switch board 5, an output signal S1 is sent to the control unit 1, and the control unit 1 specifies the operated unit switch 5a. Then, the control unit 1 controls the specified unit switch 5a.
Is compared with the stored switch data Ds, and the screen 4a corresponding to the activated unit switch 5a is compared.
It is output to the outside as an operation signal S for the upper switch. Therefore, the external device can detect the operation of the specific switch together with the command C previously output from the operation signal S, and thus can execute a predetermined control operation corresponding to the switch operation.

When the designated display data D includes character data Dm, the control unit 1
The character data Dm is output to the speech synthesis unit 2. The voice synthesizing unit 2 synthesizes voice data of the character data Dm and outputs the voice data as a voice signal to the speaker 3, and the speaker 3 outputs voice. Therefore, the voice synthesizing unit 2 reads out the character data from the control unit 1 through the speaker 3 to thereby read the character data Dm through the auditory sense.
Can be recognized by the operator.

When the command C is input from the external device, the control unit 1 displays the contents of the display data D including the switch data Ds and the character data Dm on the screen 4a of the display device 4 in response to the command C. At the same time, sound can be output through the speaker 3, and the operator can recognize necessary information both visually and audibly.

[0009]

In the conventional display operation device having a built-in voice output device, the display data D including the character data Dm must be created in advance by a system designer. The only way to change the data is to change to voice data prepared by the system designer. Also,
For voice data, a one-way man-machine interface is used for workers, and a two-way man-machine interface is connected to an external keyboard to output character data. In this case, there is a problem that the operation is complicated and it is difficult for the operator to change the operation.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a setting display which enables a worker to easily input voice data by performing voice input through a microphone and realize a bidirectional man-machine interface. .

[0011]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a setting display for controlling a display data including switch data and character / image data in response to an external command; An audio data storage unit for storing the generated audio data, a character / image data storage unit for storing character / image data created by an external character / image creation device, and an audio data unit. A voice data = character / image data associating unit for associating the voice data in the data storage unit with the character / image data in the character / image data storage unit by a command of the control unit; An audio output device for outputting the output audio data of the character / image data association section to the outside, and an output character / image data of the audio data = character / image data association section A character / image display device that displays text to the outside and a unit switch Dividing the touch key - characterized by comprising a.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the touch key of the setting display switches an operation state of each unit switch to a control section, thereby connecting a voice data and a character / image data. It is output to the outside as character / image data and audio data corresponding to the data.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a setting display, wherein voice input means for inputting external voice through a microphone and converting it into digital voice data, and voice data = character / image data related And a sound output device for converting the sound data output from the attachment section into an analog sound signal and outputting the analog sound signal to the outside through a speaker.

A setting display according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that a microphone and a speaker are of a separate type and are arranged at predetermined positions.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (Description of the Present Invention) As described in the conventional example, when audio data is output on a setting display (display operation device), the same contents are output in accordance with the characters displayed on the screen. Has already been implemented, and in this case, the voice data is input from a keyboard or the like in advance, and any data other than those expressed on the screen is transmitted as voice data. It is not possible to input new voice data on the spot. The setting display of the present invention has memories for storing voice data and character / image data, respectively.
Each of them can be freely associated with an audio data = character / image data associating unit by an external control signal. -Output to the outside as image data and audio data.

Embodiment 1 (1) Detailed Description of Configuration of Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a setting display according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

The setting display 18 according to the present embodiment has a built-in control unit (control unit) 10 for controlling each component in the setting display 18.
Sends control commands 20a to 20c based on a command 19 from the outside and a signal from the touch key 5. The audio data storage unit 11 is a memory for storing an external audio signal spoken by a user, for example, an operator into the microphone 13 via the audio input device 12 as digital audio data.

The character / image data storage section 14 is stored in advance by a character / image creation device 15 which is a peripheral device.
This is a memory for storing character / image data created by the user. Audio data = character / image data association unit 16
The control unit 1 stores the voice data in the voice data storage unit 11 and the character / image data in the character / image data storage unit 14.
This is for freely associating with each other by the control command 20 of 0.

The audio output device 17 converts the digital audio data associated with the audio data = character / image data association section 16 into an audio signal and outputs the audio signal to the speaker 3. It is. The character / image display device 4 is a CRT, EL,
A display such as a liquid crystal display for displaying character / image data associated with the audio data = character / image data association unit 16. The touch key 5 is, for example, a transparent pressure-sensitive operation type plate-shaped switch disposed on the front surface of the screen of the character / image display device 4, and includes a plurality of unit switches vertically and horizontally divided.

(2) Detailed Description of Operation and Operation of Embodiment Next, the operation and operation of the setting display 18 configured as shown in FIG. 1 will be described.

The voice input via the external microphone 13 is converted into digital voice data by the voice input device 12 and stored in the voice data storage 11 as a memory as shown in the left column of FIG. , 1, 2, 3,..., N, n + 1 are assigned and stored in predetermined locations in the voice data storage unit 11. 1,2,3, ..., n, n
The number of +1 serves as an index for handling the input voice data, and voice data = character / character described later.
The above numbers are assigned to be handled by the image data association unit 16.

On the other hand, character / image data is created by a user by an external character / image creation device 15 and is stored in a character / image data storage unit 14 as a memory by data communication.
, N, n + as shown in the right column of FIG.
The number 1 is assigned and stored in the character / image data storage unit 14 at a predetermined location. Here, 1, 2,
The numbers 3,..., N, and n + 1 also serve as indices for handling the input character / image data in the same manner as the voice data described above.

An operation command from the transparent touch key 5, which divides the screen of the character / image display device 4 into a set of unit switches, or a control command 19 from an external controller is controlled by the setting display 18. When the unit 10 receives the data, it sends it to the audio data storage unit 11 based on the control command, for example, "send the m-th audio data to the audio data = character / image data association unit 16". Is given.

Upon receiving the control command 20b, the voice data storage unit 11 sends the m-th voice data to the voice data = character / image data association unit 16 as instructed.

Further, the control unit 10 simultaneously stores the “k-th character / image data in the voice data” in the character / image data storage unit 14 based on the control command sent to the control unit 10. Data = send to character / image data association unit 16 ". The character / image data storage unit 14 which has received the control command 20a stores the k-th character / image data as instructed by the voice data = character / image data association unit 16
Send to

The voice data = character / image data associating unit 16 receives only the voice data, only the image data, the voice data and the image data according to the control command 20c from the control unit 10. −
And send them to the output device at the same time as each command.

Simultaneous output of voice data and character / image data with the control command 20c means that voice data and character / image data are associated with each other. , Audio data = character / image data association section 16. The audio data is converted into an audio signal by the audio output device 17 and output to the outside via the speaker 3 as audio. The image data is externally displayed on the character / image display device 4 as an image.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the user stores various notes, notices, and the like as voice data toward the microphone 13 of the setting display 18 and stores the stored voice data. Character / image data input from the character / image creation device 15 or the like, and voice data = character / image data
And an audio output and an image display can be performed. As a result, for example, an operator who works on the next morning listens to a message input last night, which is advantageous in that an excellent setting display of a man-machine interface can be provided for a site worker.

Embodiment 2 In the first embodiment, the microphone 13 and the speaker 3 are integrated into the setting display 18. However, the microphone 13 and the speaker 3 are separated, and the speaker 3 and the microphone 13 are separated. May be held at a convenient position of the worker.

[0030]

As described above, according to the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, a memory for storing voice data and character / image data is provided, and these data are stored in the voice data =
The character / image association unit can freely associate and output voice and images, so that, for example, the user stores various precautions and notices on the setting display as voice data and stores it. The generated voice data is associated with character / image data, and can be output as a voice and displayed as an image. As a result, for example, a worker who listens to a message input last night by a worker the next morning is convenient for the on-site worker, and provides an excellent setting display of a man-machine interface.

Also, arbitrary audio data and character / image data
Since the data can be associated and output, there is an effect that the expression ability on the limited screen of the setting display is further improved.

Further, according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the microphone for inputting sound and the speaker for outputting sound are separated and arranged at predetermined positions, thereby improving the usability of the operator.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a setting display according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a voice data storage unit and a character / image data storage unit which are memories included in the setting display according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration block diagram of a conventional display operation device with a built-in audio output.

[Explanation of symbols]

3 Speaker, 4 character / image display device, 5 touch key, 10 control unit, 11 voice data storage unit, 12 voice input device, 13 microphone, 14 character / image data storage unit, 15 character / image Creation device, 16 voice data =
Character / image data association section, 17 audio output device, 18
Setting indicator.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A control unit for controlling display data including switch data and character / image data in response to an external command, and a voice data storage unit for storing voice data input from the outside. A character / image data storage unit for storing character / image data created by an external character / image creation device; audio data of the audio data storage unit; and the character / image data. Voice data = character / image data associating unit for associating character / image data in the data storage unit with a command of the control unit; and audio data = character / image data associating unit. An audio output device for outputting the output audio data to the outside, and a character / image display device for displaying the output character / image data of the audio data = character / image data association section to the outside. A touch key for dividing the screen of the character / image display device into a set of unit switches. Setting display characterized by the following. 2. The touch key transmits an operation state of each unit switch to the control unit to associate the voice data with character / image data in a character / image corresponding to the switch data. 2. A setting display according to claim 1, wherein said setting display is outputted to the outside as data and voice data. 3. Audio input means for inputting external audio via a microphone and converting it into digital audio data, and audio data output from a character / image data association unit. 3. The setting display device according to claim 1, further comprising: an audio output device configured to convert the signal into an analog audio signal and output the analog audio signal to an external device via a speaker. 4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the microphone and the speaker are separated types and are arranged at predetermined positions.
The setting display described.