JP2002082601A - Printed matter with speech code utilizable for conversation of foreign language - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide printed matter with speech codes which may be easily utilized by a person not mastering the conversation of a foreign language with good operability when carrying out the conversation. SOLUTION: The printed matter 30 with speech codes utilizable for the conversation of the foreign language comprises a character printing section 31 which is printed with the characters expressed by Japanese and speech code printing sections 32 which are printed with the speech when the characters interpreted to English are read out as optically readable codes.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printed matter with a voice code which can be easily used by a person who is unfamiliar with conversations in foreign languages such as English and Chinese.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in foreign travel, for example, a person who is unfamiliar with conversation in a foreign language such as English, French, or Chinese must inevitably speak independently in the language of the country to which the foreign travel is conducted. If they must, their options are almost limited.

In the first method, conversations typically used in various situations such as accommodation and meals at a hotel, and daily greetings are specifically described, and each conversation is described, for example, in English sentences. This is a method of using a printed matter such as a so-called book of travel conversations, in which the text is written together with Japanese sentences.

[0004] According to this, an unskilled person finds out an English sentence necessary for the scene and described in the conversation book and conveys his / her intention to the other party by reading it out with his / her own voice, or By pointing out the English sentence itself and presenting it directly to the other person, you will communicate your will.

On the other hand, as a second method, typical sentence examples such as daily conversations are recorded on a recording medium such as a semiconductor memory or a magneto-optical disk, and necessary ones are selected, and the selected ones are generated by voice synthesis. There is a method of using a device for causing the above.

[0006] According to this, an unskilled person searches for a required sentence example from a character input by using a keyboard and causes it to be pronounced, or stores a frequently used sentence example and operates the apparatus to operate the sentence example. You will make the sentence example pronounce.

[0007]

However, in the first method, since it is expressed by characters or phonetic symbols, it is difficult to make accurate pronunciation, it is difficult to communicate to the other party, and the accuracy is lacking. Had problems.

In the second method, since it takes time and effort to operate the apparatus, or the operation itself is difficult, it takes time and effort to actually produce the required sentence example. Had a problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a printed matter with a voice code which is easy to use and easy to use when a person unfamiliar with a foreign language conversation has the conversation. I do.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, a printed matter with a voice code according to the present invention includes a character printing unit on which characters expressed in a first language are printed, and a character printing unit. A voice code printing unit in which a voice when a translated character of a printed character is translated into a second language different from the first language is printed as an optically readable code. It is characterized by the following.

That is, it is possible to provide a printed matter with a voice code that is easy to use and can be easily used when a person unfamiliar with a foreign language conversation has the conversation.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printed matter with a voice code according to the present invention, comprising: a first character printing section on which characters expressed in a first language are printed; A second voice code in which a voice when a character printed on a character printing unit is read aloud is translated into a second language different from the first language as an optically readable code. A printing unit, a second character printing unit on which characters expressed in the second language are printed, and characters translated to the first language of characters printed on the second character printing unit And a first voice code printing unit on which a voice at the time of reading out is printed as an optically readable code, wherein a character printed on the first character printing unit, Combination with the characters printed on the character printing section Accordingly, characterized in that so as to constitute a predetermined conversation.

That is, according to the printed matter with the voice code, it is possible to provide the printed matter with the voice code which is easy to use and easy to use when a person who is unfamiliar with the foreign language conversation has the conversation. In particular, by reproducing the voice when the translated character for the second language is read out, the first
It is possible to convey the contents expressed in the second language in the second language, and to reproduce the response to the contents by reproducing the voice when the translated characters in the first language are read out. 2
Can be conveyed in the first language, and conversation between the first language and the second language can be performed.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. First, an audio code suitably used in a printed matter with an audio code according to the present invention, and a method for optically reading the audio code. A specific example of the reading device will be described.

The voice code and the reading device preferably used in the present invention are disclosed in
As a representative example, a dot code and a reading device for the dot code which have been proposed in Japanese Patent No. 231466 are disclosed.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the physical format configuration of the dot code 1, which is basically composed of a plurality of rectangular blocks 2 arranged two-dimensionally adjacent to each other. .

Each of the blocks 2 has a value of "0", which is a value obtained by dividing the data relating to the audio data for each block.
Alternatively, a data dot pattern portion 3 existing in a predetermined arrangement form as a dot image of white dots or black dots corresponding to “1”, and a reference for detecting each dot (data dot) of the data dot pattern portion 3 A marker 4 having a constant number of continuous blacks arranged at the four corners of each block 2 used to find a point, and an error arranged between the markers 4 so that the plurality of different blocks 2 can be identified when reading. And a block address pattern section 5 including a detection or error correction code.

Note that the vertical and horizontal lines in the figure are drawn for convenience to indicate the position of each dot, and in the figure, the white dots are the ground color of the paper itself.

FIG. 3A is a diagram showing an electrical functional block configuration of the reading device 20 for optically reading the dot code 1 by manual scanning.

That is, an illuminating unit 21 composed of an LED or the like for illuminating the dot code 1 and the dot code 1
An imaging unit 23 that includes an optical system 22 that forms an image of the reflected light from the optical system 22, an area sensor such as a CCD that captures the light formed by the optical system 22, and an image signal output from the imaging unit A binarization processing unit 24 that performs binarization processing with a binarization threshold;
A binarized image memory 25 for storing the binarized image data binarized by the binarization processing unit 24, and the binarized image data stored in the binarized image memory 25 are read out and the dot data is read out. Is detected, and “0” is set for each of the detected dots.
Alternatively, a restoring unit 26 that assigns a value of “1” and outputs the data, a demodulating unit 27 that demodulates the data output by the restoring unit 26, and performs error correction processing, data expansion processing, and the like. And a reproduction output unit 28 that reproduces the data related to the audio and outputs the data from a speaker or the like.

According to the reading device 20, the size of the entire dot code 1 is determined by the image pickup field 6 of the image pickup section 23.
Even if the size is larger than A, as shown in FIG. 3B, the image pickup unit 23 is manually moved on the dot code 1 in the direction indicated by the arrow, and sequentially picks up an image while dividing the area, thereby obtaining the entire image. Can be read.

In other words, even if the dot code 1 cannot be imaged in one shot, the addresses given to the respective blocks 2 are detected in block units together with the data dots included in the blocks 2. If possible, the entire original data can be reconstructed from the data included in each block 2, so that large-capacity data recording on paper or the like is practically possible. Therefore, voice can be recorded on paper.

Here, when the restoring section 26 reads out the binarized image data stored in the binarized image memory 25 and detects each of the dots, first the marker 4 Then, a dot reading reference position is obtained based on the found barycenter position of the marker 4, and each dot in the data dot pattern unit 3 is determined from the obtained dot reading reference position. In order to read, a dot center pixel is detected, each detected dot is determined to be white or black, and a value of “0” or “1” is assigned to output data.

The demodulation unit 27 is provided with a dot code 1
Since the data relating to the audio input as the recording target is subjected to modulation processing in advance at the time of recording, this section performs processing for returning the data to the original data before modulation.

That is, this modulation process is a process which is first performed in the restoration unit 26 to make it easier to find the marker 4. Each of the dots in the data dot pattern unit 3 and the marker 4 In order to distinguish the image data from the input sound, the number of continuous black dots in the data dot pattern unit 3 is smaller than the number of continuous black dots forming the marker 4 as a result. It is applied to data.

The demodulated data in each block is rearranged in accordance with the detected block address regardless of the detection order of the block, and is stored in the memory in the reproduction output unit 28. The error correction processing and the data decompression processing described above are performed.

The functions described above are accommodated in a pen-shaped or mouse-shaped reading device 20 as shown in FIG. 3B, for example.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a printed matter with a voice code which can be used for conversation in a foreign language according to the present invention when the dot code 1 is used as a voice code will be described in detail.

[First Embodiment] FIG. 1A is a view showing a printed matter 30 with a voice code which can be used for a foreign language conversation according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The printed matter 30 includes a character printing unit 31 on which characters expressed in Japanese are printed, and a voice code printing on which voice when a character translated into English is read out is printed as an optically readable code. And a unit 32.

That is, when the person A who can understand Japanese and cannot understand English conveys the contents of the characters expressed in Japanese to the person B who cannot understand Japanese and can understand English, A uses voice code printing. The part 32 can be transmitted to B by reproducing the voice when the translated character is read out using the pen-shaped or mouse-shaped reader 20 as shown in FIG. , One conversation becomes possible.

Further, in this embodiment, if the content to be transmitted to B is set in the form of a question of "Yes / No", then A can use only "Yes / No" in the second language. Knowing that A can communicate with B more accurately.

For example, as shown in FIG. 1 (B), a question for which an easy-to-understand answer can be obtained even in the above-mentioned A is performed.

[Second Embodiment] FIG. 1C is a view showing a printed matter 40 with a voice code which can be used for a conversation in a foreign language according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The printed matter 40 is printed as a first character printing unit 41 on which characters expressed in Japanese are printed, and an optically readable code when reading out the translated characters into English. It comprises a second voice code printing unit 42 and a second character printing unit 43 on which characters expressed in English are printed.

That is, in the first embodiment, when the method using the voice code and the device for reading the voice code does not work, printing the characters in the respective languages can provide the same effect. it can.

[Third Embodiment] FIG. 4 is a view showing a printed matter 50 with a voice code which can be used for a conversation in a foreign language according to a third embodiment of the present invention. This printed matter 50
Is a first character printing unit 51 on which characters expressed in Japanese are printed, and a second character printing unit which reads voice translated from English into an optically readable code. A voice code printing unit 52, a second character printing unit 53 on which characters expressed in English are printed, and a voice when a character translated into Japanese is read out are printed as an optically readable code. A first voice code printing unit 54 and an arrow 55 so that their order can be understood. With such a printed matter 50, a predetermined conversation can be formed by a combination of the characters printed on the first character printing unit 51 and the characters printed on the second character printing unit 53. So it is available for foreign language conversations.

That is, when the person A who can understand Japanese and cannot understand English transmits the contents of characters expressed in Japanese to the person B who cannot understand Japanese and can understand English, A
The second voice code printing unit 52 in which the voice when the characters printed on the first character printing unit 51 are translated into English is printed as an optically readable code. By using a pen-shaped or mouse-shaped reading device 20 as shown in FIG. 3 (B), the voice when the translated character is read out can be reproduced and transmitted to B. B is the first character printing unit 51
The first voice code printing unit 54 in which a voice prepared when reading out a translated character to Japanese prepared in advance is printed as an optically readable code as an answer to the content of the character printed on the By using the reading device 20 as shown in FIG. 3B to reproduce the voice when the translated character is read aloud, conversation becomes possible as compared with the first and second embodiments. .

In this case, the first Japanese character printing unit 5
1. English second voice code printing unit 52, English second voice code
Character printing unit 53, Japanese first voice code printing unit 5
4 is a question and an answer, and is indicated by using an arrow 55 so as to be related to each arrangement.

[Fourth Embodiment] FIG. 5 shows the first embodiment.
In addition, an example is shown in which a character printing unit or a voice code printing unit as in the third embodiment is placed in a printed material 60 having contents different from conversation.

That is, for example, printing units 63 and 64 in which an article different from a conversation is printed with characters expressed in Japanese, and a character printing unit 61 in which characters expressed in Japanese are printed.
And a voice code printing unit 62 in which the voice when the translated character into English is read out is printed as an optically readable code.

[Fifth Embodiment] The present invention is not limited to the publication in a printed matter for the purpose specified in the conversation, but also in a magazine, a sightseeing guide, etc., while obtaining knowledge and information. Can be used.

FIG. 6A shows the appearance of these prints 70. By attaching tab 71,
It is easy to move to the part where the necessary conversation is printed.

Alternatively, a printed material 80 as shown in FIG. 6B may be used. That is, the heading 81 is printed on a predetermined page, and the solid printing 82 is performed at a predetermined position of each page in accordance with the heading 81, so that the necessary conversation is printed. Easy to do.

Although the present invention has been described based on the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and applications are possible within the scope of the present invention. .

For example, while the above embodiment has been described using Japanese and English as an example, other languages may be used.

In Japan, it may be installed in a restaurant or the like where foreigners come.

Here, the gist of the present invention is summarized as follows.

(1) A character printing section on which characters expressed in a first language are printed, and a character printing section on a second language different from the first language of the characters printed on the character printing section. And a voice code printing unit in which voice when a translated character is read out is printed as an optically readable code.

That is, when a person who does not understand the second language reads out a translated character to a second language different from the first language, the voice is printed as an optically readable code. By playing back the code, it is possible to achieve an effect that a conversation with a person who cannot understand the first language can be made.

(2) The printed matter with an audio code usable for conversation in a foreign language according to (1), wherein the character printing unit and the audio code printing unit are arranged according to a predetermined positional relationship. .

That is, a person who does not understand the second language can use a second language different from the first language because the character printing unit and the voice code printing unit are arranged according to a predetermined positional relationship. By reproducing the voice code in which the voice when the translated character is read out is printed as an optically readable code, it is possible to have a conversation with a person who cannot understand the first language. .

(3) The first character printing unit on which characters expressed in the first language are printed is different from the first language of the characters printed on the first character printing unit. A second voice code printing unit in which the voice when the translated character in the second language is read out is printed as an optically readable code; and a character expressed in the second language is printed. A second character printing unit, and a voice when a character printed on the second character printing unit is read out by translating the character into the first language is printed as an optically readable code. A first voice code printing unit, and a character printed on the first character printing unit;
A printed matter with a voice code usable for conversation in a foreign language, wherein a predetermined conversation is constituted by a combination with characters printed on the second character printing unit.

That is, the combination of the characters printed on the first character printing unit and the characters printed on the second character printing unit allows the user to speak with a person who cannot understand the first language. Is played.

(4) The first character printing unit and the second character printing unit
Are arranged according to a predetermined positional relationship, and the second character printing unit and the first audio code printing unit are arranged according to a predetermined positional relationship.
The printed matter with an audio code usable for conversation in a foreign language according to (3), wherein the first character printing unit and the second character printing unit are arranged according to a predetermined positional relationship.

That is, a person who does not understand the second language reproduces an audio code printed as an optically readable code when a character translated into the second language is read out. Conversation with a person who cannot understand the first language can be made, and a person who does not understand the first language can print out a voice when a character translated into the second language is read out as an optically readable code. By playing back the voice code, a conversation with a person who cannot understand the second language can be made. Therefore, there is an effect that a person who cannot understand the second language and a person who cannot understand the first language can have a conversation.

(5) The printed matter is a travel guidebook created for each country of the foreign travel destination, and the voice code printing unit is provided for each item set for each purpose of use of the travel guidebook. And the voice printed on the voice code printing unit is a voice for conducting a conversation corresponding to each item using the language of the country of the foreign travel destination (1). Printed material with audio code that can be used for foreign language conversations described in.

That is, the printed matter is a travel guidebook created for each country of the foreign travel destination, and the voice code printing unit is provided for each item set for each purpose of use of the travel guidebook. Provided, the voice printed on the voice code printing unit is a voice for conducting a conversation corresponding to each item using the language of the country of the foreign travel destination, the country using this, Depending on the scene in which the first language is used, the necessary part can be easily used, and the user can speak with the person who cannot understand the first language.

[0057]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention,
It is possible to provide a printed matter with a voice code that is easy to use and can be easily used when a person who is unfamiliar with foreign language conversation has the conversation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A is a diagram showing a printed matter with a voice code that can be used for a foreign language conversation according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
(B) is a diagram showing a modification, and (C) is a second embodiment of the present invention.
It is a figure which shows the printed matter with the audio | voice code which can be used for foreign language conversation which concerns on embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a physical format configuration of a dot code used as an audio code.

FIG. 3A is a diagram illustrating an electrical functional block configuration of a reading device for optically reading a dot code by manual scanning, and FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating scanning of the dot code by manual operation of the reading device. It is a figure showing a state.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a printed matter with a voice code that can be used for a conversation in a foreign language according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a printed matter with a voice code which can be used for a conversation in a foreign language according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6A is a diagram showing a printed matter with a voice code available for conversation in a foreign language according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6B is a diagram showing a modification.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 dot code 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 printed matter 31, 41, 43, 51, 53, 61 character printing unit 32, 42, 52, 54, 62 voice code printing unit 55 arrow 63, 64 printing unit 71 Tab 81 Heading 82 Solid printing

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A character printing unit on which characters expressed in a first language are printed, and translation of characters printed on the character printing unit into a second language different from the first language And a voice code printing section in which voice when text is read out is printed as an optically readable code. A printed matter with a voice code usable for conversation in a foreign language, comprising: 2. The printed matter with an audio code usable for conversation in a foreign language according to claim 1, wherein the character printing unit and the audio code printing unit are arranged according to a predetermined positional relationship. 3. A first character printing unit on which characters expressed in a first language are printed, and a first character printing unit on the first character printing unit.
A second voice code printing unit in which a voice when a translated character to a second language different from the second language is read out is printed as an optically readable code, and expressed in the second language. 2nd with text printed
A character printing unit, and the first character printing unit that prints the characters printed on the second character printing unit.
And a first voice code printing unit in which a voice at the time of reading out a translated character to the language is printed as an optically readable code, wherein the first voice code printing unit is printed on the first character printing unit. A printed matter with an audio code usable for a foreign language conversation, wherein a predetermined conversation is constituted by a combination of characters and characters printed on the second character printing unit. 4. The first character printing unit and the second voice code printing unit are arranged according to a predetermined positional relationship, and the second character printing unit and the first voice code printing unit Are arranged according to a predetermined positional relationship, and the first character printing unit and the second character printing unit are arranged according to a predetermined positional relationship.
Printed material with audio code that can be used for foreign language conversations described in. 5. The printed matter is a travel guidebook created for each country of a foreign travel destination, and the voice code printing unit is provided for each item set for each purpose of use of the travel guidebook. The voice provided for the voice code printing unit is a voice for conducting a conversation corresponding to each item using a language of a country of the foreign travel destination. Printed material with audio code that can be used for the foreign language conversation described.