JP2002182676A - Speech recognition guide system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network sign system which has a speech display guide function capable guiding variable data as well, deals with the network at need and permits the centralized management of data. SOLUTION: Guide contents for sight handicapped persons are made occasionally updatable and the presence or absence of the updated contents are retrieved by referencing the guide contents for the sight handicapped persons. The guide contents for the sight handicapped persons are display by speech in accordance with the retrieved updated contents.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a voice sign guide system developed especially for a visually impaired person.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Facilities such as welfare facilities, parks, government offices, hospitals, and nursing care centers use not only healthy persons but also visually impaired persons. A sign guide system is installed.

[0003] Conventionally, existing voice sign guide systems include:
Conventionally, voice data having a predetermined content is stored in the system, and the voice data is used as fixed data, and the fixed data in the system is read out in response to a request from a visually impaired person to perform standard voice guidance.

[0004]

By the way, in the event or the like performed at the above-mentioned facility, the location and contents of the pamphlet or the like which have been notified to the participants may be changed. In the above, the data to be voice-guided is fixed, and in the above-mentioned example, voice data relating to the location and contents etc. of the participant who was contacted in advance by a pamphlet or the like was registered in the system as fixed data. Therefore, audio data (fixed data) on the location and content of the participant in advance, such as a pamphlet, etc.
Even if a change occurs in the fixed data, it is impossible to rewrite (update) the fixed data, and if voice guidance is performed in response to a request from a visually impaired person based on the fixed data, There was a problem that voice guidance would be provided. In addition, there is a problem in that it is not possible to provide audiovisual information to a visually impaired person in real time, such as urgently input information or information such as a suddenly changed schedule.

[0005] It is an object of the present invention to provide voice guidance in accordance with the content of change even when fixed data is changed, and to centrally manage voice data using a communication network as necessary. It is to provide a voice sign guide system that can perform the above.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a voice sign guide system according to the present invention is a voice sign guide system for providing guidance based on voice data registered in advance in the system. The voice data can be changed at any time, and the guide searches for the presence or absence of a change in the voice data, and provides voice guidance based on the changed voice data when the voice data has been changed.

The guide searches for a change in the voice data, and when the voice data has been changed, provides voice guidance based on the changed voice data, and reads out the voice data as character data. This is for text guidance.

A function of storing voice data when voice data registered in advance in the system is changed and a function of searching for the presence or absence of a change in the voice data are linked via a communication network.

A voice sign guide system according to the present invention is a voice sign guide system for providing guidance based on voice data registered in advance in the system, and changes voice data registered in the system in advance. Updating means for storing the changed voice data, and searching means for searching for a change in the voice data stored in the updating means,
Display means for providing voice guidance based on the changed voice data when the voice data is changed based on the search result of the search means.

When the voice data is changed based on the search result of the search means, the display means provides voice guidance based on the changed voice data, and converts the voice data into character data to convert the voice data into character data. It is for guiding.

Further, the updating means and the searching means are linked via a communication network.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a voice sign guide system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an image of a use mode of the voice sign guide system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the voice sign guide system according to the present invention is intended for a voice sign guide system that provides guidance based on voice data registered in advance in the system. Updating means for changing the input audio data and storing the changed audio data; searching means for searching whether or not the audio data stored in the updating means has changed; and searching based on a search result of the searching means. Display means for providing voice guidance based on the changed voice data when the voice data has been changed.

The voice sign guide system according to the present invention makes it possible to change, at any time, voice data for providing voice guidance, especially for a disabled person, and the guide searches for the presence or absence of a change in the voice data, and When data is changed, voice guidance is provided based on the changed voice data. If there is no change in the voice data registered in advance in the system, voice guidance is performed based on the voice data that has not been changed.

Further, in the voice sign guide system according to the present invention, the updating means as a function of storing voice data when voice data registered in advance in the system is changed, and a search for the presence or absence of a change in the voice data. And the search means is linked via a communication network.

Next, a voice sign guide system according to the present invention will be specifically described with reference to FIG. The voice sign guide system according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1 is an example applied to a case where event information using a conference room of a facility is voice-displayed as guidance content for a visually impaired person, but is not limited thereto. Absent.

The updating means has a schedule input unit 1, a timer control unit 2, a conference room schedule table 3, a conference room display table 4, and an emergency display table 5.

The schedule input unit 1 inputs data of the reservation time of each conference room and the data of guidance contents for the visually impaired such as the target user by keyboard operation or the like. The input contents are the schedule table of the conference room. 3 is registered. In addition, the data of the guidance content for the visually impaired, which is input in the schedule input unit 1 and registered in the schedule table 3 of the conference room, is displayed on the console panel 6 as a list or individually switched and displayed, and the registered data can be confirmed. It has become.

The data of the guidance contents for the visually impaired registered in the schedule table 3 of the conference room is edited (updated) such as correction and deletion of data by operating the keyboard of the schedule input unit 1 in accordance with the change of the schedule and the like. ) Is provided, and the updated content input from the schedule input unit 1 is registered in the schedule table 3 of the conference room together with the guidance content for the visually impaired.

Further, the data of the guidance content for the visually impaired, which is input by the schedule input unit 1, is converted into a voice (WAV file) when registered in the schedule table 3 of the conference room. The information is attached to the data of the guidance content for the disabled and registered in the schedule table 3 of the conference room.

Also, based on the audio-converted WAV file, the guidance content for the visually impaired registered in the schedule table 3 of the conference room is output as audio, and the registered content can be confirmed. In some cases, an interface is provided that allows text (TEXT) editing (correction, deletion, etc.) by keyboard operation of the schedule input unit 1 or the like.

An emergency evacuation information for notifying that an emergency or the like has occurred is input by a keyboard operation of the schedule input unit 1 or the like, and an interface for registering this information data in the emergency display table 5 is provided. ing.

The timer control unit 2 periodically checks the schedule table 3 of the conference room (timer monitoring).
If there is data on the guidance contents of the visually impaired person to be displayed, the data on the guidance contents of the visually impaired person to be displayed is written into the display table 4 of the conference room in the order of the schedule monitored by the timer. When registering the data of the guidance content for the visually impaired to be displayed in the display table 4 of the conference room, the registration is performed with the audio-converted WAV file attached.

The timer control unit 2 changes the data already written in the conference room display table 4 when periodically checking the conference room schedule table 3 and registers the updated contents in the conference room schedule table 3. If so, the data is read, the change is written in the display table 4 of the conference room, and the already written data is updated. Even when the updated data is written to the display table 4 of the conference room, the registration is performed with the audio-converted WAV file attached.

The search means has a data read section 7 and a display current table 8. Data read section 7
Refers to the registered contents of the conference room display table 4 periodically (timer monitoring), and when the data of the visually impaired person guidance content to be displayed is registered in the conference room display table 4, The data of the guidance contents for the visually impaired is written in the display current table 8 in the order of the schedule monitored by the timer. Also, the data read unit 7 periodically refers to the registered contents of the conference room display table 4 (timer monitoring), changes the data already written in the display current table 8, and updates the updated contents to the conference room display table. If the data is registered in the display current table 8, the data is read, the change is written in the display current table 8, and the data content already written in the display current table 8 is updated.

Further, the data read unit 7 periodically refers to the registered contents of the emergency display table 5 (timer monitoring),
When the data of the emergency evacuation information to be displayed is registered in the emergency display table 5, the data of the emergency evacuation information to be displayed is immediately written to the display current table 8. The data read unit 7 is provided with the emergency display table 5.
If the data already written in the display current table 8 is changed when the registered contents of the information are periodically referred to (timer monitoring) and the updated contents are registered in the emergency display table 5, the data is read. The change is written in the display current table 8, and the data content already written in the display current table 8 is updated.

The display means has a voice control section 9, a speaker 10, a sequencer control section 11, and a sequencer 12.

In response to an instruction from the sequencer control unit 11, the voice control unit 9 reads the data of the visually impaired guidance contents registered in the display current table 8 of the search means and the voice conversion file attached to the data. The content of guidance for the visually impaired is displayed by voice to the visually impaired through the speaker 10.

The sequencer 12 periodically checks whether a signal is required from a transmitter carried by the visually impaired (corresponding to the transmitter 16 in FIG. 2) or a switch provided at the entrance of the conference room of the facility. Then, when the signal is output, the fact that the control signal is output is written to the sequence table 13. The transmitter is also used in an existing voice sign guide system, and the visually impaired person obtains the data of the voice sign guide based on the radio wave from the transmitter. Does not have a feature in.

The sequencer control unit 11 includes a sequencer 12
The content registered in the sequence table 13 is periodically checked (timer monitoring), and when a control signal from the sequencer 12 is registered, an instruction is output to the voice control unit 9.

Further, the updating means and the searching means are connected via a communication network 14, and the guidance content for the visually impaired registered in the conference room display table 4 and the data of the updated content, the emergency display table The emergency evacuation information registered in 5 and the data of the updated contents are read out.

Next, the operation of the voice sign guide system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, in FIG. 1, the schedule input unit 1
, The data of the reservation time of each conference room and the contents of the guidance contents for the visually impaired such as the target user are input by keyboard operation or the like, and the input contents are registered in the schedule table 3 of the conference room.

The data of the guidance contents for visually impaired persons inputted in the schedule input section 1 and registered in the schedule table 3 of the conference room are displayed on the console panel 6 as a list or individually switched and displayed, and the registered data is confirmed. .

When it is necessary to change the data of the guidance contents for the visually impaired registered in the schedule table 3 of the conference room in accordance with the change of the schedule or the like, the data is operated by the keyboard operation of the schedule input unit 1 or the like. Edit (update) such as correction, deletion, etc.

The updated content input from the schedule input unit 1 is registered in the schedule table 3 of the conference room together with the visually impaired person guidance content.

Further, the data of the guidance content for the visually impaired, which has been input by the schedule input unit 1, is converted into audio (WAV file) when registered in the schedule table 3 of the conference room. Part 1
The data is attached to the data of the guidance content for the visually impaired and input to the schedule table 3 of the conference room.

Further, based on the voice-converted WAV file, the contents of guidance for the visually impaired registered in the schedule table 3 of the conference room are output as voice, and the registered contents are confirmed. Performs text (TEXT) editing (correction, deletion, etc.) by operating the keyboard of the schedule input unit 1 or the like.

With the above-described series of operations, the data input operation for displaying the event information using the conference room of the facility as the audiovisual information for the visually impaired is once terminated, and the data request from the visually impaired is completed. Will be prepared.

Regardless of whether or not there is a voice display request from the visually impaired, the schedule table 3 in the conference room is periodically checked using the timer control unit 2 (timer monitoring), and the visually impaired person to be displayed is displayed. When the data of the guidance content exists, the data of the guidance content of the visually impaired person to be targeted is written in the display table 4 of the conference room in the order of the schedule monitored by the timer.

When the schedule table 3 of the conference room is periodically checked using the timer control unit 2, the data already written in the display table 4 of the conference room is changed, and the updated contents are changed to the schedule table 3 of the conference room. When the data is registered in the conference table, the data is read, the change is written in the display table 4 of the conference room, and the data content already written in the display table 4 is updated.

Regardless of whether or not there is a voice display request from a visually impaired person, the registered contents of the conference room display table 4 are regularly referenced via the communication network 14 using the data read unit 7 (timer). When the data of the guidance content of the visually impaired person to be displayed is registered in the display table 4 of the conference room, the data of the guidance content of the visually impaired person to be displayed is displayed in the order of the schedule monitored by the timer. Write to 8.

When the registered contents of the display table 4 of the conference room are periodically referred to (timer monitoring) by using the data read unit 7, the data already written in the display current table 8 is changed and the updated contents are updated. Meeting room display table 4
If the data is registered in the display current table 8, the data is read, the change is written in the display current table 8, and the data content already written in the display current table 8 is updated.

With the above operation, the data and update data of the event information performed using the conference room in the order of the time schedule are retrieved and the apparatus enters a standby state.

Here, the start time of an event to be performed using the conference room is approaching, and the visually impaired person 17 comes in front of the conference room as shown in FIG. The sequencer 12 is
Periodically checks the necessity of a signal from the transmitter 16 carried by the user (timer monitoring), and registers the control signal in the sequence table 13 when the signal is output.

The contents registered in the sequence table 13 are periodically checked using the sequencer control unit 11 (timer monitoring). If a control signal from the sequencer 12 is registered, the audio control unit 9 Output instructions.

In response to an instruction from the sequencer control unit 11, the voice control unit 9 reads a voice conversion file attached to the data of the guidance content for visual impairment registered in the display current table 8, and reads the guidance content for visual impairment. Is displayed by voice to the visually impaired person 17 through the speaker 10.

Therefore, the visually impaired person 17 recognizes, by voice, the room number of the target conference room, the contents of the event information, and the like based on the guidance contents for the visually impaired who are guided by voice. Enter the room.

Even when the room number of the conference room or the content of the event is changed, the guidance content is provided by voice to the visually impaired 17 so that the visually impaired 1
7 can obtain the changed information based on the audio display. Even if the conference room is changed, it can obtain the information of the changed conference room and participate in the target event.

If an emergency occurs in a facility or the like, emergency evacuation information for notifying that the emergency has occurred is promptly input by operating the keyboard of the schedule input unit 1 or the like. The occurrence information data is registered in the emergency display table 5.

The data read unit 7 periodically refers to the registered contents of the emergency display table 5 via the communication network 14 (timer monitoring), and the data of the emergency evacuation information to be displayed is displayed in the conference room display table. 4, the data of the target emergency evacuation information is immediately written into the display current table 8.

When the emergency evacuation information is written into the display current table 8, the data read unit 7 reads the emergency evacuation information from the display current table 8, and the data read by the data read unit 7 displays the emergency evacuation information on the display device 15 described later. Is displayed in characters.

After detecting that the emergency evacuation information has been registered, the data read unit 7 periodically refers to the registered contents of the emergency display table 5 (timer monitoring) and changes the data written in the display current table 8. If the updated content is registered in the emergency display table 5, the data is read, the change is written in the display current table 8, and the data content already written in the display current table 8 is updated.

The updated emergency evacuation information is immediately read by the data reading unit 7, and the updated emergency evacuation information is displayed in characters on a display device 15 described later by the data read by the data reading unit 7.

(Embodiment 2) The embodiment 1 is intended only for the case where voice guidance is performed based on voice data.
In the second embodiment of the present invention, voice guidance and character guidance are performed based on voice data.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the voice sign guide system according to the present invention is intended for a voice sign guide system which displays the contents of guidance to a visually impaired person by voice and also displays characters. Updating means for changing the voice data (particularly guidance contents for the visually impaired) at any time, searching means for searching for the updated content with reference to the changed voice data, and changing the voice data. Display means for providing voice guidance to a visually impaired person based on the changed voice data when the voice data is available, enabling the voice data (guidance content for the visually impaired) to be changed at any time, and updating with reference to the voice data Searches for the presence or absence of the changed content, and when the voice data is changed, provides voice guidance for the visually impaired based on the changed voice data Rutotomoni, in which may be a character guide reads out the audio data as character data.

In this case, the updating means and the searching means have the same configuration as in the first embodiment, but the display means has a display device 15 added to the configuration of the first embodiment, and the registered contents of the display current table 8 are stored. When the data of the guidance content for the visually impaired or the data of the emergency evacuation information are registered and read out by the data reading unit 7, the data is output to the display device 15 and displayed in characters. In addition, the character display here is not limited to the case of displaying using only characters,
A display that can be visually recognized, such as a picture only or a combination of a character and a picture. The display device 15 is a display device using an LED, but is not limited to this. The display device 15 may be a CRT display device using a cathode ray tube or a character display using a display screen of a personal computer. Any display device may be used as long as it can display characters.

According to this embodiment, since necessary information is displayed by two types of display methods, ie, voice display and character display, it is possible to appropriately provide information to not only visually impaired persons but also healthy persons. There is an advantage that can be.

In the above embodiment, the case where information is displayed in the facility has been described.
Information may be displayed on a route to facilities such as government offices, hospitals, nursing care centers, and the like, and the installation location is not particularly limited.

[0061] Also as shown in FIG. 3, established the updating means shown in FIG. 1 to the information center, a plurality of servers 18 ₁ ~ 18 _n as the update unit, area information to each server 18 ₁ ~ 18 _n, Distribute and store care / welfare information, destination guidance information, information on facilities, emergency evacuation information, etc., and register update information when any change occurs in the stored contents. Each home may be provided with a search unit and a display unit shown in FIG. In the information center, data such as guidance information for the visually impaired can be input and changed collectively,
You can easily manage the data collectively,
Appropriate management of data can be performed.

The display by the display device 15 includes a display method 15a in which display contents are switched line by line, a display method 15b in which display contents are displayed on the entire surface, or a display method 15c in which all event information and the like are displayed in a list. Display is possible, but is not limited to these display methods.

[0063]

As described above, according to the present invention, even when voice data stored in the system is changed in advance, voice guidance can be performed using the changed latest voice data. . Therefore, when voice data (fixed data) relating to the location and contents of the participant previously notified by a pamphlet or the like is changed, the fixed data can be rewritten (updated), and an erroneous voice guidance can be provided beforehand. In addition, it is possible to provide voice guidance to a visually impaired person in real time of information input urgently or information such as a schedule that has been suddenly changed.

Further, since text guidance is possible together with voice guidance, information can be reliably and appropriately transmitted to not only visually impaired persons but also healthy persons.

Further, by using the communication network, it is possible to select the optimum installation state for the visually impaired person, to input and update data collectively, and to provide guidance contents for the visually impaired person. It can be easily managed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a voice sign guide system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an image of a use mode of the voice sign guide system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a voice sign guide system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Schedule input part 2 Timer control part 3 Schedule table 4 Display table 5 Emergency display table 6 Console panel 7 Data read part 8 Display current table 9 Voice control part 10 Speaker 11 Sequencer control part 12 Sequencer 13 Sequencer table 14 Communication network 15 Display device 16 transmitter 17 visually impaired 18 ₁ -18 _n server

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FI Theme coat ゛ (Reference) G09F 27/00 G10L 5/02 D G10L 13/04 (72) Inventor Mikio Okada 2 Higashi Jujo, Kita-ku, Tokyo No. 13-9, Ikeno Dori Ken Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Erina Teramoto 2-13-9, Ikeno Dori Ken Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Yuki Okayasu Higashi Jujo 2, Kita-ku, Tokyo F-term (reference) in 13-13-9 Ikeno Dori Ken Co., Ltd. 5D045 AA07 AB21

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A voice sign guide system for providing guidance based on voice data registered in advance in a system, wherein the voice data can be changed at any time, and the guide searches for a change in the voice data. And
When the voice data is changed, voice guidance is provided based on the changed voice data. 2. The guide searches for a change in the voice data, and when the voice data has been changed, provides voice guidance based on the changed voice data, and reads out the voice data as character data. A voice sign guide system that provides character guidance. 3. A function of storing voice data when voice data registered in advance in the system is changed and a function of searching for the presence or absence of a change in the voice data via a communication network. Claim 1 or 2
The voice sign guide system according to 1. 4. A voice sign guide system for providing guidance based on voice data pre-registered in the system, wherein the voice data pre-registered in the system is changed, and an update for storing the changed voice data is performed. Means for retrieving whether or not voice data stored in the updating means has been changed; and voice guidance based on the changed voice data when voice data has been changed based on the search result of the search means. And a display means for performing the operation. 5. When the voice data is changed based on the search result of the search means, the display means provides voice guidance based on the changed voice data, and reads out the voice data as character data to read the character data. A voice sign guide system that provides guidance. 6. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said updating means and said searching means are connected via a communication network.
Or the voice sign guide system according to 5.