JP2003242066A - Information distributing method, information reproducing device and information reproducing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information distributing method, an information reproducing device, and an information reproducing method capable of smoothly and easily switching categories (such as a language division) while improving the distribution efficiency. <P>SOLUTION: Text information on a plurality of categories and voice information on a plurality of categories are linked by common link information. Such link information links mutual blocks for indicating the same content among blocks for constituting respective text categories, and is linked with the respective blocks by classifying a frame corresponding to the respective blocks for every voice category. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information distribution method, an information reproducing apparatus and an information reproducing method, and more particularly to an apparatus for synchronously reproducing voice information and text information upon receiving an information file distribution such as a portable telephone apparatus. It is suitable for use.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the field of mobile telephone devices, various data distribution services are implemented using wireless communication networks. Especially PHS (Personal-Handypho)
In the case of (ne-System), since data communication can be performed at a relatively low cost, a distribution service for text information, video information, etc. in addition to music distribution has been proposed and studied.

For example, by delivering voice information and text information at the same time, it is possible to learn English conversation with a mobile phone device. 10 characters x 1 for mobile phone devices
A monitor that can display about 0 lines of text data is provided. Therefore, while displaying the delivered English text information on the monitor, English conversation can be learned by synchronously reproducing English conversation voice information. become able to.

[0004]

In such information distribution, the content of information is differentiated for each file. For example, in the above-mentioned English conversation learning, voice information and text information for learning English conversation, and both are linked. Link information is stored in one information file and distributed. For this reason, for example, when it is desired to learn German conversation, French conversation, etc. at the same time as English conversation, it is necessary to separately receive an information file for German conversation or French conversation.

However, when learning parallel translations for a Japanese phrase in multiple languages, it is preferable that the phrases of each language for the Japanese phrase can be referenced or heard at the same time. However, if the files are divided for each language as described above, it is necessary to switch and play each language file one by one, and it is necessary to search for parallel translations for the same Japanese phrase among them. Laborious work is required.

Further, since files of each language are downloaded separately, link information for linking text and voice must also be downloaded separately for each language file. Delivery efficiency was poor.

Therefore, the present invention solves the above problems and provides an information distribution method, an information reproducing apparatus, and an information reproducing method which can smoothly and easily switch categories (language divisions, etc.) while improving distribution efficiency. It is a thing.

[0008]

In view of the above problems, the present invention has the following features.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, in an information distribution method for distributing an information file, the information file is composed of a series of frames, and a predetermined audio category is defined by a set of predetermined frames in the series of frames. Voice information that constitutes information, and text information that is configured by a series of blocks and that configures information of a predetermined text category by a set of predetermined blocks of the series of blocks, and blocks of the blocks that configure each of the text categories. It is characterized in that it includes link information for linking blocks showing the same content, linking the blocks corresponding to each block to each of the audio categories, and linking to each block.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the information distribution method according to the first aspect, when there is one type of the text category, a frame corresponding to the block is provided for each block forming the text category. It is characterized in that the voice categories are classified and linked.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the information distribution method according to the first aspect, when the number of the voice categories is one, blocks having the same content among the blocks constituting the respective text categories are linked to each other. In addition to that, the frame corresponding to each block is linked to each block.

The invention of claim 4 is an information reproducing apparatus for reproducing the information distributed by the information distributing method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the information reproducing device stores the information file, and the information. A voice reproduction means for reading and reproducing voice information from a file; a text reproduction means for reading and reproducing text information from the information file; and a control means for controlling reproduction of the voice reproduction means and the text reproduction means. The control means synchronously reproduces the frame of the voice information and the block of the text information based on the link information.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the information distribution apparatus according to the fourth aspect, there is further provided category switching means for switching the category of the voice information and / or the text information, and the control means has the category switching means. In accordance with the switching order from the above, based on the link information, among the frames and / or blocks included in the category after switching, synchronize the frame and / or block corresponding to the frame and / or block being reproduced before switching. It is characterized by playing.

The invention of claim 6 is an information reproducing method for synchronously reproducing the information distributed by the information distributing method according to any one of claims 1 to 3 based on the link information, and is switched from the category switching means. According to the order, among the frames and / or blocks included in the category after switching, the frame and / or block corresponding to the frame and / or block being reproduced before switching is synchronously reproduced based on the link information. It is characterized by

In the above invention, voice and text are mentioned as objects of distribution / reproduction, but it is not intended to exclude reproduction of information other than these, and other information related to the above information is distributed / reproduced. It also includes the case of reproduction. For example, the case of synchronously reproducing video information in addition to text information and audio information (a case of displaying a talker or a landscape as a moving image or a still image on the background of text) is also included in the scope of the present invention.

The features of the present invention will be further clarified by the following description of the embodiments.

The "voice information", "text information" and "link information" in the claims correspond to the music content information, text information and link table information in the embodiments, respectively. Further, the "memory means", the "voice reproducing means", the "text reproducing means" and the "control means" in the claims mainly correspond to the memory card 90, the music reproducing module 40, the display section 60 and the controller 50 in the embodiments. To do. Further, the "category switching unit" in the claims mainly corresponds to the key operation unit 20 and the display unit 60.

However, the following embodiment is merely one embodiment of the present invention, and the meanings of the terms of the present invention and each constituent element are limited to those described in the following embodiment. Not something.

[0019]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The present embodiment is an example in which the present invention is applied to a mobile phone device. For convenience of explanation, a case where file information for learning English conversation is distributed will be described as an example.

First, FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the portable telephone device according to the embodiment. A playback module 40 for playing music is connected to the mobile phone device. Also,
The memory card 90 is mounted in a predetermined memory card mounting portion.

In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a transmitter / receiver which receives a signal from an antenna and converts it into a baseband signal, and also modulates a signal supplied via a bus and supplies it to the antenna. Reference numeral 20 denotes a key operation unit, which includes a touch key and a touch panel, and supplies an operation command from a user to the controller. An audio reproduction unit 30 outputs audio reproduction data based on the reception information input from the antenna during a call. 40 is a music playback module,
An audio signal is generated based on the audio data supplied from the audio reproduction unit 30 and the audio data supplied from the memory card 90, and this is supplied to a connection terminal such as an earphone jack.

Reference numeral 50 is a controller for controlling each part, 60
Is a disk play unit for displaying texts and the like under the control of the controller 50, 70 is a memory interface for controlling data exchange between the memory card 90 and the data bus, 80 is a memory, and 90 is a memory card. The memory 80 temporarily stores link table information, program management information, and the like supplied from the memory card 90 via the memory force 70.

The music reproduction module 40 includes a music reproduction unit 4
1, a mixing unit 42, a DA conversion unit 43, and a decryption key storage unit 44. Of these, the music playback unit 41
Through the memory interface 70 to the memory card 9
The music content data supplied from 0 is descrambled and decrypted with the decryption key. The mixing unit 42 receives the music data from the music reproducing unit 41 and the sound data from the sound reproducing unit 30, selects any one of the data or mixes both data and outputs the selected data according to the mode. The decryption key storage unit 44 stores the decryption key supplied from the memory card 90 via the memory interface 70, and supplies the decryption key to the music reproducing unit 41 as appropriate.

Next, the structure of the information file distributed from the external distribution server will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in the figure, the information file is composed of a decryption key, program management information, link table information, music content information, and text information. Of these, the music information is encrypted by the decryption key. The music information is composed of a series of frame information. The text information is composed of a series of block information. As shown in the figure, the music content information and the text information are divided into several language categories with a predetermined number of frames and blocks in order from the first frame and first block.

The program management information is information for managing the type of conversation learning language stored in the file. An initial screen or the like for selecting a language category is generated based on the program management information.

FIG. 3 shows the contents of the link information. As shown in the figure, one block information is associated with block information of another language category and frame information of each language category. Here, the text information of each block is to display a phrase (one sentence) having the same content in each language. Also,
The voice data linked to the block is for outputting the phrase in voice of each language.

The correspondence between the block and the frame is
This is done as shown in FIG. That is, of the series of frames associated with that block, the first frame (start frame) and the last frame (end frame)
The frame number of is associated with the block. In addition, blocks representing the same phrase are associated with each other in each language category.

The distribution information file is stored in the memory card 90. Then, it is appropriately read according to a reproduction command from the user, reproduced on the display and the connection terminal, and output and displayed.

Next, the operation of the portable telephone device having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG.

In a normal call mode, when a voice signal is received by the antenna, the voice signal is converted into a baseband signal by the transmission / reception unit 10, then converted into voice data by the voice reproduction unit 30, and the mixing unit 42.
Is supplied to. Thereafter, the audio data is supplied from the mixing section 42 to the DA conversion section 43 and converted into an analog audio signal. Then, the received voice is output by the speaker device (earphone or the like) connected to the connection terminal.

When the file information is received by the antenna in the data communication mode, the information is transmitted to the transmitting / receiving section 10, the data bus and the memory interface 70.
Is supplied to the memory card 90 via. Then, it is stored in the memory card 90 in a state of being divided for each file.

After that, when the user operates the key operation unit 20 to input a reproduction command of predetermined file information, the decryption key for the file information is read from the memory card 91, and this is the decryption key of the music reproduction module 40. It is stored in the memory 44. Further, the link table information and the program management information are read from the memory card 90 and stored in the memory 80, respectively.

Thereafter, the controller 50 creates a predetermined initial screen (selection screen) based on the program management information, and displays it on the display unit 60. When the user specifies a predetermined language category and gives an instruction to reproduce a predetermined phrase according to the initial screen, the controller 50
Reads sequentially the text information corresponding to the phrase from the memory card 90 and displays it on the display unit 60. At the same time, the controller 50 uses the memory 80
By referring to the above link table information, the music content information linked to each text information is read from the memory card 90, and sequentially supplied to the music reproducing unit 41.

The music reproducing section 41 decrypts the supplied music content information by using the decryption key, and mixes this.
Supply to 2. Then, the music content information is converted into an analog signal by the DA converter 43, and is heard by the user by the speaker device (earphone or the like) connected to the connection terminal.

FIG. 5 shows a control flowchart for reproducing the information file. When the reproduction instruction of the information file is issued, first, the program management information and the link table information of the file are read from the memory card 90 and stored in the memory 80 (step S1).
0). Then, when the language category is designated by the user, the language category of the text information and the language category of the music content information are set accordingly (step S20). Then, when the user instructs the reproduction of a predetermined phrase, the block information and the frame information of the phrase instructed to be reproduced among the text information and the music content information of the set language category are
It is read from the memory card 90 based on the link table information (steps S40 and S50). Then, the information is reproduced and displayed / outputted at a predetermined synchronization timing (step S60).

After the reproduction output of the predetermined phrase is performed in this way, when the user gives an instruction to reproduce the next phrase (step S70), the process returns to step S40.
The block information and frame information of the instructed phrase are read out and reproduced / outputted in the same manner as above. Here, the language category of the block information and the frame information that is reproduced and output remains the language category set above.

On the other hand, when the user does not give a command to reproduce a new phrase but gives an instruction to change the language category of text or voice (step S80), the language category of text or voice is the language category corresponding to the instruction. Is reset (steps S20, S30), and the block information or frame information corresponding to the preceding phrase is read out from the block information or frame information of the reset language category (steps S40, S30).
50), which is displayed and output (step S70).

An example of the display / output operation according to the above flow chart is shown in FIG. First, a display for selecting a language category for text display is displayed on the display screen. FIG. 10A is a display example when "English" is selected as the language category of the text display. When such a selection is made, next, a display for selecting a language category of voice output is made. FIG. 13B is a display example when “Japanese” is selected as the language category for voice output.

Thereafter, when the user selects a predetermined phrase, the text corresponding to the phrase is displayed in "English" which is the set language category, as shown in FIG. At the same time, the voice corresponding to the phrase is output in the set language category “Japanese”. In this display screen, selection buttons “display change” and “voice change” for changing the language category of text and voice are displayed in an overlapping manner.

Thereafter, when the user inputs a display change instruction as shown in FIG. 7D, the language category of the text display is changed from "English" to the next category "German", As shown in (e), the text expressing the phrase in German is switched and displayed on the screen. When the display change instruction is input again in this state, the text expressing the phrase in French, which is the next language category, is switched and displayed on the screen.

On the other hand, when the user inputs a voice change instruction in the state of FIG. 6E, the language category of the language display is changed from "English" to "German" which is the same category as the language category of the display text. Is changed to ", and as shown in (e) of the figure, a voice expressing the phrase in German is output. When the voice change instruction is input again in such a state, a voice expressing the phrase in French, which is the next language category, is output.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the text display and voice output of the same phrase can be switched to another language category by a simple operation. Therefore, when performing multilingual learning or multilingual expression search, it becomes possible to improve operability and learning / search efficiency.

Needless to say, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and various modifications can be made. For example, the distribution information file shown in the above embodiment is not limited to the above configuration and can be changed as appropriate. Also, the display example can be changed according to the content and usage of the file and the search method. Besides, in the above embodiment, the file is stored by using the memory card 90, but the file may be stored in the built-in memory.

Further, although the above embodiment has been described by taking English conversation learning as an example, in addition to this, if the voice category is divided according to the type of musical instrument, etc., an audio device for displaying and outputting lyrics information and music information is displayed. Is also applicable.

In the above embodiment, a plurality of language categories for language display and voice output are set, but the information file should be configured so that one of them is a unit category and the other is a plurality of categories. You can also In such a case, the link table information shown in FIG. 4 is configured such that the block is in a single language or the frame is in a single language.

In addition, the embodiment of the present invention can be appropriately modified in various ways within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

[0048]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to appropriately switch and change the categories of text display and voice output for text and voice having the same content by a simple operation. Also, since text information and voice information of each category are managed by common link information, compared to the case where link information is set for each file,
Useless distribution of link information can be suppressed, and thus distribution efficiency at the time of information file distribution can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a distribution file according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a structure of link information according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a relationship of links according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing reproduction control according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

20 key operation part 40 music playback module 50 controller 60 Display 80 memory 90 memory card

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An information distribution method for distributing an information file, wherein the information file is composed of a series of frames, and a sound that composes information of a predetermined sound category by a set of predetermined frames in the series of frames. Information and text information that is configured by a series of blocks and that configures information of a predetermined text category by a set of predetermined blocks in the series of blocks, and shows the same content among the blocks that configure each text category. An information distribution method comprising: linking information between the blocks, linking the frames corresponding to the blocks by the audio category, and linking the blocks to the blocks. 2. In claim 1, when the text category is one type, for each block constituting the text category, a frame corresponding to the block is divided for each voice category and linked. Information distribution method characterized by. 3. In claim 1, when the voice category is one type, blocks showing the same content among blocks forming each of the text categories are linked, and a frame corresponding to each block is linked. An information distribution method characterized by linking to each block. 4. An information reproducing apparatus for reproducing the information distributed by the information distributing method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, comprising: storage means for storing the information file; and audio information from the information file. And a voice reproducing means for reading and reproducing, a text reproducing means for reading and reproducing text information from the information file, and a control means for controlling reproduction of the voice reproducing means and the text reproducing means, and the control means, An information reproducing apparatus, which synchronously reproduces a frame of the voice information and a block of the text information based on the link information. 5. The category switching device according to claim 4, further comprising a category switching unit that switches a category of the voice information and / or the text information, and the control unit sets the link information to the link information according to a switching order from the category switching unit. Based on the above, among the frames and / or blocks included in the category after switching, the frame and / or block corresponding to the frame and / or block being reproduced before switching are synchronously reproduced. . 6. An information reproducing method for synchronously reproducing information distributed by the information distributing method according to any one of claims 1 to 3 on the basis of link information, wherein the information is reproduced in accordance with a switching order from a category switching means. Of the frames and / or blocks included in the category after switching, the frame and / or block corresponding to the frame and / or block being reproduced before switching is synchronously reproduced based on the link information. Information reproduction method.