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JP2004073417A
JP2004073417A JP2002236739A JP2002236739A JP2004073417A JP 2004073417 A JP2004073417 A JP 2004073417A JP 2002236739 A JP2002236739 A JP 2002236739A JP 2002236739 A JP2002236739 A JP 2002236739A JP 2004073417 A JP2004073417 A JP 2004073417A
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Masahiro Watanabe
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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To specify a generation source by allowing a hearing-impaird person to detect various report sounds issued from kitchenware or home electric appliances, or the like and also to allow an auditorily normal person at a place where the report sounds are hardly detected to detect the sounds. <P>SOLUTION: A report apparatus picks-up the report sound with a microphone, amplifies it, converts it into another information transmitting form, e.g., visual information and/or tactual information, and outputs it. In this case, the original features of the report sound such as a sound level, a sound frequency, and a repetition cycle are remained as much as possible, and then conversion is performed. A sound signal picked up by the microphone and amplified is transmitted by a feeble power transmitter to the user at a part separated from the report sound generation source, a receiver receives it, and then, the information transmitting form is converted. The report sound being a reception signal by the receiver is amplified as it is and outputted from a speaker, in the case of the transmitting means for the auditorily normal person at a far place where the sound is hardly caught. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

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【0001】
【発明が属する技術分野】
本発明は、台所用品、家庭電化製品等が発する各種通報あるいは警報音声を聴覚障害者が検知できる他の伝達方法に変換する、あるいは通報あるいは警報音声が届きにくいところにいる聴覚正常者にその伝達を可能にする、通報装置に関する。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
台所用品あるいは家庭電化製品等の使用に際して、聴覚障害者用、あるいは耳の遠くなった老人用に、音声による通報あるいは警報の伝達に代えて画像表示等による伝達の試みはごく一部なされているが、まだその効果は実用的に十分ではない。
【0003】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
本発明は台所用品、家庭電化製品等の発する各種通報あるいは警報音声を聴覚障害者でも検知および弁別可能にする、また通報あるいは警報音声が検知しにくい場所にいる聴覚正常者にその検知を可能にする、通報装置を提供しようとするものである。
【0004】
【課題を解決するための手段】
通報あるいは警報音声をマイクロフォン等でピックアップして増幅し、それを他の伝達方法例えば視覚情報あるいは触覚情報に変換して出力する。
【0005】
この変換に際しては極力元の通報あるいは警報音声の特徴例えば音声レベル、音声周波数、繰返し周期、等の特徴を残した形で変換する。
この変換された出力例えば視覚情報に変換された表示出力を聴覚障害者である使用者が見て、その表示情報の特徴から通報あるいは警報の内容を弁別する。
【0006】
あるいは、マイクロフォンでピックアップして増幅した音声信号を、微弱電力送信機で送信し、それを受信機で受信して後、前記伝達方法の変換を行う。
【0007】
また、聴覚障害者用としてでなく、単に通報あるいは警報音声の聞きとりが困難な離れた場所にいる聴覚正常者に対しての通報あるいは警報音声伝達手段として、前記受信機での受信信号である音声信号をそのまま電力増幅してスピーカ出力する装置も考えられる。
【0008】
【実施例】
以下、本発明の実施例について図1、図2、図3、図4を用いて説明する。
図1は、聴覚障害者である本装置使用者が通報音声を出力する台所用品あるいは家庭電化製品等の近くにいる場合、即ち聴覚正常者であれば前記通報音声を直接検知できる距離にいる場合、の本発明構成例、
【0009】
図2は、聴覚障害者である本装置使用者が、聴覚正常者であっても直接前記通報音声を聞くことができないくらい遠方にいる場合の本発明構成例、
【0010】
図3は、直接前記通報音声を聞くことができないくらい遠方にいる聴覚正常者用の本発明構成例、
【0011】
図4は、図1、図2に示す変換機Bの構成例および表示機の表示例を示す説明図、
である。
【0012】
図1および図4において、
1は、台所用品、家庭電化製品等が発する通報音声等をピックアップするマイクロホン、
2Aは、前記マイクロホン出力を増幅する音声増幅器、
3Aは、前記音声増幅器2A出力の検波・積分値が一定レベル以上である場合、後述のバイブレーターを一定時間駆動する変換機、
【0013】
3Bは、前記音声増幅器2A出力の特徴を保って視覚情報に変換する変換機であり、例えば図4に示すごとく音声増幅器2A出力を複数の異なる周波数帯域の音声信号に分割して抽出するための音声周波数帯域フィルター群(F1、F2、F3、F4)および前記音声周波数フィルター群出力信号を個別に整流・濾波するための検波器群(D1、D2、D3、D4)から構成される。
【0014】
4Aは、前記変換機3A出力を使用者の触覚に感じさせるための触覚信号に変換するバイブレータ、
4Bは、前記変換機3B出力を視覚情報に変換する表示機であり、例えば変換機3B出力を図4のごとく表示するスペクトラム表示機、
である。
【0015】
本装置を携帯した視覚障害者である使用者は、台所用品あるいは家庭電化製品等から通報音声が出力されたとき、本装置によってその通報音声はピックアップ、音声増幅された後、触覚で感知できる振動情報としてバイブレータ4Aから出力されることにより、通報音声を検知する。
【0016】
あわせて、前記通報音声は表示機4Bにより通報音声のレベル、周波数、繰返し周期等の特徴を保った形でスペクトラム表示されることにより、使用者はそのスペクトラム表示内容とその経時変動の特徴から通報音声の発生源を特定することができる。
【0017】
図2において、
1、2A、3A、3B、4A、4B、はそれぞれ図1に示すマイクロホン1、音声増幅器2A、変換機3A、変換機3B、バイブレータ4A、表示機4B、と同一である。
【0018】
5は、前記音声増幅器2A出力で搬送波を変調して送信する微弱電力利用の送信機、
6は、前記微弱電力利用の送信機5の送信信号を受信する受信機、
2Bは、前記受信機6出力である警告音声を増幅する音声増幅器、
【0019】
10は、マイクロホン1、音声増幅器2A、微弱電力利用の送信機5から構成される、通報音声検知部、
20は、受信機6、音声増幅器2B、変換機3A、変換機3B、バイブレータ4A、および表示機4B、から構成される通報伝達部、
である。
【0020】
使用に際しては、通報音声検知部10を通報音声をピックアップしやすい場所に設置し、聴覚障害者である使用者は、通報伝達部20を携帯する。その他の使用方法は図1の場合と同様である。
【0021】
図3において、
1、2、5、6、はそれぞれ図2に示すマイクロホン1、音声増幅器2A、微弱電力利用の送信機5、受信機6、と同一である。
【0022】
7は、受信機6の音声出力を電力増幅する音声電力増幅器、
8は、音声電力増幅器7出力を音声出力するスピーカ、
【0023】
10は、図2に示すと同一の通報音声検知部、
30は、受信機6、音声電力増幅器7、およびスピーカ8から構成される通報音声出力部、
である。
【0024】
使用に際しては、図2構成例の場合と同様、通報音声検知部10を通報音声発生源近くに設置し、聴覚正常者である使用者は通報音声出力部30を携帯する。通報音声出力部30は、前記送信機の送信信号を受信できるラジオ受信機で代用することも可能である。
【0025】
【発明の効果】
以上のごとく本発明により、聴覚障害者は聴覚正常者と同様に台所用品、家庭電化製品等からの通報の検知、およびその発生源の特定が可能となる。また、通報音声が直接聞こえない場所にいる聴覚正常者もその検知・対応が可能となる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】警告音声発生源が、使用者である聴覚障害者のごく近傍にある場合の本発明構成例
【図2】警告音声発生源が、使用者である聴覚障害者の遠方にある場合の本発明構成例
【図3】警告音声発生源が、使用者である聴覚正常者の遠方にある場合の本発明構成例
【図4】本発明構成例図1、図2中の変換機3Bの具体的構成および表示機4Bの表示例を示す説明図である。
【符号の説明】
図1、図2、図3において、
1:マイクロホン、
2A:音声増幅器、
2B:音声増幅器、
3A:変換機、
3B:変換機、
4A:バイブレータ、
4B:表示機、
5:微弱電力利用送信機、
6:受信機、
7:音声電力増幅器、
8:スピーカ、
10:通報音声検知部、
20:通報伝達部、
30:通報音声出力部、
図4において、
F1、F2、F3、F4:音声周波数帯域フィルター、
D1、D2、D3、D4:検波器、
である。
[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention converts various reports or alarm sounds emitted by kitchen appliances, home appliances, and the like into other transmission methods that can be detected by a hearing-impaired person, or transmits the notification or alarm sound to a normal hearing person who is hard to reach the notification or alarm sound. And a notification device.
[0002]
[Prior art]
When using kitchen appliances or home appliances, only a small number of attempts have been made to transmit images or the like instead of voice messages or warnings for the hearing impaired or for the elderly who have lost their ears. However, the effect is not yet practically sufficient.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention makes it possible for a hearing impaired person to detect and discriminate various reports or alarm sounds emitted from kitchen appliances, home appliances, etc. To provide a notification device.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The notification or alarm sound is picked up by a microphone or the like, amplified, converted into another transmission method such as visual information or tactile information, and output.
[0005]
At the time of this conversion, conversion is performed in such a manner as to leave the characteristics of the original notification or warning voice as much as possible, such as voice level, voice frequency, and repetition period.
The user who is a hearing impaired sees the converted output, for example, the display output converted to visual information, and discriminates the contents of the report or the alarm from the characteristics of the display information.
[0006]
Alternatively, an audio signal picked up and amplified by a microphone is transmitted by a weak power transmitter, received by a receiver, and then subjected to the conversion of the transmission method.
[0007]
In addition, it is a signal received by the receiver, not for a hearing-impaired person, but simply as a report or a warning voice transmission means for a normal hearing person at a remote place where it is difficult to hear a report or a warning voice. A device that amplifies an audio signal as it is and outputs it to a speaker is also conceivable.
[0008]
【Example】
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, 3, and 4. FIG.
FIG. 1 shows a case where the user of the device, which is a hearing impaired person, is near a kitchen appliance or a home appliance which outputs a notification sound, that is, a normal hearing person is at a distance where the notification sound can be directly detected. Of the present invention,
[0009]
FIG. 2 is a configuration example of the present invention in a case where the user of the apparatus, which is a hearing impaired person, is so far away that he / she cannot hear the notification voice directly even if he / she has normal hearing.
[0010]
FIG. 3 shows a configuration example of the present invention for a hearing-impaired person who is so far away that he / she cannot directly hear the notification voice;
[0011]
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of the converter B shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and a display example of a display device;
It is.
[0012]
1 and 4,
1 is a microphone that picks up a notification voice and the like emitted by kitchenware, home appliances, and the like;
2A is an audio amplifier for amplifying the microphone output;
3A is a converter for driving a vibrator, which will be described later, for a predetermined time when the detection / integration value of the output of the audio amplifier 2A is equal to or higher than a predetermined level.
[0013]
Reference numeral 3B denotes a converter for converting the output of the audio amplifier 2A into audio signals of a plurality of different frequency bands, as shown in FIG. 4, for example, as shown in FIG. It comprises an audio frequency band filter group (F1, F2, F3, F4) and a detector group (D1, D2, D3, D4) for individually rectifying and filtering the audio frequency filter group output signal.
[0014]
4A is a vibrator for converting the output of the converter 3A into a tactile signal for making the user feel tactile;
4B is a display for converting the output of the converter 3B into visual information, for example, a spectrum display for displaying the output of the converter 3B as shown in FIG.
It is.
[0015]
When a user who is a visually impaired person who carries this device outputs a notification sound from kitchen appliances or home appliances, the device picks up the notification sound, amplifies the sound, and then detects vibrations that can be sensed by touch. The notification voice is detected by being output from the vibrator 4A as information.
[0016]
At the same time, the notification sound is displayed on the display 4B in the form of a spectrum while maintaining the characteristics of the notification sound such as the level, frequency, and repetition period. The source of the sound can be specified.
[0017]
In FIG.
1, 2A, 3A, 3B, 4A, and 4B are the same as the microphone 1, the audio amplifier 2A, the converter 3A, the converter 3B, the vibrator 4A, and the display 4B shown in FIG.
[0018]
5 is a transmitter using weak power that modulates and transmits a carrier at the output of the audio amplifier 2A;
6 is a receiver for receiving a transmission signal of the transmitter 5 using the weak power;
2B is an audio amplifier for amplifying a warning audio output from the receiver 6,
[0019]
Reference numeral 10 denotes a notification voice detection unit including a microphone 1, a voice amplifier 2A, and a transmitter 5 using weak power.
Reference numeral 20 denotes a message transmitting unit including a receiver 6, an audio amplifier 2B, a converter 3A, a converter 3B, a vibrator 4A, and a display 4B.
It is.
[0020]
In use, the notification voice detection unit 10 is installed in a place where the notification voice can be easily picked up, and the user who is a hearing impaired carries the notification transmission unit 20. Other uses are the same as those in FIG.
[0021]
In FIG.
Reference numerals 1, 2, 5, and 6 are the same as the microphone 1, the audio amplifier 2A, the transmitter 5 and the receiver 6 using weak power shown in FIG. 2, respectively.
[0022]
7 is an audio power amplifier for power-amplifying the audio output of the receiver 6,
8 is a speaker for outputting the audio power amplifier 7 output as audio,
[0023]
10 is the same notification voice detection unit as shown in FIG.
Reference numeral 30 denotes a notification sound output unit including the receiver 6, the sound power amplifier 7, and the speaker 8,
It is.
[0024]
In use, as in the case of the configuration example of FIG. 2, the notification voice detection unit 10 is installed near the notification voice generation source, and a user who is a normal hearing person carries the notification voice output unit 30. The notification voice output unit 30 can be replaced with a radio receiver that can receive the transmission signal of the transmitter.
[0025]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, a hearing-impaired person can detect a report from a kitchen appliance, a home appliance, or the like and specify a source of the notification, similarly to a normal hearing person. In addition, a person with normal hearing in a place where the notification voice cannot be directly heard can also detect and respond to it.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of the present invention in which a warning sound source is located very close to a hearing-impaired person as a user. FIG. 2 shows a case where a warning sound source is located far from a hearing-impaired person as a user. FIG. 3 is a configuration example of the present invention when a warning sound source is located far from a normal hearing person who is a user. FIG. 4 is a configuration example of the present invention. Converter 3B in FIGS. 1 and 2 FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific configuration of a display device and a display example of a display device 4B.
[Explanation of symbols]
In FIGS. 1, 2 and 3,
1: microphone,
2A: audio amplifier,
2B: audio amplifier,
3A: converter,
3B: converter,
4A: vibrator,
4B: display device,
5: transmitter using weak power,
6: Receiver,
7: Audio power amplifier,
8: speaker,
10: notification voice detection unit,
20: Report transmission section,
30: notification voice output unit,
In FIG.
F1, F2, F3, F4: audio frequency band filters,
D1, D2, D3, D4: detector,
It is.

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音声をピックアップするマイクロフォン、前記マイクロフォン出力を増幅する増幅器、前記増幅器出力の音声信号をその特徴を保って視覚情報に変換する変換機、前記変換機出力である視覚情報を表示出力する表示機、を有することを特徴とする通報装置。A microphone that picks up sound, an amplifier that amplifies the microphone output, a converter that converts the audio signal of the amplifier output into visual information while maintaining its characteristics, and a display that displays and outputs visual information that is the output of the converter. A notification device, comprising: 請求項1にあって、増幅器出力の音声信号は微弱電力利用の送信機および前記微弱電力利用の送信機出力を受信する受信機を経由して変換機に入力されることを特徴とする通報装置。2. The notification device according to claim 1, wherein the audio signal output from the amplifier is input to the converter via a transmitter using the weak power and a receiver receiving the output from the transmitter using the weak power. . 音声をピックアップするマイクロフォン、前記マイクロフォン出力を増幅する増幅器、前記増幅器出力の音声信号を送信する微弱電力利用の送信機、前記微弱電力利用の送信機出力を受信する受信機、前記受信機出力の音声信号を電力増幅する音声電力増幅器、前記音声電力増幅器出力を音声出力するスピーカ、を有することを特徴とする通報装置。A microphone that picks up sound, an amplifier that amplifies the microphone output, a transmitter that uses the weak power to transmit the audio signal of the amplifier output, a receiver that receives the output of the transmitter that uses the weak power, and a sound that is output from the receiver. A notification device, comprising: a voice power amplifier for power-amplifying a signal; and a speaker for voice-outputting the voice power amplifier output. 請求項3にあって、微弱電力利用の送信機の送信信号はラジオ受信機で受信可能であることを特徴とする通報装置。The notification device according to claim 3, wherein the transmission signal of the transmitter using the weak power can be received by the radio receiver.
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