JP2005341373A - Speaking assisting device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a speaking assisting device for making a speech or singing a song using a microphone correctly and smoothly. <P>SOLUTION: Controller 13 reads in text information, such as speech sentences or lyrics for speakers to refer to from memory card 40 equipped with card slot 11 via card interface part 15 in accordance with control signal received at I/O interface part 14, controls display controller 16, and scroll-displays the speech sentences or the lyrics, in accordance with the read-in text information at display part 12. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a speaker support device suitable for application to speech, singing, etc. using a microphone.

  Conventionally, in a speech using a microphone and a loudspeaker, in order to make a speech smoothly and smoothly, a memo describing a content to be spoken in advance is prepared, and a method of speaking with reference to the memo has been widely used. .

  However, such speech while referring to a memo has a problem that noise accompanying handling of the memo paper is picked up by a microphone and amplified and output. In addition, there is a possibility that the reading position of the memo is mistaken and the content of the memo cannot be transmitted correctly, and the speech while frequently referring to the memo has problems such as being unsightly from the listener side at the party.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a speaker support device that can accurately and smoothly perform speech, singing, and the like using a microphone.

  The speaker support device of the present invention includes a device main body and a mounting mechanism for mounting the device main body on the body of the microphone, and the device main body has a guide sentence referred to by a speaker such as a speech sentence or lyrics. Read the text information from the mounting unit to which the storage medium storing the information is mounted, the operation unit, the display unit capable of displaying a character string, and the storage medium mounted on the mounting unit according to the operation of the operation unit, Display control means for scrolling or switching displaying the sentence according to the sentence information on the display unit, and for example, the speech sentence following the progress of the speech is scroll-displayed or switched on the display unit by the operation of the speaker. It is characterized by supporting speech.

  Speech and singing using a microphone can be performed accurately and smoothly.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  An example of a state in which the speaker support device according to the embodiment of the present invention is attached to the microphone is shown in FIG. 1, and an external configuration of the device including necessary external components is shown in FIG. The speaker support device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a device body 10 and a mounting mechanism 20 that mounts the device body 10 on a microphone 30. The mounting mechanism 20 includes an Ω-shaped gripping portion having elasticity, and the apparatus main body 10 is mounted on the trunk portion of the microphone 30 by fitting the gripping portion to the trunk portion of the microphone 30. A hinge mechanism 21 is provided between the apparatus main body 10 and the mounting mechanism 20, and the apparatus main body 10 mounted on the microphone 30 by the mounting mechanism 20 can be rotated by a predetermined amount with respect to the body portion of the microphone 30. The angle of the display surface of the mounted apparatus main body 10 can be adjusted. The apparatus body 10 is provided with a card slot 11 by opening one side of the housing, and a display unit 12 on the front surface of the housing. Further, an operation unit for display operation described later is provided on the rear surface of the housing. The card slot 11 is loaded with a memory card 40 that stores text information for a guide referred to by a speaker such as a speech sentence or lyrics. The display unit 12 is configured by, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), and can display a character string of about 10 to several tens of digits.

  The internal components of the apparatus main body 10 are shown in FIG. In the apparatus main body 10, in addition to the card slot 11 and the display unit 12 described above, a control unit 13, an input / output interface unit (IO-I / F) 14, a card interface unit (Card-I / F) 15, a display control A unit 16, a power switch 17, a scroll operation switch 18, a scroll speed setting unit 19 and the like are provided. Here, the battery power source and the power supply circuit for operation built in the apparatus main body 10 are omitted.

  The control unit 13 is configured using a one-chip microcomputer, and executes processing as shown in FIG. Here, in accordance with an operation signal received from the input / output interface unit 14, the text information for a guide referred to by a speaker such as a speech sentence or lyrics is read from the memory card 40 mounted in the card slot 11 through the card interface unit 15. Then, the display control unit 16 is controlled to display a sentence such as a speech sentence or lyrics according to the read sentence information on the display unit 12.

  Each operation unit such as a power switch 17, a scroll operation switch (referred to as a scroll button) 18, and a scroll speed setting unit 19 is connected to the input / output interface unit 14. Each operation unit is pulled up to the Vcc potential by a pull-up resistor (R), and a signal between the Vcc potential and the ground potential accompanying the operation is input to the input / output interface unit 14 as an operation signal. The input / output interface unit 14 A / D-converts the operation signals of the operation units such as the power switch 17, scroll button 18, scroll speed setting unit 19, and the like, and sends the operation signals (operation command commands) to the control unit 13. Notice. Here, the power switch 17 is not a switch that is turned on / off by manual operation, but is switched on when the gripping portion of the mounting mechanism 20 is fitted to the body portion of the microphone 30, and the gripping portion of the mounting mechanism 20 is turned on. A microswitch that is switched off when removed from the body of the microphone 30 is used. Here, the tip of the operation lead provided on the micro switch is protruded inside the grip portion of the mounting mechanism 20, and when the grip portion is fitted to the body portion of the microphone 30, the tip of the operation lead is the microphone 30. The switch is turned on when the body part is pressed.

  The card interface unit 15 interfaces the memory card 40 mounted in the card slot 11 to the control unit 13 so as to allow read access. The display control unit 16 displays and outputs a sentence such as a speech sentence or lyrics on the display unit 12 under the control of the control unit 13. Here, according to the scroll instruction by the operation of the scroll operation switch 18, various sentences such as kanji mixed sentences and English sentences are scroll-displayed at the scroll speed set by the scroll speed setting unit 19.

A usage example and an operation example of the speaker support device having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 and FIG. 5 taking speech using a microphone as an example.
A memory card 40 storing speech statements of speech to be performed is inserted into the card slot 11 of the apparatus main body 10, and the gripping portion of the mounting mechanism 20 provided in the apparatus main body 10 is fitted into the trunk portion of the microphone 30. The hand support device 1 is attached to the microphone 30. At this time, the mounting angle of the apparatus main body 10 is adjusted within the rotatable range of the hinge mechanism 21 so that the display surface of the display unit 12 provided in the apparatus main body 10 is within a viewing range where the speaker can easily see.

  When the grip portion of the mounting mechanism 20 is fitted to the body portion of the microphone 30, the power switch 17 is switched on, and the control unit 13 starts the speaker support processing operation in the processing procedure shown in FIG. In this process, first, it is checked whether or not the memory card 40 is loaded in the card slot 11 (step S11). Here, when the memory card 40 is not inserted (No in step S11), a guide message to the effect that the memory card is inserted is displayed on the display unit 12, and the memory card 40 is inserted into the card slot 11. wait.

  When it is confirmed that the memory card 40 is installed in the card slot 11 (step S11 Yes), the speech text is read from the memory card 40 (step S12), and the display of the speech text is started (step S13). Initially, a character string of a predetermined number of speech sentences that can be displayed on the display unit 12 is displayed on the display unit 12 via the display control unit 16.

  When the scroll button 18 is operated along with the progress of the speech according to the display of the speech sentence (Yes in step S14), the speech sentence displayed on the display unit 12 according to the operation is set by the scroll speed setting unit 19. The scroll display is performed according to the scroll speed (step S15). The scroll display accompanying the operation of the scroll button 18 is repeatedly executed until the display of all the speech sentences is finished (step S16), and it is confirmed that all the display of the speech sentences read from the memory card 40 is finished. The operating power supply is shut off (switched off) (step S17).

  By using the display scroll of the speech text accompanying the progress of the speech, speech using a microphone can be performed accurately and smoothly.

The power switch 17 of the above-described embodiment is configured to be switched on when the gripping portion of the mounting mechanism 20 is mounted on the body portion of the microphone 30, but when a switch that is turned on / off by manual operation is used. Each time the power switch 17 is operated, display of a sentence (for example, a speech sentence) is interrupted, and speaker support (for example, a speech guide) having a functional configuration of resuming from the interrupted position can be realized.
In this case, after the display of the speech sentence is started by operating the power switch 17 (see step S13), all the display of the speech sentence read from the memory card 40 is ended (see step S16). In some cases, when the power switch 17 is operated, the control unit 13 holds the display position of the speech text currently displayed on the display section 12 (memory address of the speech text at the stop position). When the power is turned off and then the power switch 17 is operated again, the control unit 13 performs control to resume the display from the position where it was stopped at the previous display.

  Such interruption and resumption operations are repeated each time the power switch 17 is operated.

  In such a functional configuration, the power switch 17 may be simply operated (ON / OFF) as the speech progresses, and the speech guide can be performed by a simple operation of only the power switch 17, so that the speech can be accurately performed. And can be performed smoothly.

  Note that the scroll function using the scroll button 18 described above is not necessarily required when the function configuration is such that interruption and restart are repeated each time the power switch 17 is operated.

  Another embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. In the embodiment described above, the scroll operation switch 18 and the scroll speed setting unit 19 are connected to the input / output interface unit 14, whereas in the embodiment shown in FIG. Is configured using a single scroll operation lever 41. In this example, by pulling the scroll operation lever 41 in the direction of arrow a, the resistance value of the variable resistor 42 changes according to the operation amount, and a voltage value signal according to the change amount is input / output as an operation signal for scroll instruction. The data is input to the interface unit 14, A / D converted, and notified to the control unit 13. When the scroll operation lever 41 is operated in the direction of the arrow a, the control unit 13 performs control to scroll the speech text on the display unit 12 at a scroll speed corresponding to the operation amount. With such a configuration, it is possible to refer to the speech text at an arbitrary scrolling speed accompanying the progress of the speech only by operating the scroll operation lever 41.

The figure which shows the example of an attachment state of the speaker assistance apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the external appearance structure of the hand assistance apparatus which concerns on the said embodiment. The block diagram which shows the circuit structure of the hand assistance apparatus which concerns on the said embodiment. The figure which shows the circuit structure of the principal part which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows the process sequence of the hand assistance apparatus shown in the said FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Speaker support apparatus, 10 ... Apparatus main body, 11 ... Card slot, 12 ... Display part, 13 ... Control part, 14 ... Input / output interface part (IO-I / F), 15 ... Card interface part (Card-I) / F), 16 ..., display control unit, 17 ... power switch, 18 ... scroll operation switch, 19 ... scroll speed setting unit, 20 ... mounting mechanism, 30 ... microphone, 40 ... memory card, 41 ... scroll operation lever, 42 ... variable resistors.

Claims (3)

In accordance with the operation of the operation unit, a display unit capable of displaying a character string, an operation unit, a mounting unit on which a storage medium storing text information for a guide referred to by a speaker such as a speech sentence or lyrics is mounted, An apparatus main body comprising: display control means for reading out the sentence information from the storage medium attached to the attachment unit, and scrolling or switching displaying the sentence according to the sentence information on the display unit;
A speaker support device comprising a mounting mechanism for mounting the device main body on a microphone.   The speaker support device according to claim 1, wherein the attachment mechanism includes a mechanism that adjusts and supports the display surface of the display unit at a viewing position of an operator of the device body in a state where the device body is attached to a microphone. .   The speaker support device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit scrolls or switches and displays a sentence according to the sentence information read from the storage medium on the display unit.

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