JP2006330133A - Content providing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a content providing apparatus with excellent convenience which can reduce load on operations which are burdened on a user and in its turn, with which the user can obtain only desired contents by a simple operation. <P>SOLUTION: A content providing apparatus is a content providing apparatus 1 which provides contents to the user by outputting voice by reading aloud the contents, and the apparatus 1 is characterized in that, when a preliminarily specified keyword is included in contents, the apparatus outputs voice by reading aloud the detailed content of the contents. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a content providing apparatus, and more particularly to a content providing apparatus suitable for providing content to a user by reading out a content such as a news article and outputting it by voice.

  In recent years, in-vehicle navigation devices have come to use navigation devices that can be connected to the Internet.

  Such a navigation device can provide various contents to the user by reading out and outputting the contents such as news articles and spot information (information on spots such as sightseeing spot information, the same applies hereinafter) via the Internet. It can be done.

  In addition, such a navigation device is provided with a function referred to as all-speech reading that reads out all news articles or point information from a news article list or point list and outputs the sound when reading out content. It was.

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  By the way, in the above-described navigation apparatus, when all the readings are executed, the news articles and the text of the point information are read out one by one.

  In this case, the user can also perform an operation of shifting to reading the next information for contents that are not of interest to the user.

  However, in news articles and point information, there are a mix of things that the user is interested in and those that are not shown, so for those that do not show interest, the next information is read out each time. As a result, an operation burden is imposed on the user.

  Therefore, conventionally, there has been a problem that it is difficult for the user to obtain only desired content by a simple operation.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and can reduce the operational burden imposed on the user, and thus can obtain only desired content by a simple operation. An object of the present invention is to provide a content providing apparatus with excellent performance.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, the content providing apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that, when a keyword specified in advance is included in the content, the detailed content of the content is read out and output as a voice.

  And according to such a structure, it becomes possible to read out the detailed content of the content automatically, and to output it only for the content including the keyword specified beforehand.

  In addition, the content providing apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that, when a keyword that is designated in advance is not included in the content, the simple content of the content is read out and output as voice.

  And according to such a structure, about the content which does not contain the keyword designated beforehand, it becomes possible to read out only the simple content of the said content automatically, and to carry out audio | voice output.

  Furthermore, the content providing apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that, when a keyword specified in advance is included in the content, the simple content and the detailed content of the content are read out and output as voice.

  And according to such a structure, about the content containing the keyword designated beforehand, it becomes possible to read out the simple content and detailed content of the said content automatically, and to carry out audio | voice output.

  Furthermore, the content providing apparatus according to the present invention can provide a plurality of contents to the user by sequentially reading out and outputting a plurality of contents, and sequentially reading out and outputting the plurality of contents. At this time, among the plurality of contents, for the contents including the keyword specified in advance, the detailed contents of the contents are read out and output as voice, and the keyword specified in the plurality of contents is For content that is not included, a simple content of the content is read out and output as audio.

  And according to such a structure, about the content containing the keyword designated beforehand among the plurality of contents, it becomes possible to automatically read out the detailed contents of the content and output it as a voice. For content that does not include a keyword, it is possible to automatically read out only the simple content of the content and output it as audio.

  In addition, the content providing apparatus according to the present invention can provide a plurality of contents to the user by sequentially reading out and outputting a plurality of contents, and when reading out and outputting the plurality of contents sequentially. In addition, for the content including a keyword specified in advance among the plurality of contents, the simple contents and the detailed contents of the contents are read out and output as audio, and the contents specified in the plurality of contents are specified in advance. For content that does not include a keyword, only the simple content of the content is read out and output as speech.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to automatically read out the simple contents and detailed contents of the content and output the sound for the content including the keyword specified in advance among the plurality of contents. For content that does not include the specified keyword, it is possible to automatically read out only the simple contents of the content and output the sound.

  Furthermore, the content providing apparatus according to the present invention can provide a plurality of contents to the user by sequentially reading out a plurality of contents and outputting the sounds, and can easily read out the simple contents of the plurality of contents and output the sound. In this process, the contents including the keyword specified in advance are characterized by reading out the detailed contents of the contents and outputting them by voice following the simple contents of the contents.

  According to such a configuration, in the process of sequentially reading out the simple contents of a plurality of contents and outputting the sound, the contents including the keyword specified in advance are automatically detailed following the simple contents of the contents. Can be read out and output as a voice.

  Furthermore, the content providing apparatus according to the present invention includes an input means for a user to input and specify a keyword, a keyword holding means for holding a keyword input by the input means, an analysis means for analyzing the content, The content analyzed by the analyzing unit and the keyword held by the keyword holding unit are collated, and whether the keyword held by the keyword holding unit is included in the content analyzed by the analyzing unit A determination means for determining whether or not, a reading means for reading out at least one of the simple contents and the detailed contents based on the determination result of the determination means, the simple details of the contents read out by the reading means, and At least one of the details It is characterized by comprising an audio output means for voice output.

  According to such a configuration, only by performing an operation of inputting a keyword by the input unit, the detailed content of only the content including the keyword is read by the reading unit based on the determination result of the determination unit, and the sound is output. It becomes possible to output sound by means. For content that does not include the keyword input by the input means, only the simple contents of the content can be read out by the read-out means and can be output as voice by the audio output means.

  Also, the content providing apparatus according to the present invention is capable of reading out the detailed contents of the content and outputting it as a sound by the user's selection even for the content not including the keyword.

  And according to such a structure, it becomes possible to read out the detailed content of the content which does not contain the keyword designated beforehand according to a user's selection, and to carry out audio | voice output.

  Furthermore, the content providing apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that the simple content is the title in the news article and the detailed content is the text in the news article.

  According to such a configuration, it is possible to automatically read out and automatically output the text of the news article only for the news article including the keyword designated in advance.

  Furthermore, the content providing apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that the simple content is simple information in the point information, and the detailed content is the text in the point information.

  And according to such a structure, it becomes possible to read out the text of the said point information automatically, and to output only about the point information containing the keyword designated beforehand.

  A content providing apparatus according to the present invention is mounted on a navigation apparatus.

  According to such a configuration, when content is provided to the user in the navigation device, it is possible to automatically read out the detailed content of the content and output the sound only for the content including the keyword specified in advance. It becomes.

  According to the content providing apparatus according to the present invention, it is possible to automatically read out the detailed content of the content and output the sound only for the content including the keyword specified in advance, resulting in an operational burden imposed on the user. As a result, the detailed content of the desired content can be obtained by a simple operation, and the convenience can be improved.

  Further, according to the content providing apparatus according to the present invention, as for the content not including the keyword specified in advance, only the simple contents of the content can be automatically read out and output as a voice. It is possible to avoid the trouble of providing undesired content for a long time. Moreover, even if the content is not desired by the user at the beginning, it is possible to leave an opportunity for a change in the user's desire that the user wants to know the detailed content afterwards based on the provided simple content. Therefore, the user's options can be expanded. After that, by providing a means for reading out the detailed content of the desired content and outputting it as a sound by the user's selection, the user can provide more detailed content of the content desired by the user. be able to.

  Furthermore, according to the content providing apparatus according to the present invention, the user wishes for the content including the keyword specified in advance because the simple content and the detailed content of the content can be automatically read out and output as voice. Since it is possible to obtain the detailed contents of the desired content after grasping the simple contents, the contents can be easily grasped.

  Furthermore, according to the content providing apparatus according to the present invention, for a content including a keyword specified in advance among a plurality of content, the detailed contents of the content can be automatically read out and output in voice. For content that does not contain the specified keyword, only the simple contents of the content can be automatically read out and output as a voice. As a result, even when multiple contents are provided, the operational burden imposed on the user Therefore, it is possible to obtain the detailed content of the content desired by the user with a simple operation. On the other hand, even if the content is not desired by the user at the beginning, it is possible to leave an opportunity for the user to change his / her desire to know the detailed content afterwards based on the provided simple content. , Can expand the options of the user.

  Further, according to the content providing apparatus according to the present invention, it is possible to automatically read out the simple contents and detailed contents of the content and output the sound for the content including the keyword specified in advance among the plurality of contents. As for the contents that do not include the keyword specified in advance, only the simple contents of the contents can be automatically read out and output as a voice. As a result, the contents desired by the user are understood in detail after understanding the simple contents. The contents can be obtained, and the contents can be easily grasped. In addition, even if the content is not desired by the user at the beginning, based on the provided simple content, there is an opportunity for the user to change his / her desire to know the detailed content afterwards. Many options can be provided.

  Furthermore, according to the content providing apparatus of the present invention, in the process of sequentially reading out the simple contents of a plurality of contents and outputting the sound, the contents including the keyword specified in advance are detailed following the simple contents of the contents. As a result of automatically reading out and outputting a sound, when providing a plurality of contents, the contents desired by the user can be obtained immediately after grasping the simple contents. The contents of can be grasped more easily.

  Furthermore, according to the content providing apparatus of the present invention, only the operation of inputting a keyword by the input unit is performed, and the detailed content of only the content including the keyword is read by the reading unit based on the determination result of the determining unit. Thus, for content that does not include the keyword input by the input means and can be output by the sound output means, only the simple contents of the content can be read out by the read-out means and output by the sound output means. As a result, the detailed content of the desired content can be obtained by a simpler operation, and the convenience can be further improved.

  Further, according to the content providing apparatus according to the present invention, it is possible to read out the detailed content of the content not including the keyword specified in advance according to the user's selection and output it as a voice. Corresponding to the above, it is possible to provide detailed contents of more contents than the user desires.

  Furthermore, according to the content providing apparatus according to the present invention, it is possible to automatically read out the body of the news article and output it as a voice only for a news article including a keyword specified in advance, and as a result, an operation imposed on the user. The burden of the above can be reduced, the text of a desired news article can be obtained by a simple operation, and the convenience can be improved.

  Furthermore, according to the content providing apparatus according to the present invention, it is imposed on the user as a result of being able to automatically read out the text of the spot information and output the voice only for the spot information including the keyword specified in advance. The operational burden can be reduced, and the text of desired point information can be obtained by a simple operation, improving convenience.

  Further, according to the content providing apparatus according to the present invention, when content is provided to the user in the navigation apparatus, only the content including the keyword specified in advance is automatically read out and voice-outputted for the content including the keyword specified in advance. As a result, the operational burden imposed on the user can be reduced, and as a result, it is possible to realize a highly convenient navigation device that can obtain detailed contents of desired content by a simple operation. it can.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a content providing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the content providing apparatus 1 in this embodiment is roughly divided into a control unit 2 and a key operation unit 3, a display 5, an utterance switch 6, a microphone 7 and a speaker 9 connected to the control unit 2, respectively. It is constituted by.

  The key operation unit 3 functions as an input unit so that a user can specify a desired keyword by performing an input operation of pressing down a desired key of the key operation unit 3. It has become.

  In addition, not only the key operation unit 3 but also the microphone 7 may function as an input unit, and a keyword may be designated by voice input via the microphone 7. Alternatively, the display 5 may be of a touch panel type, and a keyword may be designated by a user inputting a desired keyword through a key operation on the operation screen of the touch panel. Furthermore, various means such as a linear encoder may be used as the input means.

  The control unit 2 executes various processes required for reading out contents and outputting sound, and has a plurality of components necessary for executing these processes.

  That is, the control unit 2 has a keyword holding unit 10 including a memory or the like as a keyword holding unit. The keyword holding unit 10 stores a keyword specified by an input operation of the key operation unit 3. It is supposed to be retained.

  Further, the control unit 2 has a communication unit 11, and by connecting to the Internet via the communication unit 11, a plurality of contents can be sequentially acquired from an information source through the Internet. .

  A content analysis unit 12 as an analysis unit is connected to the communication unit 11, and a plurality of contents acquired from the communication unit 11 through the Internet are input to the content analysis unit 12. . The content analysis unit 12 analyzes a plurality of input contents and outputs an analysis result.

  A matching processing unit 14 as a determination unit is connected to the content analysis unit 12 and the keyword holding unit 10.

  The matching processing unit 14 is input with the plurality of contents analyzed by the content analysis unit 12 as an analysis result of the content analysis unit 12.

  The matching processing unit 14 performs a matching process for collating the plurality of input contents (analysis results) with the keywords held by the keyword holding unit 10.

  Then, as a result of the matching process, the matching processing unit 14 determines whether or not the keyword held by the keyword holding unit 10 is included in the plurality of contents input to the matching processing unit 14. ing.

  The matching processing unit 14 is connected to a reading control unit 15 as a reading unit.

  The reading control unit 15 controls reading of the plurality of contents input to the matching processing unit 14 based on the determination result of the matching processing unit 14.

  That is, the reading control unit 15 sequentially reads the simple contents of the plurality of contents from the matching processing unit 14 when the simple all-case reading mode is set.

  Note that the setting of the simple all-reading mode may be performed, for example, by the user selecting simple all-reading from the menu displayed on the display 5 by operating the key operation unit 3.

  Furthermore, in the process of sequentially reading out the simple contents of the plurality of contents from the matching processing unit 14, the reading-out control unit 15 determines the content including the keyword held in the keyword holding unit 10 (hereinafter referred to as desired content) Following the simple content of the desired content, the detailed content of the desired content is read out.

  Then, the reading control unit 15 sequentially outputs simple contents or detailed contents of the plurality of contents read out.

  A speech synthesis unit 16 is connected to the reading control unit 15, and simple contents or detailed contents of the contents output by the reading control unit 15 are sequentially input to the speech synthesis unit 16. .

  The voice synthesizer 16 outputs a voice corresponding to the simple contents or detailed contents of the input content to the speaker 9 as a voice output means.

  As a result, the simple contents of the plurality of contents are sequentially outputted from the speaker 9 and the detailed contents of the desired contents are outputted as voices following the simple contents.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, for the desired content among the plurality of contents, the detailed content can be automatically read out and output in voice following the simple content of the desired content. On the other hand, among the contents other than the desired contents, only simple contents can be automatically read out and output as audio.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the contents other than the desired contents among the plurality of contents can be read out and output in sound by the user's selection.

  That is, a speech recognition unit 18 is connected to the reading control unit 15, and speech speech collected by the microphone 7 is input to the speech recognition unit 18 in a state where the speech switch 6 is pushed down. It has become so.

  The voice recognition unit 18 recognizes the uttered voice input from the microphone 7 (for example, the voice uttered the simple contents) based on the voice recognition dictionary built in itself.

  The reading control unit 15 reads out the detailed content of the content corresponding to the voice recognized by the voice recognition unit 18 from the matching processing unit 14 and outputs it to the voice synthesis unit 16.

  As a result, the content other than the desired content can also be read out and output as audio.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

  In the following description, reading a news article and outputting audio as an example of content will be described. In this case, the simple content is the title of the news article, and the detailed content is the body of the news article.

  First, in the initial state, it is assumed that the keyword holding unit 10 holds a keyword specified in advance by an input operation of the key operation unit 3 by the user.

  In the initial state, it is assumed that a plurality of news articles are downloaded from the information source to the content providing apparatus 1 through the Internet.

  Then, from the initial state, as shown in FIG. 2, after starting the processing for reading a news article and outputting the voice, in step 1 (ST1) of FIG. 2, the plurality of news articles downloaded in the initial state are A loop is started that is repeated the same number of times.

  Next, in step 2 (ST2), the content analysis unit 12 analyzes one news article among a plurality of news articles acquired in step 1 (ST1).

  Next, in step 3 (ST3), the matching processing unit 14 performs matching processing for collating the analysis result of the content analysis unit 12 in step 2 (ST2) with the keyword held in the keyword holding unit 10.

  Next, in step 4 (ST4), whether or not there is a word that matches the keyword in step 3 (ST3) in the news article that has undergone the matching process in step 3 (ST3) by the matching processing unit 14. In other words, it is determined whether or not the keyword exists in the news article that has undergone the matching process.

  As a result of the determination in step 4 (ST4), if there is a word that matches the keyword in the news article, the process proceeds to step 5 (ST5), and if not, step 6 (ST6). Proceed to

  In step 5 (ST5), the reading control unit 15 reads out the title of the news article, and the speaker 9 outputs the read-out title as a voice.

  In step 5 (ST5), the reading control unit 15 reads out the text of the news article following the title of the news article, and the speaker 9 outputs the read-out text by voice.

  On the other hand, in step 6 (ST6), the read-out control unit 15 reads out only the title of the news article, and the read-out title is output by voice through the speaker 9.

  Next, step 7 (ST7) is the end of the loop. In step 7 (ST7), if there is no downloaded unprocessed news article remaining, the process is terminated. Returning to step 1 (ST1), the processing described above is repeated for the next news article.

  As described above, according to the content providing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, in the process of reading out the simple contents of a plurality of contents sequentially and outputting the voice, the detailed contents are automatically added to the desired contents after the simple contents. Can be read out and output as audio. For content other than the desired content, only the simple contents of the content can be automatically read out and output as audio.

  As a result, the operational burden imposed on the user can be reduced, and as a result, the detailed content of the desired content can be obtained by a simple operation, and convenience can be improved. In addition, when providing a plurality of contents, the desired contents can be obtained immediately after grasping the simple contents, so that the contents of the desired contents can be easily grasped. Furthermore, even if the content is other than the desired content, by providing simple contents, leave an opportunity for the user's desire to change based on the simple contents so that the user wants to know the detailed contents later. Can be expanded to the user.

  Furthermore, according to the content providing apparatus 1 in the present embodiment, the content other than the desired content can be read out and output as a sound by selecting the user, so that the user's desired change can be flexibly dealt with. Can do.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above, A various change is possible as needed.

  For example, when the content providing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is mounted on an in-vehicle navigation apparatus, the operational burden imposed on the user can be reduced and driving safety can be improved. Such excellent effects can be achieved.

  Further, when providing a plurality of contents, the reading of the detailed contents and the sound output may be performed after the reading of the simple contents of all the contents and the sound output are completed as necessary.

  Furthermore, for content including a keyword, only the detailed content may be read out and output as necessary, if necessary.

  Further, the content is not limited to the news article but may be other content such as point information. When the content is point information, the simple contents are simple information such as a point name (city name, etc.) in the point information, and the detailed contents are the main text in the point information.

  Furthermore, the simple content or the detailed content of the read content may be displayed on the display 5 as necessary.

The block diagram which shows embodiment of the content provision apparatus which concerns on this invention The flowchart which shows the process of reading a news article and outputting an audio | voice in embodiment of the content provision apparatus which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Content provision apparatus 3 Key operation part 10 Keyword holding part 12 Content analysis part 14 Matching process part 15 Reading control part

Claims (11)

A content providing apparatus that provides content to a user by reading out the content and outputting the sound,
When the content includes a keyword specified in advance, the content providing apparatus reads out the detailed content of the content and outputs the sound.   2. The content providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when the content does not include the keyword designated in advance, the content providing apparatus reads out the simple content of the content and outputs the sound. 2. The content providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the pre-designated keyword is included in the content, the simple content and the detailed content of the content are read out and output as audio. By sequentially reading out a plurality of contents and outputting them by voice, it is possible to provide a plurality of contents to the user,
When the plurality of contents are sequentially read out and output as voice, the contents including the keyword specified in advance are read out from the plurality of contents, and the detailed contents of the contents are read out and output as voice. 2. The content providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, among a plurality of contents, the contents that do not include the keyword specified in advance are read out as simple contents of the contents and output as audio. By sequentially reading out a plurality of contents and outputting them by voice, it is possible to provide a plurality of contents to the user,
When the plurality of contents are sequentially read out and output as voice, among the plurality of contents, the contents including the keyword specified in advance are read out by reading out the simple contents and the detailed details of the contents. The content providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, for the content that does not include the predesignated keyword, the content providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein only the simple content of the content is read out and output as audio. . By sequentially reading out a plurality of contents and outputting them by voice, it is possible to provide a plurality of contents to the user,
The simple contents of the plurality of contents are sequentially read out and outputted as voice. In this process, for the contents including the keyword specified in advance, the detailed contents of the contents are read out following the simple contents of the contents. The content providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the content providing apparatus outputs the sound. An input means for a user to input and specify the keyword;
Keyword holding means for holding the keyword input by the input means;
Analyzing means for analyzing the content;
The content analyzed by the analyzing unit and the keyword held by the keyword holding unit are collated, and whether the keyword held by the keyword holding unit is included in the content analyzed by the analyzing unit. Determination means for determining whether or not
Based on the determination result of the determination means, the reading means for reading out at least one of the simple contents and the detailed contents of the contents;
The voice output unit according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising voice output means for outputting at least one of the simple contents and the detailed contents read out by the reading means. Content providing device.   8. The content of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the content that does not include the keyword can be read out and output as a sound by reading out the detailed content of the content according to the user's selection. The content providing apparatus according to 1.   The content provision according to any one of claims 2 to 8, wherein the simple content of the content is a title in a news article, and the detailed content of the content is a text in the news article. apparatus.   The content according to any one of claims 2 to 8, wherein the simple content of the content is simple information in the point information, and the detailed content of the content is a text in the point information. Providing device.   The content providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the content providing apparatus is mounted on a navigation device.

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