JP2007047461A - Conference active state analyzing device, method, program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device that makes it easy to facilitate a conference by quantitatively measuring the current state of the conference. <P>SOLUTION: The conference active state analyzing device 100 which analyzes the active state of the conference has a conference contribution information acquisition section 400 which acquires conference contribution information representing the degree of contribution of each member to the conference, a conference active state diagnosis section 500 which diagnoses the active state of the conference based upon the conference contribution information, and a conference active state output section 600 which outputs the results of the diagnosis. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a conference activity status analysis apparatus, method, program, and recording medium for quantitatively analyzing a conference activity status based on the remarks of members who make a conference.

  Currently, about 30% of office workers' working hours are said to be spent on meetings. Therefore, raising the efficiency of meetings is a challenge for companies in recent years. In fact, companies with good performance often hold meetings efficiently. Examples of inefficient meetings include meetings that have a long time without any content, meetings that do not start on time, meetings that have members who do not speak anything, and meetings that are endlessly spoken . It is necessary to prevent this from happening in order to increase efficiency.

Note that “Progress proceeding support apparatus and proceeding progress support program” of Patent Document 1 discloses an invention that promotes the operation of a conference by managing the agenda of the conference and the time spent on it.
WO2002 / 103591

  In order to increase the efficiency of the conference, a person facilitating the conference is required. What is needed for a facilitating person is to accurately grasp the current state of the conference, manipulate the flow of the conference, and make a conclusion in a short time. However, the skills to do these are very advanced and not something that everyone can do right away.

  In the first place, it is considered that an effective conclusion cannot be drawn for a conference unless it is activated so that each member makes various statements. That is, it can be said that the degree of contribution of each member to the conference affects the activity status of the conference and is the key to improving the efficiency of the conference.

  Although efficiency can be improved by managing the agenda of the meeting and the time spent on it as in Patent Document 1, it does not have means for properly evaluating the contribution of the members. Therefore, it is difficult to activate the conference with this invention and increase its efficiency.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus that facilitates facilitating a conference by quantitatively measuring the current status of the conference.

  An aspect of the present invention that achieves the above object is a conference activity status analysis device that analyzes the activity status of a conference, the conference contribution information acquisition means for acquiring conference contribution information that represents the degree of contribution of each member in the conference, It has a conference activity status diagnosis means for diagnosing the activity status of a conference based on conference contribution information.

  Here, the conference contribution information acquisition means includes voice input conversion means using voice data as input data, and voice member identification means for specifying a member from the voice data, and the time during which each member speaks. The length is used as the conference contribution information. Further, there are voice input devices corresponding to the number of members, and the voice member identifying means associates the members and the voice input devices in a one-to-one relationship.

  Further, the conference activity status diagnosing means diagnoses the presence / absence of a member who has not participated in the conference for a certain period of time, or diagnoses the presence / absence of a situation in which one member has participated in the conference for a certain time or more. And

  And in the said aspect, it has further a meeting active condition output means which outputs the result of the said diagnosis, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  In another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a conference contribution information acquisition step of acquiring conference contribution information representing a contribution degree of each member in the conference, and a conference activity status diagnosis for diagnosing the activity status of the conference based on the conference contribution information. The present invention relates to a conference activity status analysis method that includes a process and analyzes a conference activity status.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program for a conference activity status analysis apparatus for analyzing a conference activity status, wherein the conference contribution information acquisition for acquiring conference contribution information indicating a contribution degree of each member in the conference is obtained by a computer. And a conference activity status diagnosing unit for diagnosing a conference activity status based on the conference contribution information.

  Another aspect of the present invention relates to a recording medium storing the above program.

  The conference activity status analysis apparatus of the present invention can facilitate facilitating a conference by analyzing the activity status of the conference based on the contribution of each member in the conference and quantitatively measuring the current status of the conference.

  The best mode for carrying out the conference activity status analysis apparatus of the present invention will be described below. In the description, the drawings submitted at the same time as this specification will be appropriately referred to.

<Constitution>
The conference activity status analysis apparatus of this embodiment is a device that informs that the conference is stagnant from the conference contribution status of the conference members. FIG. 1 illustrates the hardware configuration of the conference activity status analysis apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment. The conference activity status analyzing apparatus 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, an operation input unit 14, a voice input unit 15, a display output unit 16, and a timer 17. It is configured. A start button 21 and an end button 22 are connected to the operation input unit 14. Further, a microphone 1 (31), a microphone 2 (32),..., A microphone n (3n) are connected to the voice input unit 15. Further, an LED (Light Emitting Diode) 41 and a speaker 42 are connected to the display output unit 16.

  The CPU 11 is an element that functions to centrally control the operation processing of each unit constituting the conference activity status analysis apparatus 10. The ROM 12 is a recording medium that stores a program to be read when the CPU 11 performs central processing control. This program also includes a program for diagnosing the activity status of the conference, which will be described later. The RAM 13 is an element that stores various information input / output to / from the conference activity status analysis apparatus 10.

  The operation input unit 14 is an element having a function of detecting that the start button 21 and the end button 22 are pressed and transmitting them to the CPU 11 as input data. The voice input unit 15 is an element having a function of detecting voices input from the microphone 1 (31), microphone 2 (32),..., Microphone n (3n) and transmitting the input data to the CPU 11. The display output unit 16 is an element having a function of converting information received from the CPU 11 into an appropriate format and outputting the converted information to the LED 41 and the speaker 42.

  The timer 17 is an element having a function of recognizing the current time as time information. The timing at which the start button 21 and the end button 22 are pressed is measured, and the measurement time is transmitted to the CPU 11 as time information.

  A start button 21 and an end button 22 are buttons that are pressed when starting and ending diagnosis of the activity status of the conference, and are input as analysis start information and analysis end information, respectively. The microphone 1 (31), the microphone 2 (32),..., The microphone n (3n) are components for inputting speech of members participating in the conference as voice data. The LED 41 and the speaker 42 are components for displaying the result of diagnosis of the conference activity status. The LED 41 illuminates and visually displays the result. The speaker 42 emits a warning sound and the result is audibly displayed.

  FIG. 2 illustrates a software configuration of the conference activity status analysis apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment. The input / output control interface unit 300, the conference contribution information acquisition unit 400, the conference activity status diagnosis unit 500, and the conference activity status output unit 600 are configured. For convenience, in FIG. 2, input parts such as the start button 21 and the microphone 1 (31) are set as the input unit 100, and input parts such as the LED 41 are set as the output unit 200.

  The input / output control interface unit 300 has a function of relaying information transmitted and received between the input unit 100, the output unit 200, the conference contribution information acquisition unit 400, the conference activity status diagnosis unit 500, and the conference activity status output unit 600. The operation processing of the operation input unit 14, the voice input unit 15, and the display output unit 16 is controlled.

  The conference contribution information acquisition unit 400 has a function of acquiring information indicating how much each member of the conference contributes to the conference as conference contribution information from the input unit 100. As the meeting contribution information, the length of time during which each member speaks may be used as an index of the degree of contribution to the meeting.

  FIG. 3 illustrates the software configuration of the conference contribution information acquisition unit 400. The storage unit 410 and the control unit 420 are included. The storage unit 410 includes a member voice state storage unit 411 and controls operation processing of the RAM 13. The control unit 420 includes a voice member identification unit 421 and a voice input conversion unit 422.

  The voice member identifying unit 421 identifies which member the voice is. In this embodiment, microphones are provided for the number of members, so that the voices of the members are identified by associating microphones 1 (31), microphones 2 (32),. .

  The voice input conversion unit 422 converts the voice information into information indicating who is uttering voice. The member is identified by the voice member identifying unit 421, and the time during which the timer 17 is speaking is measured. This information is used as conference contribution information. The member voice state storage unit 411 stores information converted by the voice input conversion unit 422. That is, the conference contribution information is stored.

  The conference activity status diagnosis unit 500 has a function of diagnosing the conference activity status based on the conference contribution information of each member. Specifically, when there is a member who has not participated in the conference at all for a certain period of time, it is considered that the conference is not active. That is, it is a case where the member does not speak for a certain time. Also, if the situation where only one member participates continues for a certain period of time, the conference is considered not active. That is, it is a case where the member keeps speaking for a certain period of time after speaking.

  FIG. 4 illustrates a software configuration of the conference activity status diagnosis unit 500. The storage unit 510 and the control unit 520 are included. The storage unit 510 includes a member voice state storage unit 511 and a diagnosis result storage unit 512, and controls operation processing of the RAM 13. The control unit 520 includes a member non-participation diagnosis unit 521, a member continuous non-participation time measurement unit 522, a member single participation diagnosis unit 523, and a member continuous participation time measurement unit 524.

  The member nonparticipation diagnosis unit 521 diagnoses a member who has not made a sound for a predetermined time or more from the conference contribution information. The member non-participating time measuring unit 522 measures the non-speaking time based on the timer 17 with respect to a member that does not make a sound.

  The member single participation diagnosis unit 523 diagnoses a single member who has been uttering voice for a predetermined time or more from the conference contribution information. The member continuous participation time measuring unit 524 measures the time during which the member continues to emit sound based on the timer 17 for the member who continues to emit sound.

  The member voice state storage unit 511 stores conference contribution information. The diagnosis result storage unit 512 stores the results of diagnosis by the member nonparticipation diagnosis unit 521 and the member single participation diagnosis unit 523.

  The conference activity status output unit 600 has a function of notifying the user of the diagnosis result diagnosed by the conference activity status diagnosis unit 500.

  FIG. 5 illustrates a software configuration of the conference activity status output unit 600. A storage unit 610 and a control unit 620 are included. The storage unit 610 includes a diagnosis result storage unit 611 and controls operation processing of the RAM 13. The control unit 620 includes a diagnosis result output conversion unit 621.

  The diagnosis result storage unit 611 stores the diagnosis result. The diagnosis result output conversion unit 621 acquires necessary information and issues an output instruction to the output unit 200.

<Operation>
An operation example of the conference activity status analysis apparatus 10 according to this embodiment will be described.

  First, analysis start information is input from the input unit 100. The analysis start information is information for instructing the start timing when diagnosing the activity status of the conference. The timer 17 starts measuring time, and the conference contribution information acquisition unit 400 starts accepting input.

  Next, audio data is input from the input unit 100. The audio data is passed to the conference contribution information acquisition unit 400 via the input / output control interface unit 300. At this time, in the input / output control interface unit 300, information for identifying the sound input from which microphone is added.

  Next, the conference contribution information acquisition unit 400 stores each time and the presence / absence of each member. From the information received from the input unit 100, first, the voice member identification unit 421 identifies which member's voice, and the voice input conversion unit 422 converts it into information indicating who is uttering the voice, and the member voice state storage unit 411. Is stored as conference contribution information.

  The voice member identifying unit 421 identifies who is uttered from the information received from the input unit 100, but it differs depending on the difference between the microphone 1 (31), the microphone 2 (32), ..., the microphone n (3n). Has been identified. In other words, the information from the input / output control interface unit 300 identifies who the voice is from.

  The voice input conversion unit 422 converts it into information indicating who is uttering the voice and stores it in the member voice state storage unit 411 as conference contribution information. For example, ON / OFF indicating whether or not a voice is emitted every 15 seconds is stored for each member. The state is “ON state” when the voice is emitted even in the 15 seconds, and “OFF state” when the voice is not emitted at all. A conceptual diagram of storage according to this example is shown in FIG. Mr. A, Mr. B and Mr. C are members of the conference, and the squares represent the time of 15 seconds. In the ON state, square squares are shaded and in the OFF state, square squares are displayed in white.

  Next, the conference activity status diagnosis unit 500 diagnoses the conference activity status. The member nonparticipation diagnosis unit 521 diagnoses the presence / absence of a member who has not made a sound for a certain period of time. Based on the conference contribution information stored in the member voice state storage unit 511, the continuous non-participation time of each member is acquired from the member continuous non-participation time measurement unit 522 at a certain period. If there is a member who has reached the specified time or more, it is determined that the conference is inactive. An example in which the designation of the continuous non-participation time is 4 minutes is shown in the conceptual diagram of storage in FIG. It seems that Mr. B who is a member of the conference does not speak out about two minutes after the conference starts.

  In addition, the member single participation diagnosis unit 523 diagnoses whether a single member continues to emit sound for a predetermined time or more. Based on the conference contribution information stored in the member voice state storage unit 511, the continuous participation time of each member is acquired from the member continuous participation time measurement unit 524 at a certain period. If there is a member who has reached a specified time or more, it is determined that the meeting is inactive. An example in which the designation of the single participation time is 3 minutes is shown in the conceptual diagram of storage in FIG. It can be seen that Mr. C who is a member of the conference keeps talking about 2 minutes after the conference starts.

  As a result of the diagnosis, the inactive time, the reason for the inactivity, and other information specific to each inactive condition (who has been uttering sound for a certain period of time, etc.) are taken up as items and stored as a result of diagnosis. Stored in the unit 512.

  Next, the conference activity status output unit 600 outputs the conference activity status based on the diagnosis result. The diagnosis result output conversion unit 621 acquires information related to the diagnosis result stored in the diagnosis result storage unit 611 and other information necessary for output conversion, and issues an output instruction to the output unit 200. As an output form, there are things such as turning on the LED 41 and sounding a warning sound from the speaker 42. However, for example, a display may be provided to display predetermined text. In this way, the details of the activity status and the details of the improvement can be presented to the members of the conference.

  Next, analysis end information is input from the input unit 100. The analysis end information is information for instructing the end timing when diagnosing the activity status of the conference. The timer 17 finishes measuring time, the conference activity status output unit 600 outputs the activity status so far, and the conference activity status analysis device 10 is initialized. However, instead of initialization, the active state diagnosed at that time may be stored in the RAM 13 so that it can be referred to as a history when the next diagnosis is performed.

  By using the conference activity status analyzer 10 as described above, it is possible to quantitatively measure the current state of how much the members of the conference contribute to the conference, so that the conference can be facilitated.

  In particular, a more quantitative analysis can be performed by setting the contribution to the conference as the length of time during which the member speaks.

  In addition, since the microphones are provided for the number of members, it is possible to clarify the means for determining which member has spoken.

  As the activity status of the conference is inactive, the situation where there is a member who does not speak anything, and the situation where one person is talking indefinitely, the load that the facilitator detects the activity status of the conference Can be reduced.

  The above embodiment is the best for carrying out the present invention, but is not intended to be limited to this. Therefore, various modifications can be made to the implementation form without changing the gist of the present invention.

2 illustrates a hardware configuration of the conference activity status analysis apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment. 2 illustrates a software configuration of the conference activity status analysis apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment. 2 illustrates a software configuration of the conference contribution information acquisition unit 400. 2 illustrates a software configuration of the conference activity status diagnosis unit 500. 2 illustrates a software configuration of the conference activity status output unit 600. It is a conceptual diagram of the memory | storage in the operation example of this form. It is a conceptual diagram of the memory | storage in the example of operation | movement of this form, and shows the condition where a certain member has not uttered sound more than fixed time. It is a conceptual diagram of the memory | storage in the operation example of this form, and shows the condition where a certain member continues to speak for a fixed time or more.

Explanation of symbols

10 Conference activity status analyzer 11 CPU
12 ROM
13 RAM
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 14 Operation input part 15 Audio | voice input part 16 Display output part 17 Timer 21 Start button 22 End button 31, 32, ..., 3n Microphone 1, microphone 2, ..., microphone n
41 LED
42 Speaker 100 Input unit 200 Output unit 300 Input / output control interface unit 400 Conference contribution information acquisition unit 410 Storage unit 411 Member voice state storage unit 420 Control unit 421 Audio member identification unit 422 Audio input conversion unit 500 Conference activity status diagnosis unit 510 Storage 511 Member voice state storage unit 512 Diagnostic result storage unit 520 Control unit 521 Member non-participation diagnosis unit 522 Member non-participation time measurement unit 523 Member single participation diagnosis unit 524 Member continuous participation time measurement unit 600 Conference activity status output unit 610 Storage unit 611 Diagnostic result storage unit 620 Control unit 621 Diagnostic result output conversion unit

Claims (9)

A conference activity status analyzer for analyzing the activity status of a conference,
Meeting contribution information acquisition means for acquiring meeting contribution information representing a contribution degree of each member in the meeting;
A conference activity status analysis apparatus comprising conference activity status diagnosis means for diagnosing the conference activity status based on the conference contribution information. The meeting contribution information acquisition means
Voice input conversion means using voice data as input data;
A voice member identifying means for identifying a member from the voice data;
2. The conference activity status analysis apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a length of time during which each member speaks is used as the conference contribution information. There are as many voice input devices as there are members.
3. The conference activity status analysis apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the voice member identification unit associates the members with the voice input device on a one-to-one basis.   4. The conference activity status analysis apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the conference activity status diagnosis unit diagnoses the presence / absence of a member who has not participated in the conference for a predetermined time or more.   4. The conference activity status analysis apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the conference activity status diagnosis unit diagnoses the presence / absence of a status where one member has participated in the conference for a predetermined time or more.   6. The conference activity status analysis apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising conference activity status output means for outputting the result of the diagnosis. A meeting contribution information acquisition step for acquiring meeting contribution information representing a contribution degree of each member in the meeting;
Having a conference activity status diagnosis step of diagnosing the conference activity status based on the conference contribution information,
A conference activity status analysis method for analyzing the activity status of a conference. A program of a conference activity status analysis device for analyzing the activity status of a conference,
On the computer,
Meeting contribution information acquisition means for acquiring meeting contribution information representing a contribution degree of each member in the meeting;
A program that functions as a conference activity status diagnosing unit that diagnoses a conference activity status based on the conference contribution information.   A recording medium storing the program according to claim 8.

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