JP2919370B2 - Announcement test equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a maintenance test apparatus for confirming the normality of the contents of a telephone exchange announcement.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is no test apparatus for automatically performing a test for confirming the content of an announcement, and a person confirms the content of an announcement at a telephone exchange.

[0003]

Conventionally, in a confirmation test of announcement contents which has been manually performed, since the test itself is performed by a person, maintenance costs are required and the number of tests is limited. Therefore, the number of tests is reduced, and the normality of the content of the announcement of the telephone exchange cannot be sufficiently confirmed.

[0004] In addition, the types of announcements of the telephone exchange are increasing, the announcement devices are various, and voice data is set and operated by various media and methods. There is a need for a general-purpose test device that periodically checks the normality of the device.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a general-purpose announcement test apparatus capable of automatically performing a test for confirming the contents of announcements of a telephone exchange in order to solve the above-mentioned problems. .

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to provide a line control unit for automatically accessing an announcement device of a telephone exchange through a telephone line, and a voice recognition unit for converting the content of the announcement from the line control unit into data. And, in the announcement test device including a main control unit having a test data storage unit, the test data storage unit has an announcement data storage unit for storing announcement determination code data, the main control unit, By comparing the data from the voice recognition unit with the code data for announcement judgment, any data that can be accessed by telephone dialing
The present invention can be attained by an announcement test device characterized by automatically confirming the normality of the announcement contents of the announcement device.

[0007] Further, it has a line control unit for automatically accessing an announcement device of a telephone exchange via a telephone line, a voice recognition unit for converting the contents of the announcement from the line control unit into data, and a test data storage unit. In the announcement test apparatus including the main control unit, the voice recognition unit has an announcement determination data storage unit that stores announcement determination data, and the voice recognition unit uses data from the line control unit and an announcement. by comparing the instrument judgment for data, a by telephone dial
The present invention can also be attained by an announcement test apparatus characterized by automatically confirming the normality of announcement contents of an arbitrary announcement apparatus that can be accessed .

In each of the two types of announcement test devices described above, the test data storage unit stores a result of comparing data from the voice recognition unit with code data for announcement determination. It is good to have.

Further, the test data storage section preferably has a number-under-test storage section for storing an announcement access telephone number for accessing the announcement apparatus.

Further, it is preferable that the test data storage unit has a test condition / schedule information storage unit for storing a test start time, a test execution number, a judgment data number, the number of tests, and the like.

An input / output device may be connected to the main controller.

Further, a monitor section for monitoring the sound from the line control section may be provided so that the contents of the announcement under test can be directly heard and confirmed.

The announcement test apparatus of the present invention uses a telephone number registered in the control apparatus by a tester in advance to access an announcement under test by automatic dial means, and to hear an audible announcement by a voice recognition means. By comparing this data with data set and held in the control device in advance,
Automatically determine the health of announcements. For this reason, normality can be confirmed without a person listening to the content of the announcement.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an announcement test apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of an announcement test apparatus according to the present invention. This device includes a main control unit 11, a line control unit 12, a speech recognition unit 1
3. It comprises an audio monitor unit 15 and an input / output unit 14. The connection between the telephone exchange and the exchange 2 is performed by the line control unit 12.
Done through. The main control unit 11 operates under program control, and stores test data in a test data storage unit 40.
0 is provided. To explain the function of each unit, the line control unit 12 accesses the telephone exchange 2 and the speech recognition unit 1.
Reference numeral 3 designates the voice from the line control unit 12 as voice recognition and converts it into data. The input / output unit 14 sets data and confirms the result, and the voice monitor unit 15 confirms voice.

FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of the test data storage section 400 of FIG. An embodiment of the announcement test apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The test data storage unit 400 includes a test number storage unit 410 and an announcement data storage unit 430.
And a test condition / schedule information storage unit 440 and a test result storage unit 420. In the test condition / schedule information storage unit, a test start time, a test execution target number, a judgment data number, the number of tests, etc. are set.

Next, a description will be given of the test operation and the setting operation of the code data for announcement determination in the first embodiment of the announcement test apparatus of the present invention with reference to FIGS. In the case of automatic, test data such as a test start time, a test execution number, a judgment data number, and the number of tests, which are test conditions and schedule information, are set in a test data storage section 400 provided in the control section. And the second announcement determination code data are registered. The first announcement determination code data is used for automatic use, and the second announcement determination code data is used for manual use. In addition, an announcement access telephone number is registered in the test data storage unit. After preparing as described above, the main control unit 11 starts the test according to the test condition / schedule information. next,
The telephone number for the announcement access under test is read from the test data storage unit 400 and sent to the line control unit 12,
The announcement under test 22 of the telephone exchange 2 is accessed by dial access. After the completion of the digital, the main control unit 11 instructs the voice recognition unit 13 connected via the line 3 and the line control unit 12 to start voice recognition. The voice recognition unit 13 voice-recognizes the announcement from the line 3, encodes the announcement, and notifies the main control unit 11. The main control unit 11 compares the notified data with the first announcement determination code data registered in the test data storage unit 400, determines the normality of the announcement content, and stores the result in the test data storage unit. 400 and output to the input / output unit 14. This result may be stored in the test result storage unit 420 as a test result code.

Next, a test data setting operation in the first embodiment of the announcement test apparatus of the present invention will be described. The tester inputs test conditions, schedule information, data to be tested, and the like from the input / output unit 14 and
1 is instructed to accumulate. The main control unit 11 stores the data in the test data storage unit 400. When the user instructs to confirm the setting status of the test data, the main control unit 11 outputs the data to the input / output unit 14.

Next, a test result notification operation in the first embodiment of the announcement test apparatus of the present invention will be described. The results of the tests performed according to the automatic test schedule are sequentially output to the input / output unit 14 for each test object. If the monitor is designated during the test, the sound monitor unit 15 can monitor the sound coming into the line, and the tester can directly hear the sound.
When the tester gives an instruction to output a test result from the input / output unit 14, the main control unit 11 outputs the specified test result to the input / output unit 14.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment of the announcement test apparatus of the present invention in the case of manual operation and the operation of setting the second announcement determination code data will be described. The tester inputs a test announcement access telephone number from the input / output unit 14 and inputs a manual test execution instruction. The main control unit 11 performs the same operation as the automatic announcement test operation described above with respect to the input telephone number, and receives the speech-recognized and encoded analytic data from the speech recognition unit 13. The main control unit 11 causes the input / output unit 14 to display the received data. The tester can confirm the normality with the data. Incidentally, if the monitor start instruction is input from the input / output unit 14 as appropriate, the tester can directly hear and confirm the sound coming into the line. After confirming the output data, the tester instructs the main control unit 11 to register the test data, and the main control unit 11 transmits the announcement access telephone number under test and the coded announcement obtained by voice recognition. The data, that is, the second announcement determination code data is stored in the test data storage unit 400 as test data. In this test, if the operation of the sound monitor unit 15 is designated, the sound coming into the line is monitored, and the contents of the announcement under test can be directly heard and confirmed. Thereafter, the tester gives an instruction to output a test result from the input / output unit 14, and the main control unit 11 outputs the specified test result information to the input / output unit 14. The tester inputs test condition / schedule data and data under test from the input / output unit 14 and
, The main controller 11 accumulates the data in the test result accumulator 400. When the instruction to confirm the setting status of the data is issued, the main control unit 11 outputs the specified test data stored in the test data to the input / output unit 14.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the announcement test apparatus according to the present invention. In this apparatus, a data storage unit 131 is provided in the voice recognition unit, and the data for announcement determination in FIG.
To accumulate. In this case, the announcement determination data does not need to be coded data that can be recognized by the tester, and the actual voice data is converted into data at the specified voice recognition level. 13
Accumulate in 1. Then, the normality of the voice of the announcement under test is determined by the voice recognition unit 13 using the announcement determination data, and only the determination result is notified to the main control unit 11. In the second embodiment, the judgment level can be easily changed by the announcement sound.

According to the announcement test device of the present invention, if the announcement device 22 is the announcement content for confirming the continuity of the telephone network, the content of the announcement is confirmed using the test device of the present invention. This enables an automatic continuity test.

[0023]

According to the announcement test apparatus of the present invention, what has been conventionally tested manually can be automatically tested. Therefore, the normality of the message content and the operation of the announcement of the telephone station which can be accessed using the public network can be confirmed at low cost, and the maintenance work of the telephone station can be economical.

In addition, any announcement device can be tested as long as it is an announcement of a telephone station that can be accessed using a public network, so that it is not necessary to prepare a special test device for each device.

Further, since the announcement test apparatus of the present invention is an automatic test, more tests can be performed on a larger number of test objects, so that a failure can be detected earlier. Therefore, the reliability of the content and operation of the announcement during the operation of the central office can be further increased.

Further, the announcement test apparatus of the present invention can perform a confirmation test of the message content of the announcement through an actual network. Therefore, the quality of the announcement can be assured in a manner close to the subscriber who actually listens to the announcement.

Further, the announcement test apparatus of the present invention can confirm the normality including the telephone network by performing an announcement test of a telephone station for which a continuity test is desired.
Therefore, a continuity test of the telephone network at a level for confirming the message content of the announcement can be automatically performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of an internal configuration of a test data storage unit in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automatic announcement test equipment 2 Telephone exchange switching system 3 Line 11 Main control unit 12 Line control unit 13 Voice recognition unit 14 Input / output unit 15 Voice monitor unit 21 Network switch device 22 Announcement device 131 Data storage unit 400 Test data storage unit 410 Test number storage section 420 Test result storage section 430 Announcement data storage section 440 Test data storage section

Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] A line control unit for automatically accessing an announcement device of a telephone exchange via a telephone line, a voice recognition unit for converting the contents of an announcement from the line control unit into data, and a test data storage unit. An announcement test device comprising: a main control unit having: an announcement data storage unit that stores announcement determination code data; and Data and
By comparing the code data for announcement determination with any code that can be accessed by telephone dialing,
An announcement test device characterized by automatically confirming the normality of the announcement content of the announcement device. 2. A line control unit for automatically accessing an announcement device of a telephone exchange through a telephone line, a voice recognition unit for converting the contents of the announcement from the line control unit into data, and a test data storage unit. In the announcement test device comprising a main control unit having, the voice recognition unit has an announcement determination data storage unit that stores announcement determination data, the voice recognition unit, from the line control unit By comparing the data of the announcement with the data for announcement determination, any announcement that can be accessed by telephone dialing can be obtained.
An announcement test device for automatically confirming the normality of announcement contents of an announcement device. 3. The test data storage unit according to claim 1, wherein said test data storage unit has a test result storage unit for storing a result obtained by comparing data from said speech recognition unit with said announcement determination code data. Item 3. The announcement test device according to item 1 or 2. 4. The test data storage unit according to claim 1, wherein said test data storage unit has a number-under-test storage unit for storing an announcement access telephone number for accessing an announcement device. The announcement test device according to 1. 5. The test data accumulating section stores a test start time
The announcement test apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a test condition / schedule information storage unit that stores a test execution target number, a determination data number, the number of tests, and the like. 6. The announcement test apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an input / output device is connected to said main control unit. 7. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a monitor section for monitoring a sound from said line control section, wherein the contents of the data announcement under test can be directly heard and confirmed. Announcement test equipment.