JP5157477B2 - Notification system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately report emission of each notice sound, even when there is a similar notice sound. <P>SOLUTION: This notice system includes an alarm clock for performing sound emitting processing of emitting an alarm sound, and a notice device. The alarm clock superimposes a processing ID for identifying the sound emitting processing of emitting an alarm sound for reporting the occurrence of a certain event, and emits the alarm sound on which the processing ID is superimposed. The notice device picks up the emitted alarm sound, extracts the processing ID from the alarm sound, specifies an operation pattern stored on an operation pattern specifying table, in association with the extracted processing ID, and operates a light-emitting section or an oscillating section, in accordance with the specified operation pattern. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for informing generation of a notification sound.

Devices other than those devices detect alarm sounds that indicate that an event has occurred, such as alarm clock alarm sounds, door chime sounds, fire alarm alarm sounds, or telephone ringtones. In addition, a technique for notifying a person with hearing impairment of the generation of the notification sound by light emission or vibration is known. For example, Patent Literatures 1 to 5 disclose a technique for notifying the generation of a notification sound by light emission, vibration, information display, or the like by determining a notification sound generated from a device based on the characteristics of the sound. Has been.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-214 JP 2005-96715 A JP 2004-207876 A JP 2004-61932 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-120468

By the way, in the techniques described in Patent Documents 1 to 5, it is inconvenient because the user must register in advance the operation contents such as the light emission pattern and the vibration pattern when notifying the occurrence of each notification sound. It was. In addition, in these technologies, since each notification sound is determined by analyzing the characteristics of the notification sound, if there is a similar notification sound, each is not correctly determined, and the wrong contents There was a risk that the operation of.
The present invention has been made in view of such a background, and an object thereof is to accurately notify the sound emission of each notification sound even when there are similar notification sounds.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the first configuration of the present invention includes a sound emitting device that performs sound emitting processing for emitting a notification sound that notifies the occurrence of an event, and a notification device, and the sound emitting device includes: Superimposing means for superimposing process identification information for identifying the sound emission process for emitting the notification sound to the notification sound for notifying the occurrence of a certain event, and the notification sound on which the process identification information is superimposed by the superimposing means. Sound emitting means for emitting sound, wherein the notification device is processing identification information for identifying sound emission processing performed by the sound emission device, and an operation for notifying that the notification sound has been emitted by the sound emission processing. Operation content storage means for storing operation content information representing contents in association with each other, sound collection means for collecting the notification sound emitted by the sound emission means, and notification sound collected by the sound collection means Extract the process identification information from An action content specifying means for specifying action content information stored in the action content storage means in association with the processing identification information extracted by the extraction means; and an action specified by the action content specifying means And an operation control means for operating the operation means with the operation content represented by the content information.

  According to a second configuration of the present invention, in the first configuration, the operation content information is information indicating an operation pattern of light emission or vibration, and the operation control unit includes the operation unit capable of emitting or vibrating. You may light-emit or vibrate according to an operation pattern.

  According to a third configuration of the present invention, in the first configuration, the sound emitting device relates to a process identification information for identifying a sound emitting process for emitting a notification sound, and an event notified by the notification sound. Message information storage means for storing message information in association with each other, processing identification information for identifying a sound emission process for emitting a notification sound for notifying the occurrence of the certain event, and the message information in association with the processing identification information Additional information generating means for generating additional information including message information stored in the storage means, and the superimposing means is generated by the additional information generating means for a notification sound notifying the occurrence of the certain event. The extraction means of the notification device extracts the additional information from the notification sound collected by the sound collection means, and the operation content identification means is the extraction information. The operation content information stored in the operation content storage means is specified in association with the process identification information included in the additional information extracted by the means, and the notification device further adds the additional information extracted by the extraction means. Display means for displaying the message information included in the information may be provided.

  According to a fourth configuration of the present invention, in the first configuration, the sound emitting device includes acquisition means for acquiring event status information indicating a status of the event when the certain event occurs, and the sound output The superimposing unit of the apparatus superimposes the process identification information and the event status information acquired by the acquiring unit on the notification sound that notifies the occurrence of the certain event, and the extracting unit of the notification device includes the The processing identification information and the event situation information are extracted from the notification sound collected by the sound collection means, and the notification device further includes a display means for displaying the event situation information extracted by the extraction means. Also good.

According to a fifth configuration of the present invention, in the fourth configuration, the acquisition unit may acquire image data representing the certain event as event status information.
According to a sixth configuration of the present invention, in the fourth configuration, the acquisition unit may acquire position information indicating a position where the certain event has occurred as event status information.
According to a seventh configuration of the present invention, in the fourth configuration, the acquisition unit may acquire time information indicating a time when the certain event occurs as event status information.

  According to an eighth configuration of the present invention, in the third configuration, there are a plurality of the sound emitting devices, and the additional information generating means of each of the sound emitting devices uses the processing identification information and the message information as common data, respectively. The additional information arranged at a predetermined position as a format is generated, and the operation content specifying means of the notification device obtains the processing identification information from the predetermined position in the additional information extracted by the extracting means. Acquiring and specifying the operation content information stored in the operation content storage means in association with the process identification information, and the display means is the predetermined position in the additional information extracted by the extraction means The message information may be acquired from the message information and displayed.

  In addition, a ninth configuration of the present invention includes a sound emitting device and a notification device, and the sound emitting device notifies the notification sound that notifies the occurrence of a certain event that the notification sound has been emitted. Superimposing means for superimposing operation content information representing the operation content; and sound emitting means for emitting the notification sound on which the operation content information is superimposed by the superimposing means. The sound collection means for collecting the emitted notification sound, the extraction means for extracting the operation content information from the notification sound collected by the sound collection means, and the operation content information extracted by the extraction means And an operation control means for operating the operation means in accordance with the operation content.

  According to a tenth configuration of the present invention, in the ninth configuration, the sound emitting means includes process identification information for identifying a sound emitting process for emitting each notification sound, and the notification sound is emitted. Action content storage means for storing action content information representing action contents informing the information, and the superimposing means emits the notification sound for the notification sound notifying the occurrence of the certain event. The operation content information stored in the operation content storage means may be superposed in association with the process identification information for identifying.

  An eleventh configuration of the present invention is a sound emitting device that performs sound emission processing for emitting a notification sound that notifies the occurrence of an event, and releases the notification sound with respect to the notification sound that notifies the occurrence of a certain event. A superimposing unit that superimposes process identification information for identifying a sound emission process to be sounded, and a sound emitting unit that emits the notification sound on which the process identification information is superimposed by the superimposing unit.

  In addition, the twelfth configuration of the present invention superimposes operation content information indicating operation content predetermined as operation content notifying that the notification sound has been emitted to the notification sound notifying the occurrence of a certain event. The apparatus includes: superimposing means; and sound emitting means for emitting the notification sound on which the operation content information is superimposed by the superimposing means.

  According to the present invention, even when there are similar notification sounds, the sound emission of each notification sound can be accurately notified.

[Constitution]
First, the configuration of the notification system according to the present embodiment will be described. This notification system includes a sound emitting device and a notification device. The sound emitting device is a device that emits a notification sound such as an alarm sound to notify the user of the occurrence of a certain event. The notification device is a device that notifies a user with hearing impairment that an alarm sound is emitted from the sound emitting device by an operation other than sound emission, such as light emission or vibration. In this notification system, there can be a plurality of types of sound emitting devices. In this embodiment, an example in which the sound emitting device is an alarm clock will be described.

(Alarm clock configuration)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of the alarm clock 1. As shown in the figure, the alarm clock 1 includes a control unit 11, a timekeeping unit 12, an operation unit 13, a display unit 14, a signal processing unit 15, and a sound emitting unit 16. The control unit 11 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a memory, and the like, and controls the entire alarm clock 1 when the CPU executes a program stored in the memory. The timer unit 12 includes a crystal resonator, an oscillation circuit, a frequency divider circuit, and the like, and counts time. The operation unit 13 includes operation buttons and the like, accepts a user's operation, and supplies an operation signal corresponding to the operation to the CPU. For example, the user can instruct the alarm clock 1 to execute an alarm process for emitting an alarm sound at a set time by operating the operation unit 13. The display unit 14 includes a liquid crystal panel, for example, and displays data instructed by the CPU. The signal processing unit 15 includes a D / A converter, etc., converts the sound data supplied by the CPU into a sound signal, and supplies the sound signal to the sound output unit 16. The sound emitting unit 16 includes an amplifier, a speaker, and the like, amplifies the sound signal supplied from the signal processing unit 15, and then outputs a sound corresponding to the sound signal.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the control unit 11 and the signal processing unit 15 illustrated in FIG. Each function shown in the figure is realized by hardware or software of the control unit 11 and the signal processing unit 15.
The sound data D and the additional information table T1 in the figure are stored in the memory of the control unit 11. The sound data D is data representing various alarm sounds of the alarm clock 1. The sound data D includes, for example, sound data D representing an alarm sound generated at a time designated by the user, sound data D representing an alarm sound for notifying the hour, and the like. The additional information table T1 is a table for managing additional information to be superimposed on the alarm sound of the alarm clock 1.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the additional information table T1. As shown in the figure, in the additional information table T1, “device type”, “processing ID”, and “message information” are associated with each other. “Device type” is information indicating the type of device. “Clock” in the figure represents the type of the alarm clock 1. “Process ID” is process identification information for identifying a sound emission process for emitting an alarm sound. For example, “001” in the figure is information for identifying a wake-up process for emitting a wake-up alarm sound, and “002” in the figure for identifying a process for emitting an audible alarm sound indicating that the hour has arrived. Information. “Message information” is information that represents a message related to an event that is notified when an alarm sound is emitted. For example, in the case of an alarm process that emits an alarm sound, the event to be notified is “It is time to wake up”, so the message information related to the event is “Wake up”. Is associated with the message information.

  The sound data acquisition unit 51 illustrated in FIG. 2 reads the sound data D stored in the memory, converts it into a sound signal, and supplies this sound signal to the superimposition unit 54. The additional information generation unit 52 reads “apparatus type”, “processing ID”, and “message information” from the additional information table T1 stored in the memory, and generates additional information including these pieces of information. The modulation unit 53 modulates the additional information generated by the additional information generation unit 52 using, for example, an ASK (Amplitude Shift Keying) method to generate an additional signal. The superimposing unit 54 superimposes the additional signal generated by the modulating unit 53 on the sound signal supplied from the sound data acquiring unit 51 and supplies the superimposed signal to the sound emitting unit 16. That is, the superimposing unit 54 superimposes processing identification information for identifying a sound emission process for emitting the notification sound on the notification sound that notifies the occurrence of a certain event.

(Configuration of notification device)
Next, the configuration of the notification device 2 will be described. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the notification device 2. As shown in the figure, the notification device 2 includes a control unit 21, a microphone 22, a signal processing unit 23, a display unit 24, a light emitting unit 25, and a vibration unit 26. The control unit 21 includes a CPU, a memory, and the like, and controls the entire notification device 2 when the CPU executes a program stored in the memory. The microphone 22 collects sound emitted from a sound emitting device such as the alarm clock 1 and outputs a sound signal representing the collected sound. The signal processing unit 23 includes an A / D converter and the like, and converts the sound signal output from the microphone 22 into analog data. The display unit 24 includes a liquid crystal panel, for example, and displays data instructed by the CPU. The light emitting unit 25 includes a light source and emits light according to the control of the CPU. The vibration unit 26 includes a mechanism that generates vibration by rotating an eccentric weight attached to a drive shaft of a drive unit such as a motor, and vibrates in accordance with the control of the CPU.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the control unit 21 and the signal processing unit 23 illustrated in FIG. 4. Each function shown in the figure is realized by hardware or software of the control unit 21 and the signal processing unit 23.
The operation pattern specification table T2 in the figure is a table for specifying the operation content of the light emitting unit 25 or the vibration unit 26, and is stored in the memory of the control unit 21. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the operation pattern specification table T2. As shown in the figure, in the operation pattern specifying table T2, “device type”, “processing ID”, and “operation pattern” are associated with each other. The “device type” is information indicating the type of sound emitting device such as the alarm clock 1 as described above. As described above, the “process ID” is process identification information that identifies a sound emission process performed by a sound emission device such as the alarm clock 1. The “operation pattern” is operation content information indicating the operation content that informs the user that a notification sound such as an alarm sound has been emitted by the sound emission process. For example, “light emission pattern 1 + vibration pattern 1” in the figure represents an operation pattern in which blinking is repeated at short intervals and vibration and no vibration are repeated at short intervals.

  The extraction unit 61 illustrated in FIG. 5 extracts an additional signal from the sound signal output by the microphone 22 and supplies the extracted additional signal to the demodulation unit 62. The demodulation unit 62 demodulates the additional signal supplied from the extraction unit 61 to generate additional information. That is, the extraction unit 61 and the demodulation unit 62 cooperate to extract additional information from the notification sound collected by the microphone 22. The operation pattern specifying unit 63 acquires the device type and the process ID from the additional information generated by the demodulator 62, and associates the acquired device type and the process ID with each other in the operation pattern specifying table T2 stored in the memory. The operation pattern stored is specified. The operation control unit 64 causes the light emitting unit 25 to emit light or vibrate the vibration unit 26 with the operation pattern specified by the operation pattern specifying unit 63. The display control unit 65 acquires message information from the additional information generated by the demodulation unit 62 and causes the display unit 24 to display the acquired message information.

[Operation]
Next, the operation of the notification system will be described.
First, the operation of the alarm clock 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Here, it is assumed that the operation unit 13 of the alarm clock 1 is operated by the user and an alarm process for emitting an alarm sound at 7:00 is instructed.
When the time measuring unit 12 counts 7:00, the sound data acquiring unit 51 reads the sound data D representing the alarm sound from the memory (step SA10), converts the read sound data D into a sound signal, and superimposes the sound data D. 54.

  At the same time, the additional information generation unit 52 stores the device type of the alarm clock 1, the processing ID of the alarm processing, and the message information stored in association with the processing ID from the additional information table T1 stored in the memory. And additional information is generated based on the read information (step SA20). In this example, the device type “clock”, the processing ID “001” representing the alarm processing, and the message information “Wake up” are read from the additional information table T1 shown in FIG. Additional information including this information is generated. This additional information is generated according to a predetermined common format. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the common format F. As shown in FIG. In this example, the device type “clock” is arranged in the area f1 at the head position of the data string, the process ID “001” is arranged in the area f2 at the next position, and Message information “Wake up” is arranged in the area f3 at the next position. Since each of the areas f1 to f3 has a fixed length, the device type, the process ID, and the message information are arranged at predetermined positions. Then, the additional information generation unit 52 supplies the generated additional information to the modulation unit 53.

  The modulation unit 53 modulates the additional information supplied from the additional information generation unit 52 to generate an additional signal (step SA30 in FIG. 7). FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining modulation of additional information. Additional information a1 in the figure represents additional information supplied from the additional information generation unit 52, and a carrier wave b in the figure represents a sine wave having a specific frequency and amplitude. In this example, the additional signal a2 is generated by multiplying the additional information a1 “01101...” And the carrier wave b. At this time, the additional signal a2 has a waveform of the carrier wave b when the additional information a1 is 1, and becomes 0 when the additional information a1 is 0. Note that the frequency band and amplitude of the carrier wave b are stored in advance in the memory. The frequency band of the carrier wave b is a frequency band that does not overlap with the alarm sound, and the amplitude of the carrier wave b is smaller than the amplitude of the sound signal representing the alarm sound. The modulation unit 53 performs modulation within these frequency bands and amplitude ranges. Then, the modulation unit 53 supplies the generated additional signal a2 to the superposition unit 54.

  The superimposing unit 54 superimposes the additional signal a2 supplied from the modulating unit 53 on the sound signal supplied from the sound data acquiring unit 51 (step SA40 in FIG. 7). FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a sound signal on which an additional signal is superimposed. A sound signal c <b> 1 in the drawing represents a sound signal supplied from the sound data acquisition unit 51. Further, the additional signal a2 in the figure represents the additional signal supplied from the modulation section 53, and is the same as the additional signal a2 shown in FIG. In this example, the sound signal c2 is generated by superimposing the additional signal a2 on the sound signal c1. Then, the superimposing unit 54 supplies the generated sound signal c2 to the sound emitting unit 16. The sound emitting unit 16 emits an alarm sound based on the sound signal c2 supplied from the superimposing unit 54 (Step SA50 in FIG. 7).

  Next, the operation of the notification device 2 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. As described above, when an alarm alarm sound is emitted from the sound emitting unit 16 of the alarm clock 1, the microphone 22 of the notification device 2 collects the alarm sound (step SB10) and the alarm. A sound signal representing sound is output. As a result, a sound signal having the same waveform as the sound signal c2 shown in FIG. Subsequently, the extraction unit 61 extracts a superimposed additional signal from the sound signal output by the microphone 22 (step SB20). At this time, the extraction unit 61 extracts the additional signal by processing the sound signal with a bandpass filter that transmits a component of a band having a predetermined width centered on the frequency used for the carrier wave b. Thereby, an additional signal having the same waveform as that of the additional signal a2 shown in FIG. 10 is extracted. Then, the extraction unit 61 supplies the extracted additional signal to the demodulation unit 62.

  The demodulator 62 demodulates the additional signal supplied from the extractor 61 to generate additional information (step SB30). As a result, additional information “01101...” Similar to the additional information a1 shown in FIG. 9 is generated. Subsequently, the operation pattern specifying unit 63 first acquires a device type and a processing ID from the additional information generated by the demodulating unit 62. In this example, the device type “clock” is acquired from the area f1 illustrated in FIG. 8, and the process ID “001” is acquired from the area f2. That is, the operation pattern specifying unit 63 acquires the device type and the processing ID from the position determined in advance by the common format F. Subsequently, the operation pattern specifying unit 63 refers to the operation pattern specifying table T2 stored in the memory and stores the acquired device type “clock” in association with the processing ID “001”. An operation pattern is specified (step SB40). In this example, the operation pattern “light emission pattern 1 + vibration pattern 1” associated with the device type “clock” and the process ID “001” is specified in the operation pattern specification table T2 shown in FIG. The

  Subsequently, the operation control unit 64 operates the light emitting unit 25 or the vibration unit 26 according to the operation pattern “light emission pattern 1 + vibration pattern 1” specified by the operation pattern specifying unit 63 (step SB50 in FIG. 11). Accordingly, the light emitting unit 25 emits light so as to repeat blinking at short intervals according to “light emission pattern 1”, and the vibration unit 26 vibrates so as to repeat vibration and no vibration at short intervals according to “vibration pattern 1”. . At the same time, the display control unit 65 acquires message information from the additional information generated by the demodulation unit 62 in step SB30, and displays the message information on the display unit 24 (step SB60). In this example, message information “get up” is acquired from the area f3 shown in FIG. 8, and this message information is displayed on the display unit 24. That is, the display control unit 65 acquires message information from a position determined in advance by the common format F. As a result, the user can recognize that the alarm clock has been emitted by the alarm clock 1 at 7:00.

  In the embodiment described above, the operation pattern is specified based on the device type and the processing ID superimposed on the alarm sound emitted from the alarm clock 1. For this reason, even if there is a similar alarm sound that informs the occurrence of a different event in the alarm clock 1, it is possible to accurately inform the user which alarm sound that indicates the occurrence of the event is emitted. . Furthermore, even if the notification sound emitted from other sound emitting devices is similar to the alarm sound of the alarm clock 1, they can be accurately identified using the device type, and the alarm sound of which sound emitting device is emitted. The user can be informed of exactly what happened. That is, according to the present embodiment, even when there are similar notification sounds, it is possible to accurately notify the user of the emission of each notification sound.

  In the above-described embodiment, the additional information is generated according to a predetermined common format. Therefore, if the device type, processing ID, etc. are common to each manufacturer, for example, the alarm clock can be changed to a different manufacturer by the user, or the alarm clock is different from that normally used at the travel destination. Even if the clock is used, the user can be notified that the alarm sound has been emitted. As described above, since the operation pattern is specified based on the device type or the processing ID superimposed on the alarm sound, even in such a case, the user can register the alarm sound or specify the operation pattern. There is no need to make settings.

[Modification]
The above is the description of the embodiment, but the contents of this embodiment can be modified as follows. Further, the following modifications may be combined as appropriate.
(Modification 1)
In the above-described embodiment, the alarm device 2 has determined its own operation pattern. However, the alarm clock 1 determines the operation pattern in the alarm device 2 and emits an alarm sound including operation content information representing the operation pattern. May be. In this case, the memory of the control unit 11 of the alarm clock 1 associates the process ID for identifying the alarm sound emission process with the operation content information indicating the operation pattern informing that the alarm sound has been emitted. The obtained operation pattern specifying table is stored. Then, the additional information generation unit 52 reads the operation content information stored in association with the process ID for identifying the process for emitting the alarm sound from the operation pattern specification table stored in the memory, and reads the read operation Additional information including content information is generated. In the common format, the operation content information may be arranged in a predetermined area as an area where the operation pattern is arranged, or may be arranged in an extension area predetermined as an area where contents can be freely defined. Also good. Thereby, from the sound emission part 16, the alarm sound on which the additional information containing operation content information was superimposed is emitted. In this case, the operation control unit 64 of the notification device 2 acquires the operation content information from the additional information generated by the modulation unit 62, and operates the light emitting unit 25 or the vibration unit 26 according to the operation pattern represented by the acquired operation content information. . According to this configuration, the operation pattern of the notification device 2 can be freely changed simply by rewriting the operation pattern specifying table stored in the memory of the alarm clock 1.

(Modification 2)
In the above-described embodiment, the message information is fixed information stored in advance in the memory. However, the message information may be dynamically changed according to the situation of the event that has occurred. As information representing the status of the event that has occurred, for example, time information representing the time counted by the time measuring unit 12 can be considered. In this case, the alarm clock 1 includes an acquisition unit that acquires time information representing time from the time measurement unit 12 as a functional configuration. This function is realized by hardware or software of the control unit 11 and the signal processing unit 15.

  For example, as described above, when the wake-up process for releasing the wake-up alarm sound is instructed at 7:00, when the time measuring unit 12 counts 7:00, the acquiring unit receives “7:00” from the time measuring unit 12. Time information is acquired. In this case, the additional information generation unit 52 generates additional information further including the time information acquired by the acquisition unit. For example, the additional information generation unit 52 generates additional information including time information “7:00” based on the time information acquired by the acquisition unit. In this case, the superimposing unit 54 superimposes additional information including time information on the sound signal representing the alarm sound for alarm. Thereby, from the sound emission part 16, the alarm sound on which the additional information including time information was superimposed is emitted.

  Then, the display control unit 65 of the notification device 2 acquires time information “7:00” and message information “please wake up” from the additional information generated by the modulation unit 62, and displays these information on the display unit 24. Thereby, for example, a message “Please wake up at 7:00” is displayed on the display unit 24. According to this configuration, the user can know what time it is now. Furthermore, the information indicating the status of the event to be notified is not limited to the time information indicating the current time. In the above example, the situation may be related to the event “It is time to wake up”. For example, the temperature and humidity when the event occurs are measured, and the measurement result is generated. It may be information indicating the status of the event.

(Modification 3)
In the above-described embodiment, the alarm clock 1 which is one of the sound emitting devices has been described as an example. However, the device to which the sound emitting device is applied is not limited to the alarm clock 1. For example, it may be an earthquake information receiving device that notifies the occurrence of an earthquake. In this case, the earthquake information receiving apparatus is connected to the earthquake information distribution apparatus via a network, and in addition to the control unit 11, the operation unit 13, the display unit 14, the signal processing unit 15, and the sound emitting unit 16 described above. And a communication unit that communicates with the earthquake information distribution apparatus. This earthquake information distribution device is a device that distributes earthquake information when an earthquake occurs. The earthquake information transmitted from this earthquake information distribution apparatus includes information such as the seismic intensity and the epicenter of the earthquake. In this case, information indicating the type of the earthquake information receiving device is described in the “device type” of the additional information table, and a sound emission process for emitting an alarm sound for notifying the occurrence of the earthquake is described in the “processing ID”. In the “message information”, information indicating a message related to an event notified to the user by sound emission of an alarm sound is described. Here, it is assumed that the device type is “quake-alarm”, the process ID is “003”, and the message information is “an earthquake has occurred”.

  Next, the operation of the notification system according to this modification will be described. When earthquake information indicating that an earthquake has occurred is distributed from the earthquake information distribution device, the communication unit of the earthquake information receiving means receives this earthquake information. When the communication unit receives the earthquake information, the additional information generation unit 52, from the additional information table T1 stored in the memory, the device type “quake-alarm” indicating the type of the own device and the alarm indicating the occurrence of the earthquake. A process ID “003” for identifying a process for emitting a sound and a message information “Earthquake has occurred” stored in association with the process ID are read, and the read information is added. Generate information. As a result, the sound emission unit 16 generates an alarm sound in which additional information including a device type “quake-alarm”, a process ID “003”, and message information “an earthquake has occurred” is superimposed. Sound is emitted.

  In this case, the operation pattern specifying unit 63 of the notification device 2 first acquires the device type “quake-alarm” and the process ID “003” from the additional information generated by the modulation unit 62. Subsequently, the operation pattern specifying unit 63 specifies the operation pattern “light emission pattern 3 + vibration pattern 3” stored in association with these pieces of information in the operation pattern specifying table T2 shown in FIG. Accordingly, the light emitting unit 25 emits light according to the “light emission pattern 3”, and the vibration unit 26 vibrates according to the “vibration pattern 3”. At the same time, the display control unit 65 acquires message information “an earthquake has occurred” from the additional information generated by the modulation unit 62 and causes the display unit 24 to display the message information. Accordingly, the user can recognize that an earthquake has occurred and an alarm sound has been emitted from the earthquake receiver.

Moreover, in this modification, the earthquake information receiving apparatus may include an acquisition unit that acquires earthquake information from the communication unit as its functional configuration. This function is realized by hardware or software of the control unit 11, the signal processing unit 15, and the communication unit.
For example, when earthquake information “A city: seismic intensity 5; B city: seismic intensity 3; C city: seismic intensity 2” representing seismic intensity in each place is distributed from the earthquake information distribution device, the acquiring unit receives this Get information. In this case, the additional information generating unit 52 generates additional information further including the earthquake information acquired by the acquiring unit, and the superimposing unit 54 superimposes additional information including the earthquake information on the sound signal representing the alarm sound. . Thereby, from the sound emission part 16, the alarm sound on which the additional information including earthquake information was superimposed is emitted. Then, the display control unit 65 of the notification device 2 generates the earthquake information “A city: seismic intensity 5; B city: seismic intensity 3; C city: seismic intensity 2” from the additional information generated by the modulating unit 62; Message information “is done” is acquired and displayed on the display unit 24. As a result, for example, the information “Earthquake A city: seismic intensity 5; B city: seismic intensity 3; C city: seismic intensity 2” is displayed on the display unit 24. According to this configuration, the user can know the detailed situation of the earthquake.

(Modification 4)
In the above-described embodiment, the alarm clock 1 which is one of the sound emitting devices has been described as an example. However, the device to which the sound emitting device is applied is not limited to the alarm clock 1. For example, a visitor notification device that notifies a visitor may be used. In this case, the visitor notification device includes an imaging unit that images a visitor in addition to the control unit 11, the operation unit 13, the display unit 14, the signal processing unit 15, and the sound emission unit 16 described above. The imaging unit is a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) camera, for example, and supplies the captured image data to the control unit 11. Further, in this case, information indicating the type of the visitor notification device is described in “device type” of the additional information table, and a sound emission process for emitting a chime sound indicating a visitor is identified in “processing ID”. Process identification information is described, and “message information” describes information representing a message related to an event notified to the user by emitting a chime sound. Here, it is assumed that the device type is “doorchime”, the process ID is “004”, and the message information is “door chime rang”.

  Next, the operation of the notification system according to this modification will be described. When the chime button is pressed by the visitor, the additional information generating unit 52 releases the device type “doorchime” indicating the type of the own device and the chime sound indicating the visitor from the additional information table T1 stored in the memory. The process ID “004” for identifying the process to be sounded and the message information “Door chime rang” stored in association with the process ID are read, and additional information including these read information is read. Generate. As a result, the sound emission unit 16 emits an alarm sound in which additional information including a device type “doorchime”, a process ID “004”, and message information “door chime rang” is superimposed. Sounded. In this case, the operation pattern specifying unit 63 of the notification device 2 first acquires the device type “doorchime” and the process ID “004” from the additional information generated by the modulation unit 62. Subsequently, the operation pattern specifying unit 63 specifies the operation pattern “light emission pattern 4 + vibration pattern 4” stored in association with these pieces of information in the operation pattern specification table T2 shown in FIG. Accordingly, the light emitting unit 25 emits light according to the “light emitting pattern 4”, and the vibrating unit 26 vibrates according to the “vibrating pattern 4”. At the same time, the display control unit 65 acquires message information “Door chime rang” from the extracted additional information, and causes the display unit 24 to display the message information. Thereby, the user can recognize that there is a visitor and a chime sound is emitted from the visitor notification device.

Moreover, in this modification, a visitor alerting | reporting apparatus may be provided with the acquisition part which acquires the image data which imaged the visitor from the imaging part as the function structure. This function is realized by hardware or software of the control unit 11, the signal processing unit 15, and the imaging unit.
When the imaging unit images a visitor and generates image data representing the visitor, the acquisition unit acquires the image data from the imaging unit. In this case, the additional information generating unit 52 generates additional information further including the image data acquired by the acquiring unit, and the superimposing unit 54 superimposes the additional information including the image data on the sound signal representing the chime sound. To do. Thereby, from the sound emission part 16, the chime sound on which the additional information containing the image data showing a visitor was superimposed is emitted. Then, the display control unit 65 of the notification device 2 acquires the image data representing the visitor and the message information “The door chime rang” from the additional information generated by the modulation unit 62, and displays them. This is displayed on the unit 24. As a result, image data representing a visitor is displayed on the display unit 24 together with pre-stored message information “door chime rang”. According to this configuration, the user can know what kind of person the visitor is.

(Modification 5)
In the embodiment described above, the notification system is applied to a system for notifying a user with hearing impairment that a notification sound is emitted from the sound emitting device by light emission or vibration. Not exclusively. The notification system may be applied to a system that notifies that a notification sound is emitted from the sound emitting device by light emission or vibration and displays detailed information regarding the event. As this notification system, a system for notifying the driver of a car of the approach of an emergency vehicle can be considered. In this case, the sound emitting device is mounted on the emergency vehicle, and the notification device 2 is mounted on the user's vehicle. The sound emitting device includes a positioning unit such as a GPS (Global Positioning System) in addition to the control unit 11, the signal processing unit 15, and the sound emitting unit 16 described above. In addition, the sound emitting device includes an acquisition unit that acquires position information indicating a position measured by the positioning unit as a functional configuration. This function is realized by hardware or software of the control unit 11 and the signal processing unit 15.

  Next, the operation of the notification system according to this modification will be described. When the siren sound emission is instructed, the acquisition unit acquires position information indicating the position of the emergency vehicle from the positioning unit. In this case, the additional information generating unit 52 generates additional information further including the position information acquired by the acquiring unit, and the superimposing unit 54 superimposes the additional information including the position information on the sound signal representing the siren sound. To do. Thereby, from the sound emission part 16, the siren sound on which the additional information containing the positional information showing the position of an emergency vehicle was superimposed is emitted. In this case, the display control unit 65 of the notification device 2 acquires position information indicating the position of the emergency vehicle from the additional information generated by the modulation unit 62 and causes the display unit 24 to display the acquired position information. Thereby, the user can recognize the approach of the emergency vehicle and its position.

  Further, in this modification, the control unit 21 of the notification device 2 may calculate the direction in which the emergency vehicle is located, the distance to the emergency vehicle, and the like, and display them on the display unit 24. In this case, the notification device 2 is provided with a positioning unit such as GPS. And while the control part 21 acquires the positional information showing the position of an emergency vehicle from the additional information produced | generated by the modulation | alteration part 62, it acquires the positional information showing the position of a user's vehicle from the positioning part of an own apparatus, Based on the position information, the direction in which the emergency vehicle is located, the distance from the user's vehicle to the emergency vehicle, and the like are calculated. In this case, the display control unit 65 causes the display unit 24 to display information such as the calculated direction of the emergency vehicle and the distance to the emergency vehicle together with the position information indicating the position of the emergency vehicle. Thereby, the user can know the direction in which the emergency vehicle is located, the distance to the emergency vehicle, and the like.

(Modification 6)
In the embodiment described above, the notification system is applied to a system for notifying a user with hearing impairment that a notification sound is emitted from the sound emitting device by light emission or vibration. Not exclusively. The notification system may be applied to a system that notifies that a notification sound is emitted from the sound emitting device by light emission or vibration and displays detailed information regarding the event. As this notification system, a system for notifying incoming calls in places such as a recording studio where sound generation is restricted can be considered. In this case, the sound emitting device is a telephone set located in a place other than the recording booth where recording is actually performed in the recording studio. In addition to the control unit 11, the signal processing unit 15, and the sound emitting unit 16 described above. And a communication unit for performing communication via the communication network. Further, the notification device is disposed at a place visible from the recording booth in the recording studio.

  When the communication unit receives an incoming call, the telephone generates the additional information including the device type of the telephone, the process ID for identifying the process for emitting the ringtone, and the message information corresponding to the process ID in the same manner as described above. Then, a ring tone that superimposes the generated additional information is emitted. In the same manner as described above, the notification device 2 picks up the ringtone and extracts the additional information, and emits light or vibrates with the operation pattern corresponding to the device type and the processing ID included in the extracted additional information and extracts the information. Displays message information included in additional information. As a result, the user can recognize that the telephone has arrived and the ring tone has been emitted.

  Moreover, in this modification, the telephone may include an acquisition unit that acquires the caller's telephone number from the communication unit as the functional configuration. This function is realized by hardware or software of the control unit 11, the signal processing unit 15, and the communication unit. When the communication unit receives a call, the acquisition unit acquires the caller's telephone number from the communication unit. In this case, the additional information generation unit 52 generates additional information including the caller's telephone number acquired by the acquisition unit, and the superimposition unit 54 includes the caller's telephone number with respect to the sound signal representing the ringtone. Superimpose additional information. Thereby, from the sound emission part 16, the ringtone on which the additional information containing a caller's telephone number was superimposed is emitted. Then, the display control unit 65 of the notification device 2 acquires the caller's telephone number from the additional information generated by the modulation unit 62 and causes the display unit 24 to display it. Thereby, the user can know the telephone number of the caller.

(Modification 7)
In the above-described embodiment, the additional information includes the device type, process ID, and message information, and the device type and process ID function as process identification information that identifies a sound emission process that emits a notification sound. It was. This is because one sound emitting device can perform a process of emitting a plurality of types of notification sounds, and thus the sound emitting process has to be identified by a combination of the device type and the process ID. For example, in the case where the sound emitting device only performs a process of emitting one type of notification sound, if the additional information includes only the device type, the sound emission for emitting the notification sound It is sufficient because the process can be identified. In this case, in the operation pattern specifying table T2 of the notification device 2, only “device type” and “operation pattern” need be associated with each other.

  Further, the additional information may include a solid identification ID for identifying a solid of the sound emitting device, manufacturer identification information, and the like. In this case, if each piece of information is associated with an “operation pattern” in the operation pattern specification table T2 of the notification device 2, the operation can be performed with different operation patterns for each individual sound emitting device or manufacturer.

(Modification 8)
The contents of the operation pattern specification table T2 described above may be updated in accordance with an update program that performs a user operation or an update of the operation pattern specification table T2. When the update is performed according to the user's operation, the notification device 2 is provided with an operation unit that receives the user's operation. The user can change or add the “device type”, “processing ID”, and “operation pattern” of the operation pattern specification table T2 by operating this operation unit. That is, the notification device 2 includes an operation unit that receives a user operation, and an update unit that updates the process identification information and the operation content information stored in the operation content storage unit in accordance with the operation received by the operation unit.
When the update is performed according to the update program, the control unit 21 of the notification device 2 performs the “device type”, “process ID”, “operation pattern” of the operation pattern specifying table T2 according to the update program stored in the memory. Change or add. For example, when a new sound emitting device is installed, the user operates the operation unit 13 of the sound emitting device, and the “device type” of the sound emitting device and the “process ID” of the process performed in the sound emitting device. "Is sent. In response to this operation, the sound emitting device control unit 11 causes the sound emitting unit 16 to emit a notification sound in which the “device type” and the “processing ID” are superimposed. When the microphone 22 picks up the notification sound, the control unit 21 of the notification device 2 sets the “device type” and “processing ID” of the new sound emitting device from the collected notification sound according to the update program stored in the memory. Is extracted. Then, the control unit 21 operates by associating the extracted “device type” and “processing ID” with an “operation pattern” predetermined as an operation pattern corresponding to the “device type” or “processing ID”. It adds to pattern specific table T2. That is, the sound emitting device 2 includes the process identification information or the device type collected by the sound collection means, and the operation content information representing the operation content predetermined as the operation content corresponding to the process identification information or the device type. Writing means for writing to the operation content storage means in association with each other is provided.
Thus, the notification device releases the notification sound of the new sound emitting device even if the user does not register an operation pattern corresponding to the notification sound of the sound emitting device when a new sound emitting device is provided. Can inform the sound.

(Modification 9)
In the embodiment described above, the program executed by the CPU of the alarm clock 1 or the CPU of the notification device 2 is a magnetic recording medium such as a magnetic tape or a magnetic disk, an optical recording medium such as an optical disk, a magneto-optical recording medium, a semiconductor memory, or the like. It can be provided in a state of being stored in a recording medium readable by a computer device. It is also possible to download this program via a network such as the Internet.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the alarm clock which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the function structure of the alarm clock. It is a figure which shows an example of an additional information table. It is a figure which shows the structure of the alerting | reporting apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the function structure of the alerting | reporting apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of an operation pattern specific table. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the said alarm clock. It is a figure which shows an example of a common format. It is a figure explaining modulation of additional information. It is a figure explaining the sound signal on which the additional signal was superimposed. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the said alerting | reporting apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Alarm clock, 11 ... Control part, 12 ... Timekeeping part, 13 ... Operation part, 14 ... Display part, 15 ... Signal processing part, 16 ... Sound emission part, 51 ... Sound data acquisition part, 52 ... Additional information generation part , 53 ... Modulation unit, 54 ... Superimposition unit, 2 ... Notification device, 21 ... Control unit, 22 ... Microphone, 23 ... Signal processing unit, 24 ... Display unit, 25 ... Light emission unit, 26 ... Vibration unit, 61 ... Extraction unit 62 ... Demodulation unit, 63 ... Operation pattern specifying unit, 64 ... Operation control unit, 65 ... Display control unit.

Claims (10)

A sound emitting device for performing sound emission processing for emitting a notification sound to notify the occurrence of an event, and a notification device,
The sound emitting device is
Superimposing means for superimposing processing identification information for identifying sound emission processing for emitting the notification sound on the notification sound notifying the occurrence of a certain event;
Sound emission means for emitting the notification sound on which the process identification information is superimposed by the superimposing means,
The notification device
Operation content for storing process identification information for identifying sound emission processing performed by the sound emission device and operation content information representing operation content for notifying that the notification sound has been emitted by the sound emission processing in association with each other. Storage means;
Sound collecting means for collecting the notification sound emitted by the sound emitting means;
Extracting means for extracting the processing identification information from the notification sound collected by the sound collecting means;
Action content specifying means for specifying the action content information stored in the action content storage means in association with the process identification information extracted by the extraction means;
A notification system comprising: an operation control unit that operates the operation unit with the operation content represented by the operation content information specified by the operation content specifying unit. The operation content information is information representing an operation pattern of light emission or vibration,
The notification system according to claim 1, wherein the operation control unit causes the operation unit capable of emitting or vibrating to emit light or vibrate according to the operation pattern. The sound emitting device is
Message information storage means for associating and storing process identification information for identifying a sound emission process for emitting a notification sound, and message information related to an event notified by the notification sound;
Additional information including process identification information for identifying a sound emission process for emitting a notification sound for notifying the occurrence of a certain event, and message information stored in the message information storage means in association with the process identification information. Additional information generating means for generating,
The superimposing means superimposes the additional information generated by the additional information generating means on the notification sound that notifies the occurrence of the certain event,
The extraction means of the notification device extracts the additional information from the notification sound collected by the sound collection means,
The operation content specifying unit specifies the operation content information stored in the operation content storage unit in association with the process identification information included in the additional information extracted by the extraction unit,
Furthermore, the notification device includes:
The notification system according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying the message information included in the additional information extracted by the extraction means. The sound emitting device is
An acquisition means for acquiring event status information representing the status of the event when the certain event occurs,
The superimposing unit of the sound emitting device superimposes the processing identification information and the event status information acquired by the acquiring unit on a notification sound that notifies the occurrence of the certain event,
The extraction means of the notification device extracts the process identification information and the event status information from the notification sound collected by the sound collection means,
Furthermore, the notification device includes:
The notification system according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying event status information extracted by the extraction means. The notification system according to claim 4, wherein the acquisition unit acquires image data representing the certain event as event status information. The notification system according to claim 4, wherein the acquisition unit acquires position information representing a position where the certain event has occurred as event status information. The notification system according to claim 4, wherein the acquisition unit acquires time information representing a time when the certain event occurs as event status information. There are a plurality of the sound emitting devices,
The additional information generating means of each of the sound emitting devices generates the additional information in which the processing identification information and the message information are arranged at predetermined positions as a common data format,
The operation content specifying unit of the notification device acquires the process identification information from the predetermined position in the additional information extracted by the extraction unit, and associates the operation content information with the process identification information. Identify the action content information stored in
The notification system according to claim 3, wherein the display unit acquires the message information from the predetermined position in the additional information extracted by the extraction unit, and displays the message information. A sound emitting device and a notification device;
The sound emitting device is
Superimposing means for superimposing operation content information representing the operation content notifying that the notification sound has been emitted to the notification sound notifying the occurrence of a certain event;
A sound emitting means for emitting the notification sound on which the operation content information is superimposed by the superimposing means,
The notification device
Sound collecting means for collecting the notification sound emitted by the sound emitting means;
Extraction means for extracting the operation content information from the notification sound collected by the sound collection means;
And an operation control unit that operates the operation unit with the operation content represented by the operation content information extracted by the extraction unit. The sound emitting means is
Operation content storage means for storing process identification information for identifying a sound emission process for emitting each notification sound and operation content information indicating the operation content for notifying that the notification sound has been emitted is stored in association with each other. ,
The superimposing means associates the notification sound for notifying the occurrence of the certain event with the operation identification information for identifying the sound emitting process for emitting the notification sound and stored in the operation content storage means. The notification system according to claim 9, wherein:

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