JP5983028B2 - CONFERENCE SUPPORT DEVICE, CONFERENCE SUPPORT SYSTEM, CONFERENCE SUPPORT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a conference support apparatus, a conference support system, a conference support method, and a program.

  Conventionally, in a meeting where it is necessary to leave the minutes of the meeting, a technique for recording the meeting voice and converting it into a text to reduce the man-hours for creating the minutes is already known. . For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a technology for collecting audio data of a conference and collecting the data in units of speakers.

  However, in the method for creating the minutes disclosed in Patent Document 1, since the main points of the speech being made into text are not summarized, the created minutes can serve as a summary document for the meeting. Not. In other words, conventionally, there is a problem that it is not possible to efficiently obtain the minutes serving as a summary document for the conference.

  Also, as is commonly done, if one of the meeting participants leaves the minutes to be prepared, the person in charge of the minutes must concentrate on making the minutes. It becomes difficult to speak your opinions and ideas and to discuss with other participants. In particular, when a participant with a large amount of speech (that is, a participant who contributes to the activation of the conference) is selected as a person who creates minutes, there is a problem that the conference is inactivated.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and obtains a minutes serving as a conference summary document, and a conference support apparatus capable of maximizing the discussion by the conference participants, It is an object to provide a meeting support system, a meeting support method, and a program.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention acquires, for each participant of the first conference indicating the conference scheduled to be held, the amount of speech of the participant in the conference held in the past And a determination unit that compares the amount of speech of each participant acquired by the acquisition unit and determines the participant who has the smallest amount of speech to be in charge of creating the minutes of the first meeting, A meeting support apparatus comprising: a notifying unit for notifying a participant of a request to create a minutes to the participant determined to be in charge of the minutes of the first meeting by a determining unit.

  Moreover, this invention is a meeting assistance system provided with the 1 or more server apparatus and the meeting assistance apparatus, Comprising: The said 1 or more server apparatus is the information which can identify the 1st meeting which shows the meeting planned to be held, A third storage unit for storing participant identification information associated with information indicating the participant of the first conference, and for each participant of all conferences held in the past, A first storage unit that stores an amount of speech, and the conference support device acquires the participant identification information from the third storage unit, and for each participant identified by the acquired participant identification information The speech amount of the participant in the conference held in the past is compared with the speech amount of each participant acquired by the acquisition unit and the acquisition unit that acquires the speech amount of the participant from the first storage unit, and the speech amount The participants with the least number of Comprising a determining unit for determining the Minutes of staff in charge of creation, by the determination unit, to the participants determined in proceedings preparation representative of the first conference, a notification unit that notifies the minutes generation request, the.

  Further, the present invention provides, for each participant of the first meeting indicating a meeting scheduled to be held, an acquisition step of acquiring the amount of speech of the participant in the conference held in the past, and each of the acquisition acquired by the acquisition step A decision step of comparing the amount of speech of the participants and determining the participant with the smallest amount of speech as the minutes creation person of the first conference, and the creation of the minutes of the first conference by the decision step A notification step of notifying the participant determined to be in charge of the minutes creation request.

  Further, the present invention is obtained by the acquisition step of acquiring, for each participant of the first conference indicating the conference scheduled to be held in the computer, the speech amount of the participant in the conference held in the past, and the acquisition step. The said amount of speech of each said participant is compared, The determination step which determines the said participant with the said minimum amount of speech as the minutes preparation charge of the said 1st meeting, and the said determination step, And a notification step of notifying the participant determined to be in charge of the minutes creation of a request for the minutes creation.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain minutes as a summary document for a conference, and to bring about an advantageous effect that discussions by conference participants can be maximized.

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of use of the conference support apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the conference support apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary data structure of the minutes information storage unit. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a data structure example of the conference participant storage unit. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration example of the minutes clerk assignment unit. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of the conference message volume storage unit. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of the conference support apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the conference participant storage unit. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a mail text for notifying the minutes creation request. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of the conference support apparatus. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a table held by the conference speech recognition unit. FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing for recognizing speech input accepted by the speech input unit as a conference speech and calculating a participant speech amount. FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing performed by the meeting speech recognition unit. FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of the conference support apparatus according to the second embodiment. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the conference speech amount storage unit. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the conference message volume storage unit. FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the conference message volume storage unit. FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the conference speech amount storage unit. FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of the conference support apparatus according to the third embodiment. FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the conference speech amount storage unit. FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of the conference support apparatus according to the fourth embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a conference support device, a conference support system, a conference support method, and a program according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of use of the conference support apparatus 100 of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the conference support device 100, the conference preparation person A's terminal device 200, and the conference participant's terminal device 300 are connected to be communicable with each other. The conference support apparatus 100 has a role as a server that stores various types of conference information (for example, conference names, conference dates, conference participants, audio generated during the conference, conference records such as conference minutes).

  Before starting the conference, the conference preparer A supports the conference name, conference date, conference participant information, etc. (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “conference attribute information”) via the terminal device 200. Input to the device 100. Upon receiving the input, the conference support apparatus 100 notifies all the participants of the conference to be held (to each of the terminal devices 300 of all the participants) that the conference is to be held, and as will be described later, Notify participants of the request to create the minutes. Thereafter, the conference preparer A holds the conference as an organizer according to the schedule. During the conference, voices input from the microphones 400 prepared in advance are transmitted to the conference support apparatus 100. The conference support apparatus 100 receives voices input from the microphones 400, and measures and records the amount of speech of each participant based on the received voice input. Detailed contents will be described later.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the conference support apparatus 100. As shown in FIG. 2, the conference support apparatus 100 includes a conference / minutes information input / output unit 10, a minutes information storage unit 20, a conference participant storage unit 30, a minutes person assigning unit 40, and a holding. A notification / minutes preparation person notification unit 50, a conference speech recognition unit 60, a measurement unit 70, a conference speech amount storage unit 80, and a voice input unit 90 are provided.

  The conference / minutes information input / output unit 10 receives conference attribute information (conference name, conference date and time, conference participation) by connection from an external terminal (for example, the terminal device 200 of the conference preparer A or the terminal device 300 of the conference participant). Information) and meeting minutes information are received and output to an external terminal. The connection to the external terminal may be a network connection such as a LAN, a local connection such as a USB, a wired connection, or a wireless connection. In this embodiment, as an example, it is assumed that an HTTP connection is made on a LAN using a wired Ethernet (registered trademark) I / F.

  The minutes information storage unit 20 stores meeting minutes information together with the meeting name and meeting date and time. The form of the minutes is arbitrary. For example, the minutes can be composed of character information, image information, a combination thereof, and the like. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a data structure example of the minutes information storage unit 20. As shown in FIG. 3, the minutes information storage unit 20 includes the meeting name and the meeting date / time of the meeting with the same name, the size of the minutes, and the minutes of the minutes information storage unit 20 input from an external terminal. Is stored in association with a minutes link (URI) indicating an area in which is stored. From a different perspective, the management table is composed of a plurality of unit items, each of which is associated with the meeting name, the meeting times / dates of the meeting of the same name, the size of the minutes, and the minutes link (URI). You can also think that All meetings that have been held in the past and meetings that are scheduled to be held in the future are targeted (the contents of the minutes are not yet available for the meetings that are scheduled to be held). The minutes main body is stored in a separate area from the management table, and can be accessed using the minutes link (URI) shown in the management table. In the example of FIG. 3, an identification number (“1” to “5”) is assigned to each unit item (row) of the management table. In the example of FIG. 3, the identification number “5” assigned to the fifth unit item (line in the fifth row) corresponds to the meeting to be held (the meeting scheduled to be held) and the agenda of the meeting. The record has not yet been created.

  Returning to FIG. 2, the description will be continued. The conference participant storage unit 30 stores the names of participants in each conference, contact information of the participants, and the like in cooperation with the minutes information storage unit 20. The contact is not particularly limited as long as it can be contacted such as a telephone number, a fax number, an e-mail address, or the like. In this embodiment, communication by e-mail is assumed. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a data structure example of the conference participant storage unit 30. As shown in FIG. 4, the conference participant storage unit 30 includes an identification number that matches the identification number stored in the minutes information storage unit 20, the participant of the conference specified by the identification number, and attendance / absence information. Is stored in the conference participant information table. Although not shown here, the conference participant storage unit 30 stores the contact information (for example, e-mail address) of the participant in association with each participant.

  In the example of FIG. 4, the identification number “5” indicates a meeting to be held (the second meeting with the meeting name “piyo”), but the attendee name has been entered but the attendance / absence information has yet to be confirmed. It shows no. In other words, the conference participant storage unit 30 stores participant identification information in which information that can identify the first conference indicating the conference scheduled to be held is associated with information that indicates the participant of the first conference. This corresponds to the “third storage unit” in the claims.

  Returning to FIG. 2, the description will be continued. The minutes manager assigning unit 40 acquires from the conference participant storage unit 30 participant identification information in which information that can identify a meeting scheduled to be held is associated with information indicating a participant (planned) person, For each participant of the conference scheduled to be held, the speech amount of the participant in the conference held in the past is acquired from the conference speech amount storage unit 80, which will be described later, and the participant (planned) who has the least amount of speech is held. It decides as the person in charge of making the minutes of the scheduled meeting, and notifies the decided specific participant (schedule) person through the holding notice / minutes making person notification unit 50 described later.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration example of the minutes clerk assigning unit 40. As shown in FIG. 5, the minutes staff assigner 40 includes an acquisition unit 41, a determination unit 42, and a notification unit 43. The acquisition unit 41 acquires participant identification information from the conference participant storage unit 30, and acquires the amount of speech of the participant in a conference held in the past for each participant identified by the acquired participant identification information. To do. The determination unit 42 compares the amount of speech of each participant acquired by the acquisition unit 41, and determines the participant who has the smallest amount of speech as the person who creates the minutes of the conference to be held. The notification unit 43 notifies the participant determined by the determination unit 42 of the minutes creation request.

  Returning to FIG. 2 again, the description will be continued. The holding notification / minutes preparation person notifying unit 50 transmits information for notifying the holding of the meeting to the contact requested from the meeting participant storage unit 30. In addition, information for notifying the minutes creation request is transmitted to the contact requested from the minutes staff assigner 40. The form of the transmission means (notification means) is arbitrary, and may be, for example, voice communication by telephone, text communication by fax or electronic mail. In this embodiment, communication by e-mail is assumed.

  The meeting speech recognition unit 60 compares the voice information received by the voice input unit 90 described later with the voice print of each individual, extracts only the voice of the person, and outputs it to the measurement unit 70 described later. Voiceprints may be registered in advance or may be variably registered. A spectrogram is a typical form of a voiceprint.

  The measurement unit 70 measures the amount of speech of each participant based on the voice information input from the conference speech recognition unit 60 and the speaker information indicating the speaker (speaker). In the present embodiment, the amount of speech includes speech time and the number of times of speech. That is, the measurement unit 70 measures the speech time and the number of utterances of each participant based on the voice information input from the conference utterance recognition unit 60 and the speaker information indicating the speaker (speaker). The measurement result obtained by the measurement unit 70 is output to a meeting speech amount storage unit 80 described later.

  The conference speech amount storage unit 80 stores measurement results (speaker information indicating a speaker and speech amount information indicating a speech amount) input from the measurement unit 70. In that case, the average value of the amount of speech for each participant in a conference of the same series (a series of conferences with the same name but different times) (in the following explanation, it may be referred to as “average speech amount”) And the average amount of speech for each participant in all past conferences is calculated and stored together.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the data structure of the conference speech amount storage unit 80. As shown in FIG. 6, the conference speech amount storage unit 80 calculates the speech amount (in the present embodiment, the speech time and the number of speeches) in the conference for each participant for each conference held in the past. Remember. The meeting speech amount storage unit 80 corresponds to a “first storage unit” in the claims.

  In the example of FIG. 6, the meeting named “hoge” has been held twice in the past. In other words, the meeting “hoge” can be regarded as being composed of the first meeting and the second meeting. As shown in FIG. 6, Mr. A's speech time in the first meeting is 21 minutes in total, and the number of speeches is 9 times. Similarly, Mr. B to E participate in the conference “hoge” and Mr. E participates but does not speak. Since Mr. F is not a participant in the conference, it is recorded as not eligible for the conference “hoge”. Each time the conference ends and the amount of speech is recorded, the average amount of speech is recalculated and recorded as the average value for each conference. In the example of FIG. 6, the average value of Mr. A's speech time at the conference “hoge” is 23.0 minutes as the average value of the first and second conferences, and the average value of the number of speeches is the first time, The average value of the second meeting is 11 times. The unit does not need to be in minutes, and may be hours or seconds.

  In the example of FIG. 6, the first meeting has already been held in the meeting “piyo”, and the second meeting is scheduled. Mr. A's speaking time in the first meeting is 17 minutes in total, and the number of speaking times is seven. Since the meeting has been held only once, the first value (17.0 minutes, 7.0 times) is recorded as it is as the average value of Mr. A's speaking time and number of speaking. Since the second meeting is in a state before the holding, data has not been recorded yet. Furthermore, in the example of FIG. 6, the average value over all conferences is also calculated. In the example of FIG. 6, as an average value of Mr. A's speech time in a conference hoge (for two times), a conference fuga (for one time), and a conference piyo (for one time) (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “average speech time”) For 17.3 minutes, 7.8 times are recorded as the average value of the number of times of speaking (hereinafter, sometimes referred to as “average number of times of speaking”). In other words, 17.3 minutes and 7.8 times are recorded as the average amount of speech of Mr. A in the conference hoge (for two times), the conference fuga (for one time), and the conference piyo (for one time).

  Returning to FIG. 2 again, the description will be continued. The voice input unit 90 receives a voice input from a voice input device (a microphone 400 in this example) that inputs voice. The means for connecting to the microphone 400 is arbitrary, and may be connected by wire or wirelessly. In the present embodiment, the microphone 400 is prepared for each conference participant.

  As a storage destination of information handled in all the above-described storage units, for example, a non-volatile storage device (for example, an auxiliary storage device such as a hard disk) in the conference support apparatus 100 can be cited.

  Next, an operation example of the conference support apparatus 100 at the time of conference preparation will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of the conference support apparatus 100 during conference preparation. First, the conference / minutes information input / output unit 10 receives input of a conference name, a conference time, and a conference date and time from an external terminal (step S1). The minutes information storage unit 20 adds a new item (line) to the meeting minutes management table provided in the non-volatile storage area as a new meeting is held, and writes the meeting attribute information received in step S1 ( Step S2). Next, the minutes information storage unit 20 creates an area for storing a new meeting minutes and adds a new meeting in the “minutes link” column of the item newly added to the meeting minutes management table. A URI capable of specifying an area for storing the minutes is written (step S3).

  Next, the conference / minutes information input / output unit 10 receives input of information indicating participants of the conference scheduled to be held from the external terminal (step S4). The conference participant storage unit 30 adds a new item to the conference participant information table (see FIG. 4) provided in the non-volatile storage area. In step S2, the identification number assigned to the item (line) newly added to the meeting minutes management table (information that can identify the conference scheduled to be held if the way of viewing is changed), and in step S4 The information (participant specifying information) associated with the received information indicating the participant of the conference scheduled to be held is stored (step S5). The conference / minutes information input / output unit 10 and the conference participant storage unit 30 repeat the above steps S4 and S5 until all participants are input (step S6).

  After step S6, the notification / meeting member notifying unit 50 of the meeting notice / minutes notifies the contact information of all the meeting participants that the meeting will be held (meeting holding notice) (step S7). Next, the minutes clerk assigning unit 40 (acquisition unit 41) acquires the amount of speech of the participant in the past conference for each participant of the conference scheduled to be held (step S8). For example, the acquisition unit 41 acquires information on the newly added item (participant specifying information) from the conference participant storage unit 30 and stores the past information for each participant specified by the acquired participant specifying information. It is also possible to acquire the average amount of speech of the participant in the conference.

  Next, the minutes clerk assigning unit 40 (decision unit 42) compares the amount of speech of each participant specified by the acquired participant specifying information, and the participant with the smallest amount of speech is in charge of making the minutes. (Step S9). Next, the minutes clerk assigning unit 40 (notification unit 43) notifies the participant determined in step S9 of the minutes creation request through the holding notification / minutes creation person notifying unit 50 (step S9). Step S10). In the present embodiment, the notification unit 43 acquires the email address of the participant determined in step S9 from the conference participant storage unit 30, and notifies the participant by e-mail.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the conference participant storage unit 30 stores the contact information (email address in the example of FIG. 8) of the participant for each participant. The notification unit 43 acquires the email address of the participant determined in step S9 from the conference participant storage unit 30, and notifies the participant by e-mail. FIG. 9 shows an example of a mail text for notifying the minutes creation request. In the example of FIG. 9, it is possible to specify the storage location of the minutes document in the minutes information storage unit 20 so that the participant who has received the notification of the minutes creation request can access and edit the minutes document. A detailed minutes link (URI) is attached to the e-mail together with the outline of the meeting (meeting name, number of times, date and time).

  Next, an operation example of the conference support apparatus 100 during the conference will be described. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of the conference support apparatus 100 during a conference. First, the voice input unit 90 stands by until receiving an input (voice input) from the microphone 400 used in the conference. When the voice input is accepted, it is output to the meeting speech recognition unit 60 (step S11). Next, the conference utterance recognition unit 60 compares the voiceprint information registered in advance with the received voice, and confirms whether or not the speech is made by a participant (human voice) (step S12). When it is confirmed that the received voice is a speech by the participant (result of step S12: YES), the speech start information and the speech start time are set and output to the measuring unit 70. Except for human voices, they are excluded here. Similarly, when it is confirmed that the utterance has ended because the utterance is interrupted for a certain time, the utterance end information and the utterance end time are set as a set and output to the measuring unit 70.

  Next, the measurement unit 70 measures the speech time and the number of utterances for each participant based on the speech start and speech end times input from the conference speech recognition unit 60 and outputs them to the conference speech amount storage unit 80. . (Step S13). The conference speech amount storage unit 80 stores the speech time and the number of speeches (speech amount) for each participant output in step S13 (step S14).

  The voice input unit 90, the conference speech recognition unit 60, the measurement unit 70, and the conference speech amount storage unit 80 repeat the above steps S12 to S14 until the conference ends (step S15). When the conference ends, the conference participant storage unit 30 stores the person who actually participated in the conference as “attendance” and the person who did not participate as “absent” in the conference participant information table (step S16). The completion of the conference is notified from the conference / minute information input / output unit 10 to the conference participant storage unit 30. The measuring unit 70 recalculates the average value (average speech amount) of each participant's speech time and frequency based on the updated latest speech amount (step S17), and the result of the recalculation is the conference speech amount. The data is output to the storage unit 80. The completion of the conference is transmitted from the conference / minute information input / output unit 10 to the measurement unit 70 via the conference participant storage unit 30. The conference speech amount storage unit 80 stores the average value output in step S17 (step S18). That is, the conference speech amount storage unit 80 rewrites (updates) the data to the average value output in step S17.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a table held by the conference statement recognition unit 60. As shown in FIG. 11, the table held by the conference statement recognition unit 60 includes first identification information for identifying a voice input device (here, the microphone 400) for inputting voice, and a second identification for identifying participants of the conference. Information is associated. The conference speech recognition unit 60 reads the second identification information corresponding to the first identification information for identifying the microphone 400 that has output the voice input received by the voice input unit 90 from the table of FIG. It is possible to determine which participant's speech is the received voice input.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an example of processing for recognizing speech input accepted by the speech input unit 90 as a conference speech and calculating a participant speech amount (speech time / number of times). As shown in FIG. 12, first, the conference statement recognition unit 60 acquires the voice input accepted by the voice input unit 90 (step S21). Next, the conference statement recognition unit 60 determines whether or not the acquired voice input is a conference statement (step S22). Details of this determination process will be described later. When it is determined that the acquired voice input is a utterance of the conference (result of step S22: YES), the conference utterance recognition unit 60 identifies the participant who made the utterance, and measures information indicating the participant (Step S23). More specifically, the conference statement recognition unit 60 reads second identification information corresponding to the first identification information for identifying the microphone 400 that has output the voice input received by the voice input unit 90 from the table of FIG. Information indicating the participant identified by the read second identification information (or the second identification information itself) is output to the measurement unit 70.

  Next, the measurement unit 70 calculates the amount of speech (speech time / number of speeches) of the participant who made a speech based on the speech input received by the speech input unit 90 (step S24).

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing in which the conference speech recognition unit 60 determines whether or not the speech input received by the speech input unit 90 is a conference speech. The conference speech recognition unit 60 recognizes that the speech input received by the speech input unit 90 is a conference speech when the speech time indicating the duration of speech input received by the speech input unit 90 is equal to or greater than a threshold (determination). ) More specifically, it is as follows. As shown in FIG. 13, first, the conference statement recognition unit 60 acquires the voice input accepted by the voice input unit 90 (step S31). Next, the conference statement recognition unit 60 determines whether or not the voice time indicating the time during which the voice input received by the voice input unit 90 continues is equal to or greater than the threshold (step S32). When it determines with audio | voice time being more than a threshold value (when the result of step S32 is YES), the meeting speech recognition part 60 determines with the acquired audio | voice input being the speech of a meeting (step S33). On the other hand, when it determines with audio | voice time being less than a threshold value (when the result of step S32 is NO), the meeting speech recognition part 60 determines with the acquired audio | voice input not being the speech of a meeting (step S34).

  Here, as is generally done, if one of the meeting participants leaves the minutes to be prepared, the person in charge of the minutes will have to concentrate on making the minutes. It makes it difficult to speak your opinions and ideas and discuss with other participants. In particular, when a participant with a large amount of speech (that is, a participant who contributes to the activation of the conference) is selected as a person who creates minutes, there is a problem that the conference is inactivated.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, as described above, the minutes clerk allocating unit 40 acquires, for each participant in the conference scheduled to be held, the amount of speech of the participant in the conference held in the past, and the amount of speech The participant with the smallest number is decided to be in charge of the minutes. In other words, the participants who are most likely not to contribute to the activation of the conference are determined as the minutes preparation staff, so the minutes can be obtained as a summary document of the conference, and the conference participants There is an advantageous effect that the discussion can be activated to the maximum extent.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment will be described. In the second embodiment, when the first meeting indicating the meeting scheduled to be held (for example, the meeting in which the meeting attribute information input / output unit 10 accepts input of meeting attribute information, etc.) is held for the first time (first time The acquisition unit 41 indicates, for each participant in the first meeting, the average value of the speaking time of the participant in all the meetings held in the past and different from the first meeting. The 1 average speech time is acquired, and the determination unit 42 determines the participant who has the smallest first average speech time as the minutes creation staff. Thereby, even in the first meeting where there is no information on the same series of meetings, a participant who seems to be most suitable for the activation of the meeting can be a person in charge of the minutes. When there are a plurality of participants having the smallest first average speech time, the acquisition unit 41 sets all the participants different from the first conference held in the past for each participant having the smallest first average speech time. The first average number of utterances indicating the average value of the number of utterances of the participant in the conference is acquired, and the determination unit 42 determines the participant with the smallest first average number of utterances as the minutes creation staff. As a result, in the first meeting where there is no information on the same series of meetings, even if there are multiple participants who have the shortest first average speaking time, the participants who are considered to be the least suitable for the activation of the meeting are discussed. It can be a recording person.

  In the second embodiment, when the first meeting is held for the second time or later, the acquisition unit 41 determines, for each participant in the first meeting, all the held times before the first meeting. The second average speech time indicating the average value of the speech time of the participant in the conference is acquired, and the determination unit 42 determines the participant who has the smallest second average speech time as the minutes creation staff. Thereby, in the second and subsequent meetings where information on the same series of meetings exists, the participant who seems to be most suitable for the activation of the meeting can be set as the person in charge of the minutes. When there are a plurality of participants having the smallest second average speech time, the acquisition unit 41 determines, for each participant having the smallest second average speech time, all of the held times before the first round of the first conference. The second average number of utterances indicating the average value of the number of utterances of the participant in the conference is acquired, and the determination unit 42 determines the participant with the smallest second average number of utterances as the minutes creation staff. As a result, in the second and subsequent conferences where information on conferences of the same series exists, even if there are multiple participants with the smallest second average speech time, the participant who seems to be most suitable for the activation of the conference Can be a minutes clerk.

  Hereinafter, this will be specifically described with reference to FIG. FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of the conference support apparatus 100 during conference preparation. The processing contents in steps S41 to S47 in FIG. 14 are the same as the processing contents in steps S1 to S7 in FIG. After step S47, the minutes staff assigner 40 determines whether the meeting to be held (the meeting / conference information input / output unit 10 accepts input of meeting attribute information, etc.) is the first meeting. (Step S48). When it is determined that this is the first meeting (result of step S48: YES), the minutes staff assigner 40 (acquisition unit 41) acquires the first average speech time (step S49). More specifically, the acquisition unit 41 includes a first meeting held in the past for each participant of a meeting to be held (hereinafter, referred to as “first meeting” indicating a meeting scheduled to be held). The first average speech time indicating the average speech time of the participant in all conferences different from the conference is acquired from the conference speech amount storage unit 80.

  Next, the determination unit 42 determines whether or not there are a plurality of participants having the shortest first average speech time acquired in Step S49 (Step S50). When it is determined that there is only one participant having the smallest first average speech time (result of step S50: NO), the determination unit 42 selects the participants with the smallest first average speech time as minutes. The person in charge of creation is determined (step S51). Then, the process proceeds to step S59. Since the processing content of step S59 is the same as the processing content of step S10 of FIG. 7, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that there are a plurality of participants having the shortest first average speech time (result of step S50: YES), the acquisition unit 41 acquires the first average speech count (step S52). More specifically, the acquisition unit 41 determines, for each participant who has the smallest first average speech time, the average value of the number of speeches of the participant in all conferences held in the past that are different from the first conference. Is obtained from the conference speech amount storage unit 80. Next, the determination unit 42 determines the participant who has the smallest first average number of utterances acquired in step S52 as a minutes creation person (step S53). Then, the process proceeds to step S59.

  Hereinafter, a specific example will be described. Assume that the data shown in FIG. 15 is stored in the conference speech amount storage unit 80, and the first conference scheduled to be held is the first conference of the conference “new”. As shown in FIG. 15, there are five participants A to E in the first meeting of the meeting “new”, Mr. A's first average speaking time is 17.3 minutes, and Mr. B's first meeting Average speech time is 10.3 minutes, Mr. C's first average speech time is 7.3 minutes, Mr. D's first average speech time is 2.0 minutes, and Mr. E's first average speech time is 1.8 minutes It is. In this example, since Mr. E's first average speech time (1.8 minutes) is the shortest, the result of the above-described step S50 is “NO”, and in the above-described step S51, the determination unit 42 Decided to be in charge of making minutes.

  On the other hand, it is assumed that the data shown in FIG. 16 is stored in the conference speech amount storage unit 80 and the first conference scheduled to be held is the first conference of the conference “new”. As shown in FIG. 16, the participants of the first meeting of the meeting “new” are three persons A to C, and Mr. A's first average speaking time is 17.3 minutes, Mr. B's first meeting The average speech time is 10.0 minutes, and Mr. C's first average speech time is 10.0 minutes. In this example, Mr. B's first average speech time (10.0 minutes) and Mr. C's first average speech time (10.0 minutes) are the least, and there are a plurality of participants (1st average speech time is the shortest). 2), the result of step S50 described above is “YES”, and in step S52 described above, the acquisition unit 41 determines the first average number of utterances of Mr. B (4.5 times) and the first of Mr. C. The average number of utterances (4.8 times) is acquired from the conference utterance amount storage unit 80. In this example, Mr. B's first average number of utterances (4.5) is less than Mr. C's first average number of utterances (4.8), so the participant with the smallest first average number of utterances is B In the next step S53, the determination unit 42 determines Mr. B to be in charge of making minutes.

  Returning to FIG. 14 again, the description will be continued. In the above-described step S48, when the minutes clerk allocating unit 40 determines that the first meeting scheduled to be held is the second or later (result of step S48: NO), the proceedings The recording person assigning unit 40 (acquiring unit 41) acquires the second average speech time (step S54). Specifically, for each participant in the first meeting, the acquisition unit 41 uses the second average indicating the average value of the participant's speech time in all the meetings held before the first meeting. The speech time is acquired from the conference speech amount storage unit 80.

  Next, the determination unit 42 determines whether or not there are a plurality of participants having the smallest second average speech time acquired in Step S54 (Step S55). When it is determined that only one participant has the smallest second average speech time (result of step S55: NO), the determination unit 42 selects the participant with the smallest second average speech time as the minutes. The person in charge of creation is determined (step S56). Then, the process proceeds to step S59.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that there are a plurality of participants having the smallest second average speech time (result of step S55: YES), the acquisition unit 41 acquires the second average speech count (step S57). More specifically, the acquisition unit 41 calculates the average value of the number of utterances of the participant in all the meetings held before the first meeting for each participant having the smallest second average utterance time. Is obtained from the conference speech amount storage unit 80. Next, the determination unit 42 determines the participant who has the smallest second average number of utterances acquired in step S57 as the minutes creation staff (step S58). Then, the process proceeds to step S59.

  Hereinafter, a specific example will be described. Now, it is assumed that the data shown in FIG. 17 is stored in the conference speech amount storage unit 80, and the first conference scheduled to be held is the second conference of the conference “piyo”. As shown in FIG. 17, there are five participants A to E in the second meeting of the meeting “piyo”. In this example, the second average speech time of each participant is the speech time of the participant in the first meeting of the conference “piyo”, and the second average speech time of each participant is the conference “piyo”. This is the number of times the participant has made a speech in the first meeting. Therefore, Mr. A's second average speaking time is 17.0 minutes, Mr. B's second average speaking time is 8.0 minutes, Mr. C's second average speaking time is 10.0 minutes, Mr. D's second average speaking time The speaking time is 1.0 minute, and Mr. E's second average speaking time is 2.0 minutes. Here, since Mr. D's second average speech time (1.0 minute) is the shortest, the result of the above-described step S55 is “NO”, and in the above-described step S56, the determination unit 42 identifies Mr. D. Decided to be in charge of recording.

  On the other hand, it is assumed that the data shown in FIG. 18 is stored in the conference speech amount storage unit 80 and the first conference is the second conference of the conference “piyo”. As shown in FIG. 18, there are five participants A to E in the second meeting of the meeting “piyo”. In this example, the second average speech time of each participant is the speech time of the participant in the first meeting of the conference “piyo”, and the second average speech time of each participant is the conference “piyo”. This is the number of times the participant has made a speech in the first meeting. Therefore, Mr. A's second average speaking time is 17.0 minutes, Mr. B's second average speaking time is 8.0 minutes, Mr. C's second average speaking time is 10.0 minutes, Mr. D's second average speaking time The speaking time is 2.0 minutes, and Mr. E's second average speaking time is 2.0 minutes. Here, Mr. D's second average speech time (2.0 minutes) and Mr. E's second average speech time (2.0 minutes) are the smallest, and there are a plurality of participants (2 As a result, the result of step S55 described above is “YES”, and in step S57 described above, the acquisition unit 41 determines that Mr. D's second average speech count (3.0 times) and Mr. E's second average The number of utterances (1.0) is acquired from the conference utterance amount storage unit 80. In this example, Mr. E's second average number of utterances (1.0) is less than Mr. D's second average number of utterances (3.0), so the participant with the smallest second average number of utterances is E In the next step S58, the determination unit 42 determines Mr. E to be in charge of creating minutes.

(Third embodiment)
Next, a third embodiment will be described. In 3rd Embodiment, the measurement part 70 does not measure the amount of speech of the participant who is in charge of the minutes preparation of the meeting in process. Hereinafter, this will be specifically described with reference to FIG. FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of the conference support apparatus 100 during a conference. Since the processing content of step S61 and step S62 of FIG. 19 is the same as the processing content of step S11 and step S12 of FIG. 10, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted. After step S62, the conference statement recognition unit 60 determines whether or not the statement received by the voice input unit 90 is a statement from the person in charge of the minutes (step S63). When it is determined that the speech accepted by the voice input unit 90 is the speech of the minutes clerk (result of step S63: YES), the measurement unit 70 utters the speech of the participant who is the minutes clerk Do not measure the amount (speech time / number of times). As a result, it is possible to prevent disadvantages for the minutes staff who are difficult to speak during the meeting. In addition, the processing content of step S64-step S69 is the same as the processing content of step S13-step S18 of FIG.

  FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the conference utterance amount storage unit 80. In this example, it is assumed that the second meeting of the meeting “piyo” is being held. Here, the person in charge of the minutes is Mr. E. As described above, in the present embodiment, the amount of utterances of the person in charge of the minutes is not measured. Therefore, Mr. E's utterance amount (speech time / number of utterances) in the second meeting of the meeting “piyo” "

(Fourth embodiment)
Next, a fourth embodiment will be described. In the fourth embodiment, the minutes clerk assigner allocating unit 40 (determination unit 42) decides the participant with the second smallest amount of speech as the person responsible for creating the preliminary minutes. Then, the minutes clerk allocating unit 40 (notification unit 43) creates a preliminary minutes for the participants who are determined to be in charge of the preliminary minutes through the holding notification / minutes creation person notification unit 50. Notify your request.

  Hereinafter, a specific description will be given with reference to FIG. FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of the conference support apparatus 100 during conference preparation. The processing contents of steps S71 to S79 in FIG. 21 are the same as the processing contents of steps S1 to S9 in FIG. After step S79 in FIG. 21, the minutes clerk allocator 40 (decision unit 42) decides the participant with the second smallest amount of speech as the person in charge of creating the preliminary minutes (step S80). Next, the minutes clerk assigning unit 40 (notification unit 43) notifies the participants determined in step S78 of the meeting creation request through the holding notification / minutes creation person notifying unit 50, A request for preparation of preliminary minutes is notified to the participant determined in step S80 (step S81). Thereby, even if the person in charge of minutes cannot suddenly participate in the meeting, the person in charge of preparation of the preliminary minutes can create the minutes, so the meeting can proceed efficiently.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to each above-mentioned embodiment, A various deformation | transformation is possible within the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention. Moreover, each above-mentioned embodiment can also be combined arbitrarily.

  Note that the conference support apparatus 100 of the above-described embodiment can also be realized by using, for example, a general-purpose computer apparatus as basic hardware. That is, each of the above-described storage units (the minutes information storage unit 20, the conference participant storage unit 30, and the conference statement amount storage unit 80) is realized by a hardware circuit, while the above-described conference / minutes information input / output unit 10 is provided. The meeting person assigning unit 40, the meeting notice / meeting person making notice part 50, the meeting recognizing part 60, the measuring part 70, and the voice input part 90 each have a CPU mounted on the above computer device as a ROM. This can be realized by executing a program stored in the program. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the above-described meeting / minutes information input / output unit 10, minutes person assigning part 40, meeting notice / minutes making person notice part 50, meeting speech recognition part 60, measurement part 70, At least a part of the functions of the voice input unit 90 may be realized by a hardware circuit.

  The program executed by the conference support apparatus 100 of the above-described embodiment is an installable or executable file, such as a CD-ROM, a flexible disk (FD), a CD-R, a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), or the like. You may comprise so that it may record and provide on a computer-readable recording medium. Further, the program executed by the conference support apparatus 100 according to the above-described embodiment may be configured to be provided by being stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet and downloaded via the network. Further, the program executed by the conference support apparatus 100 of the above-described embodiment may be configured to be provided or distributed via a network such as the Internet.

  Also, the conference support apparatus has the functions of the above-described minutes staff assigning unit 40 (acquisition unit 41, determination unit 42, notification unit 43), and other functions (meeting / minute information input / output unit 10, proceedings) The recording information storage unit 20, the conference participant storage unit 30, the holding notification / minutes preparation person notification unit 50, the conference speech recognition unit 60, the measurement unit 70, the conference speech amount storage unit 80, and the voice input unit 90) You may mount in the external server apparatus connectable with a assistance apparatus. The number of external server devices may be one or more. For example, functions (meeting / minute information input / output unit 10, minutes information storage unit 20, meeting participant storage unit 30, The event notification / minutes preparation staff notification unit 50, the conference speech recognition unit 60, the measurement unit 70, the conference speech amount storage unit 80, and the voice input unit 90) may be distributed and installed in two or more external devices. .

  In short, the present invention may be a conference support system including one or more server devices and a conference support device. One or more server devices store a third storage unit that stores participant identification information in which information that can identify a first conference indicating a conference to be held is associated with information that indicates a participant of the first conference ( The first storage unit (corresponding to the conference speech storage unit 80) that stores the amount of speech in the conference of the participant for each participant of all conferences held in the past. And comprising. Then, the conference support apparatus acquires the participant specifying information from the third storage unit, and sets, for each participant specified by the acquired participant information, the amount of speech of the participant in the conference held in the past. The acquisition unit 41 acquired from the storage unit and the utterance amount of each participant acquired by the acquisition unit 41 are compared, and the participant with the smallest utterance amount is determined to be in charge of creating the minutes of the first meeting. And a notification unit 43 that notifies a participant who has been determined to be in charge of creating the minutes of the first meeting by the decision unit 42 to notify the minutes creation request. For example, functions other than the above-described conference participant storage unit 30 and conference speech amount storage unit 80 (conference / minute information input / output unit 10, minutes information storage unit 20, conference participant allocation unit 40, meeting notification / minutes The creation person notifying unit 50, the conference speech recognition unit 60, the measurement unit 70, and the voice input unit 90) are mounted on the conference support device, and the conference participant storage unit 30 and the conference speech amount storage unit 80 described above are one or more servers. The form mounted in an apparatus may be sufficient.

  Moreover, the function of the above-mentioned minutes person assigning unit 40 may be distributed to one or more external server devices and the conference support device. For example, the conference support apparatus may have a part of the functions of the acquisition unit 41, the determination unit 42, and the notification unit 43, and other functions may be mounted on one or more external server devices. In short, the present invention is a conference support system including one or more server devices and a conference support device, and each participant in the first conference indicating a conference scheduled to be held in the conference held in the past. The acquisition unit 41 that acquires the amount of speech of the participant is compared with the amount of speech of each participant acquired by the acquisition unit 41, and the participant with the smallest amount of speech is determined to be in charge of creating the minutes of the first meeting The form provided with at least the determination part 42 and the notification part 43 which notifies the participant who was determined by the determination part 42 to be in charge of the minutes preparation of the 1st meeting may be sufficient.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Meeting / minutes information input / output part 20 Minutes information storage part 30 Meeting participant memory part 40 Minutes person allocation part 41 Acquisition part 42 Determination part 43 Notification part 50 Holding notification / minutes preparation person notification part 60 Meeting Speech recognition unit 70 Measuring unit 80 Conference speech amount storage unit 90 Voice input unit 100 Conference support device 200, 300 Terminal device 400 Microphone

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Claims (14)

For each participant of the first meeting indicating the meeting scheduled to be held, an acquisition unit that acquires the amount of speech of the participant in the meeting held in the past;
A determination unit that compares the amount of speech of each of the participants acquired by the acquisition unit, and determines the participant who has the smallest amount of speech to be in charge of creating the minutes of the first meeting;
A notification unit for notifying the minutes creation request to the participant determined by the decision unit to be in charge of the minutes creation of the first meeting;
Conference support device. The amount of speech includes speech time,
If the first meeting is held for the first time,
The acquisition unit acquires, for each participant, a first average speech time indicating an average value of the speech time of the participant in all conferences different from the first conference held in the past,
The determination unit determines the participant who has the shortest first average speech time as a minutes creation person of the first meeting;
The conference support apparatus according to claim 1. The amount of utterance includes the number of utterances,
When there are a plurality of the participants with the smallest first average speech time,
The acquisition unit indicates an average value of the number of utterances of the participant in all meetings different from the first meeting held in the past for each participant having the smallest first average utterance time. Get the first average number of utterances,
The determination unit determines the participant having the smallest first average number of utterances as a minutes preparation member of the first meeting.
The conference support apparatus according to claim 2. The amount of speech includes speech time,
When the first meeting is held after the second,
The acquisition unit acquires, for each participant, a second average speech time indicating an average value of the speech time of the participant in all conferences held before the first conference.
The determining unit determines the participant having the shortest second average speech time as a minutes creation member of the first meeting;
The conference support apparatus according to claim 1. The amount of utterance includes the number of utterances,
If there are a plurality of the participants with the smallest second average speech time,
The acquisition unit indicates an average value of the number of utterances of the participant in all conferences held before the first conference for each participant having the smallest second average speech time. Get the second average number of utterances,
The determination unit determines the participant having the smallest second average number of utterances as a minutes creation member of the first meeting.
The conference support apparatus according to claim 4. For each participant of all conferences held in the past, a first storage unit that stores the amount of speech in the participant's conference;
For each participant of the conference being held, the measurement unit that measures the amount of speech of the participant and writes the measurement result to the first storage unit,
The measurement unit does not measure the amount of speech of a participant who is in charge of creating minutes of an ongoing meeting,
The conference support apparatus according to claim 1. A voice input unit for receiving voice input from a voice input device corresponding to a conference participant on a one-to-one basis;
The measurement unit measures the speech amount of the participant corresponding to the voice input device that has output the voice input received by the voice input unit based on the voice input received by the voice input unit,
The conference support apparatus according to claim 6. A speech recognition unit that recognizes that the speech input received by the speech input unit is a speech when the speech time indicating the duration of the speech input received by the speech input unit is equal to or greater than a threshold;
The conference support apparatus according to claim 7. The determination unit determines the participant who has the second smallest amount of speech as a person who creates a preliminary minutes.
The conference support apparatus according to claim 1. The notifying unit notifies the participant determined to be in charge of preparing a preliminary minutes by the determining unit, and notifies a request for preparing a minutes of preliminary minutes.
The conference support apparatus according to claim 9. A conference support system comprising one or more server devices and a conference support device,
The one or more server devices are:
A third storage unit that stores participant identification information in which information that can identify a first conference indicating a conference scheduled to be held and information that indicates a participant of the first conference are associated;
For each participant of all conferences held in the past, a first storage unit that stores the amount of speech in the participant's conference,
The conference support device includes:
The participant identification information is acquired from the third storage unit, and the amount of speech of the participant in a conference held in the past is acquired for each participant specified by the acquired participant identification information in the first storage. An acquisition unit acquired from the department;
A determination unit that compares the amount of speech of each of the participants acquired by the acquisition unit, and determines the participant who has the smallest amount of speech to be in charge of creating the minutes of the first meeting;
A notification unit for notifying the minutes creation request to the participant determined by the decision unit to be in charge of the minutes creation of the first meeting;
Meeting support system. A conference support system comprising one or more server devices and a conference support device,
For each participant of the first meeting indicating the meeting scheduled to be held, an acquisition unit that acquires the amount of speech of the participant in the meeting held in the past;
A determination unit that compares the amount of speech of each of the participants acquired by the acquisition unit, and determines the participant who has the smallest amount of speech to be in charge of creating the minutes of the first meeting;
A notification unit for notifying the minutes creation request to the participant determined by the decision unit to be in charge of the minutes creation of the first meeting;
Meeting support system. An acquisition step in which the computer acquires, for each participant in the first meeting indicating a meeting scheduled to be held, the amount of speech of the participant in the meeting held in the past;
The computer compares the amount of speech of each participant acquired in the acquisition step, and determines the participant with the smallest amount of speech to be in charge of creating minutes of the first meeting;
Computer, by the determination step comprises to the participants determined in proceedings preparation representative of the first conference, a notification step of notifying the minutes generation request, a,
Meeting support method. On the computer,
For each participant of the first conference indicating a conference to be held, an acquisition step of acquiring the amount of speech of the participant in the conference held in the past;
A determination step of comparing the amount of speech of each of the participants acquired in the acquisition step, and determining the participant with the smallest amount of speech as a minutes creation person in charge of the first meeting;
A program for executing the notifying step of notifying the participant who has been determined to be in charge of creating the minutes of the first meeting by the determining step.

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