JPH02242325A - Computer system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily recognize the display contents and the contents of a voice output and to improve the effect of learning by displaying an image after the voice output is ended. CONSTITUTION:When a voice command is detected, a document editing device 1 transmits a state check command to a voice output device 2, and when a response signal from the voice output device 2 is in a transmittable state, a prescribed message is displayed. Subsequently, the voice output device 2 outputs a voice corresponding to the message, and transmits a voice message end signal to the document editing device 1. The document editing device 1 which receives the voice message end signal displays the next message. In such a manner, the character-string of one word, one sentence, plural sentences, etc., is displayed, a voice corresponding to its character-string can be synchronized arbitrarily, and the learning effect by a CAI can be improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a computer system having a display means and an audio output means.

[Conventional technology]

Currently, T'aoe (tape) is used as a video and audio medium.
CD-ROM (Couact Disc-Read
0nlyHenory'), CD-1(CoI
Ioact Disc-Interactve), L
D (Laser Disc>, VTR (Video)
TapeRecorder), etc. 1
1 Supported education CA r < cortoutar^
5sisted In5truction).

In education supported by Keijunki, when information is exchanged by connecting a computer and an audio medium, the characters displayed on the display (or monitor) provided for each t5 and the information output from the audio output device Conventionally, the following method is common as a synchronization method with audio.

Namely, (1) A method in which the display starts displaying one screen of characters based on a signal from the computer, and at the same time outputs audio from the audio output device.

■A method in which one screen of characters is displayed on the display using a signal from the calculator, and when all the characters have been displayed, a voice output request signal is sent from the computer to the voice output device to output the voice.

[Issues that Komei aims to solve]

By the way, in the conventional method of synchronizing displayed characters and audio, in the method described in item However, it is extremely difficult for learners to follow the characters displayed on the screen while listening to the audio, making it extremely difficult to improve the learning effect.

On the other hand, in the method described in item (■) above, after one screen of characters is displayed, the sound corresponding to the displayed character is displayed, so the learner can tell which part of the character the character is currently on.
It takes a lot of time to check whether the corresponding voice is being output, and it often happens that the recorded characters and the voice output do not match, making it extremely difficult to improve the learning effect.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a bell machine system that can improve the educational effect by using screen display and sound μm.

(Means for Solving the Problem) The present invention displays one screen worth of images to be displayed on a display means for each image of a preset display unit, and displays display content for each image of the display unit. A preset command is sent to the audio output means that outputs the sound corresponding to the audio output means to output a predetermined sound, and the signal is displayed after receiving a signal indicating the end of the audio output sent from the audio output means. This system is equipped with a control means for displaying the desired image.

(Function) In Kikomei, the image of the display unit is displayed on the display means, and the sound corresponding to the displayed content is output from the sound output means. After the audio output from the audio output means is completed, both display units to be displayed next are displayed on the display means.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the arrangement system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 shows a total of 54F according to the present invention! FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an example of a system. In the figure, an expenditure editing device 1 such as a workstation and an audio output device 2 such as a compact disc player (CD player) that outputs audio are connected via a dedicated cable 3 such as an R8232C interface.

The audio output code is 2G. When you input the command sent from the device 1 into the document editor, the audio information corresponding to the display content displayed on the device 1 is output from the compact disc on which the audio information is recorded. is read out and outputs audio, and when the audio output is finished, a signal to the effect that the audio output is finished is output to the expenditure editing device 1.

Note that a headphone 2A is connected to the audio output device 2, and the student listens to the audio using the headphone 2A.

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram showing the sentence m editing device 1, and in the same figure, a keyboard/mouse control section 11 is shown.
inputs and controls various data, commands, etc. from the keyboard 12 and mouse 13.

The disk control unit 14 divides each persimmon data, a predetermined program including a program based on a flowchart showing a processing procedure described later, and image information for one screen into each image information indicating a preset display unit image. Access control is performed to the disk 15 that stores information on the learning contents being taught.

The display control unit 16 controls the display device 17 to display windows and display unit images according to each function 1a.
& Display the above learning contents etc. on Gaku.

The real memory 18 is composed of a RAM, and stores an operating system program for operating the system, eight types of data groups from the keyboard 12, the mouse 13, a command group, and the like.

The communication control unit 19 connects a communication line (dedicated cable 3) connected to the communication boat 20 and a central processing unit 1iI! equipment (hereinafter referred to as C
21 (referred to as PU), and CPLI 2
1 and transmits/receives the TiD signal necessary for data transmission on the communication line.

The CPU 21 controls each of the control units and the real memory 18 described above.

Next, the same method of screen display and audio output of the above-mentioned computer system will be explained based on the flowchart of FIG.

In the embodiment, the first place (document for synchronization of screen display and audio output) is assumed to be one sentence. Further, it is assumed that in response to the voice command [CD:010], a voice corresponding to the voice information of No. 10 is output.

First, when the CPU 2 i detects the input voice command "CD:0101", it transmits a "status check" command to the voice output device a2 (step 100).

The status check command is input to the audio output bag e2 via the communication control section 19, communication boat 20, and dedicated cable 3.

The voice output device 2, which has received the status check command, sends a response No. 18 indicating its own status to the document editing device 1 (step 200).

The response signal output from the audio output device 2 is sent to the CP via the dedicated cable 3, the communication boat 20, and the communication control unit 19.
It is input to LI21. Then, the CPU 21 checks the input response signal to determine whether the audio output device 2 is normal or not (step 101), and if the response signal is a signal indicating that transmission is not possible, sends an error message. displayed on the display device 17 (step 102), and conversely,
If the response signal is a signal indicating a transmittable state, it is then determined whether or not all messages have been displayed (step 103). If not, C
The PU 21 displays the message on the display device 17 (step 104), and then issues a voice output request to the voice output device 2 to output voice corresponding to the voice information of No. 10 corresponding to the displayed message. A command is sent (step 105).

In response to the input audio output request command, the audio output device 2 searches for the audio information of No. 10, outputs the corresponding audio (step 201), and further searches for the audio information of No. 10 (step 201). When all the outputs have been completed, a voice message completion @ sign indicating this is sent to the document a collection device 1 (step 202), in preparation for outputting the next message.

Note that when the audio corresponding to the audio information No. 10 is being output from the audio output bag ff12, the display bag @17 is in a standby state.

By the way, when the CPU 21 receives the voice message end signal (step 106), it returns to step 103 and executes the steps after this step.

Furthermore, when displaying all messages is finished in step 103, or when step 102 is finished, the Domei system processing is finished.

To explain the above-mentioned operation using a specific example, for example, as shown in FIG.
D:010] is detected, send a status check command to the voice output bag e2.
Response message from the audio output device 2 that received the command @
When (311) is a signal indicating a transmittable state, a predetermined message is sent, for example, rThe weather is nice today. ”
is displayed, an audio output request command is sent to the audio output device 2 to output the audio corresponding to the audio information of N0110 (812).

In response to this, the audio output device 2 searches for the audio information of N0110 and outputs the message "The weather is nice today." ], and when all the sounds corresponding to the corresponding message have been output, a voice message end signal is transmitted to the document editing device 1 (S13). When the document editing device 1 receives this voice message end signal, it sends the next message, for example, [So I can't go outside.
Can not do. ' will be displayed.

Next, a method of synchronizing screen display and audio output in another embodiment of the computer system will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.

In this embodiment as well, the document unit for synchronizing screen display and audio output is one sentence, similar to the embodiment described in FIG. 3 above. Further, it is assumed that in response to the voice command [CD: 0101, a voice corresponding to the voice information of No. 10 is output.

First, when the CPLI 21 detects the input voice command [CD:0101], it transmits a status check command to the voice output device 2 (step 300).

The voice output device 2, which has received the status check command sent from the CPU 21, sends a response signal indicating its own status to the expenditure editing device 1 (step 400).

In the document editing device 1 that has received the response signal sent from the audio output device 2, the CPU 21 checks the response signal and determines whether the audio output device 2 is normal or not. possible state), then
The error message is displayed on the display device 17 (step 302), and on the other hand, if the status is normal (sendable), it is then determined whether all messages have been displayed (step 303). If the process has not ended here, the CPU 21 causes the message to be displayed on the display device 17 (step 3o4), and at the same time causes the voice output device 2 to display the voice information corresponding to No. 10 corresponding to the displayed message. A voice output request command is transmitted to output voice (step 305).

In response to the input audio output request command, the audio output device 2 outputs the audio corresponding to the audio information of No. 10 (step 401), and further outputs all the audio corresponding to the audio information of No. 10. Upon completion, a voice message end signal indicating this is transmitted to the expenditure editing device 1 (step 402), in preparation for outputting the next message.

When the CPU 21 receives the voice message end signal transmitted from the voice output device 2 (step 306), it waits until a command to display the next message is input (step 3o7), and when that command is input, Then, the process returns to step 303 and executes the steps after this step.

Further, when displaying all messages is finished in step 303, or when step 302 is finished, the synchronization method processing is finished.

To explain the above-mentioned operation using a specific example, for example, as shown in FIG.
When the voice command D:0101 is detected, a status check command is sent to the voice output device 2820>,
When the response signal (821>) from the voice output device 2 that received the command is a signal indicating a transmittable state, a predetermined message, for example, "The weather is nice today."
At the same time, N091 is displayed on the audio output device 2.
An audio output request command is sent (822>) to output the audio corresponding to the audio information of 0.

In response to this, the voice output device 2 searches for the voice information of No. 10, outputs the voice corresponding to the message "The weather is nice today," and outputs the voice corresponding to the message. When all of the steps are completed, a voice message completion message B is sent to the expenditure editing device 1 (S23). When the document editing device 1 receives this voice message end signal, it displays the next message, for example, ``Therefore, you cannot go outside.''.

Note that the document editing device 1 calculates the time from the start to the end of outputting the message No. 10 and the time from the start to the end of displaying the characters displayed on the display device 17, and displays the end of the message. Match the end of the character. As a result, the message displayed on the display device 17 and the message output from the audio output device can be synchronized on a sentence-by-sentence basis.

As described above, by differentiating the output timing of the signal output from the CPLI 21 to display the message on the display device 17 and the audio output request command to the audio output device 2, the corresponding audio is output after the message is displayed. The message displayed on the display device 17 and the audio output from the audio output device can be arbitrarily synchronized.

In addition, in each of the above embodiments, the unit of synchronization is one sentence, but the unit of synchronization is not limited to this, but the unit of synchronization may be word unit,
Alternatively, it is of course possible to use multiple sentence units.

It is also possible to use the same control method as the conventional synchronization method by setting the unit of synchronization to one screen.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the display content displayed on the display device 17 is a character string, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention may display a figure and provide an explanation of the figure by audio output. You can also do it.

For example, only the figure corresponding to the mouse 13 shown in FIG. ) may be explained.

According to each of the above embodiments, instead of displaying one screen worth of characters as in the past, each predetermined character string, such as a -word, -sentence, or multiple sentences, is displayed. Corresponding voices can be synchronized arbitrarily, and the displayed character string and the voice corresponding to that character string can be easily recognized, improving the learning effect of CAI (education supported by total t'511). can be done.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, according to Kokumei, a preset command is sent to the audio output means for each image of a preset display unit to output a predetermined sound, and the said audio Since the image to be displayed is displayed on the plurality of people who received the signal without indicating the end of the audio output sent from the output means,
It becomes possible to easily recognize the displayed content and the content of the audio output, and it becomes possible to improve the learning effect by using the displayed text content and the corresponding audio.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of a computer system according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a document editing device,
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of an example of the synchronization method of a computer system, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a specific example of the operation of the synchronization method shown in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a diagram according to the present invention. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a specific example of the operation of the synchronization method shown in FIG. 5, which is a flowchart showing another operation of the synchronization method of the computer system. 1... Document editing device, 2... Audio output device, 2A.
... Headphones, 3... R8232C interface, 11... Keyboard/mouse control unit, 12...
Keyboard, 13...Mouse, 14...Disk control unit, 15...Disk, 16...Display control unit, 1
7...Display flint, 18...Real memory 19...Communication control section, 20...Communication boat, 21...Central processing unit. Figure 1 CG) Figure 2 Figure 5 (b) (a) Section 3 Figure 4 Figure 6 (b)

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] In a computer system having a display means for displaying an image on a display screen and an audio output means for outputting a sound corresponding to the displayed content, an image for one screen to be displayed on the display means is provided. is displayed for each image in a preset display unit, and for each image in the display unit, a preset command is sent to the audio output means to output a predetermined sound, and the audio output means outputs a predetermined sound. A computer system comprising a control means for displaying an image to be displayed next after receiving a signal indicating the end of the transmitted audio output.