JPH04199366A - Picture processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To realize operation using the auditory sense of an operator too together with his visual sense by recording and reproducing voice information related to information in question together with picture information. CONSTITUTION:An analog voice like a title, etc., inputted from a microphone 20 is amplified by a microphone amplifier 21, and is converted into a digital voice data by an A/D converter 22, and is inputted to a recording/reproducing control part 23. Here, this voice data is transferred to an optical disk device 8 by the control part 23 and the voice data is recorded together with the corresponding picture data. At the time of retrieval, the operator inputs the title of the document (picture information) desired to retrieve by a voice from the microphone 20, and the digitized voice is sent to a voice recognizing part 24 through the control part 23, and here, it is analyzed, and is converted into a title code for the retrieval. Then, the desired document is searched from the optical disk device 8 on the basis of this title code, and is displayed by a display 12. Thus, the auditory sense of the operator too is used together with his visual sense.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Purpose of the Invention (Field of Industrial Application) This invention relates to an image processing device having a voice recognition function,
In particular, the present invention relates to an image processing device that records and reproduces audio information together with image information in an optical filing system, and makes it possible to search for image information using audio information.

(Conventional technology) In image processing devices used in conventional optical filing systems, the information recorded and reproduced is mainly visual information that can be discerned by the eye, such as characters and bitmap patterns, and the system operator's sense of hearing cannot be used effectively. It has not been.

(Problem to be solved) The above image processing device is prone to erroneous recognition and input of complex information during long system operation due to eye fatigue of system operators, and also to beginners who cannot blindly touch the keyboard. Inputting predetermined items such as title becomes a cumbersome task. Furthermore, such devices cannot be operated by people who are blind or have hand disabilities.

An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing apparatus that can be operated by using the operator's sense of sight and hearing by recording and reproducing sound information related to this information together with image information.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Achieving the Problems of the Invention) In order to achieve the above object, an image processing device of the present invention includes means for recording and reproducing image information, and audio information related to the image information. It also includes means for recording and reproducing the image information. This device is configured to be able to search for the image information using the audio information.

(Function) In the above image processing apparatus, when inputting the title, etc. of each image information, the operator inputs a character code from the keyboard, or instead of inputting the keyboard, inputs the title, etc. by voice from the microphone. This audio data is, for example, A/D converted and stored on an optical disk or the like along with corresponding image information.

If the operator later searches for the above image information, instead of entering the search information (title, etc.) from the keyboard,
The title of the desired image, etc. is input by voice through the microphone. Then, the device searches the optical disc for corresponding image information based on the input audio information, and the searched image information is displayed on the device's display. If this image information is accompanied by an explanatory text (character code), this explanatory text is converted into audio information (digital data) for use by a speech synthesizer, etc., and the - audio information is converted into D/A. is played from the speaker.

As described above, the system is operated using the operator's sense of sight and hearing.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of an image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In this system configuration, the modules are connected to each other via a system bus 1 (these modules are exclusively controlled by the CPU in the control section 2).

A normal registration operation is performed as follows. First, image information (bitmap data) read by the image scanner 5 is stored in the page memory 6 via the image bus 3. The image data stored in Page Memo 1 Noro No. 2 is then sent to the encoder/decoder (GODEC).
Compressed by 7. Compressed image data is DM
The information is recorded on the optical disk device 8 (or magnetic disk device 9) through the A interface 4. At this time, information such as a title input using the keyboard 10 or mouse 11 is also recorded on the optical disk device at the same time. Ru.

When searching, for example, the title of the image to be searched for is entered from the keyboard 10. The apparatus shown in FIG. 1 uses the entered title as a keyword to search for desired image information from the optical disk device 8, and the searched image information is displayed on the display I2.

In this embodiment, when image information is compressed by the CODEC7 and recorded on the optical disk device 8, it is possible not only to input search tiles, etc. from the keyboard 1O, but also to input them by voice.

(In addition to the title, a brief explanation of the corresponding image is also input as audio.) In other words, analog audio such as a title input from the microphone 20 is amplified by the microphone amplifier 21, and converted into digital audio data by the A/D converter 22. converted. This digital audio data is input to the recording/playback control section 23. The control unit 23 transfers the input audio data to the optical disk device 8. Then, the optical disk device 8 records this audio data together with the corresponding image information.

When searching, the operator speaks the title of the document (image information) to be searched through the microphone 20. The input title audio is A/D converted, and the digitized audio is sent to the audio recognition section 24 via the control section 23.

The content of this digital voice is analyzed by the voice recognition unit 24,
Converted to title code for search. Voice recognition section 24
can be constructed using known speech recognition technology. A desired document is retrieved from the optical disk device 8 based on this title code and displayed on the display 12.

At this time, if an explanatory text was added when the found document was registered, this explanatory text (for example, AS (Roman alphabet using TI code)) is sent to the speech synthesis unit 25 via the control unit 23. 1 synthesis unit 25, the sent ASC
II code Roman letters are converted into audio data according to a general speech synthesis algorithm. The converted audio data is sent to the D/A converter 26 via the control section 23, where it is converted into an analog audio signal. This analog audio signal is appropriately amplified by a power amplifier 27 and sent to a speaker 28. The operator can hear the explanation of the retrieved document through this speaker.

Note that when the retrieved document is, for example, a catalog of musical instruments, the tone data of the musical instrument can be added to the explanatory text. In this case, in addition to information that can be visually perceived about the instrument, such as its external specifications and price, the operator can also learn about tones that can only be perceived aurally.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the image processing apparatus of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained because the operator's auditory sense is used as well as the visual sense.

(1) Even beginners who cannot touch the keyboard blindly can easily input predetermined items such as titles.

(2) Even people who are visually impaired or have hand disabilities,
It can be operated by anyone with normal mouth and ears.

(3) Information that can only be perceived by hearing (timbre, etc.)
can be handled together with image information.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1-m-system bus, 2-m-control unit, 3--image bus, 4--DMA interface, 5-11 image scanner, 6--page memory, 7--C
0DEC: 8-1~Optical disk device, 9---Magnetic disk device, 10-11 Keyboard, 11---Mouse: I2-11 Display, 20---Microphone, 2
1---Microphone amplifier, 22--A/D converter, 23-
-1 recording/playback control section, 24--1 voice recognition section, 25-
-Speech synthesis unit, 26--D/A converter, 27--Bower amplifier; 28--Speaker applicant's representative Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue

Claims (1)

[Claims] It is characterized by comprising means for recording and reproducing image information, and means for recording and reproducing audio information related to the image information together with the image information, and configured such that the image information can be searched using the audio information. image processing device.