JPH05181496A - Speech recognition controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the speech recognition controller which smoothly control equipment by speech input. CONSTITUTION:This controller is provided with a speech recognition device 27 which recognizes an input speech. Further, a liquid crystal screen 11 where information is displayed by using characters or figures is provided. Further, the controller 26 is so set as to control the equipment by following a specific procedure and controls the equipment according to the contents of the speech recognized by the speech recognition device 27. The controller 26 displays the contents of the speech, which should be inputted to the speech recognition device 27 so as to control the equipment, on the liquid crystal screen 11.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for controlling equipment by voice input, and more particularly to a speech recognition control apparatus having control means set to control the equipment in a predetermined procedure. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the improvement of LSI technology, various devices have been developed which recognize a human voice instruction to control a device based on the content of the instruction. For example, JP-A-3-191906 (A47)
B37 / 00) shows a system cooking counter that can control the water supply operation by voice.

[0003]

However, in the case of instructing the operation of the device by voice, the instructor must remember what kind of content should be used, and if the user forgets, the voice of the device can be used. Control becomes impossible.

Further, the human voice pattern slightly changes depending on the physical condition of the day and the content of words. Therefore, no matter how the performance of the voice recognition LSI is improved, a misrecognition or unrecognizable state occurs in the device control device by the voice recognition. In such a case, particularly in a device preprogrammed to control the device in a predetermined procedure, it becomes impossible to move to the next operation, which causes a problem that overall control is delayed.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional technical problems, and in particular, in a device set to control a device in a predetermined procedure, smooth control of the device by voice input is performed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a voice recognition control device that can be achieved.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a voice recognition control device for controlling a device by voice input, wherein voice recognition means for recognizing an inputted voice and information by characters or figures. And a control means that is set to control the device in a predetermined procedure and that controls the device based on the content of the voice recognized by the voice recognition means. The means is configured to display on the display means the content of the voice to be input to the voice recognition means in order to execute the control of the device.

A voice recognition control apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention controls the equipment by voice input, and includes voice recognition means for recognizing the input voice and display means for displaying information by characters or figures. And a control unit configured to control the device according to a predetermined procedure and executing control of the device based on the content of the voice recognized by the voice recognition unit, and the control unit is the voice recognition unit. The recognition result is displayed on the display means.

[0008]

In the voice recognition control apparatus according to the present invention, the control means displays on the display means the contents of the voice to be inputted to the voice recognition means in order to execute the control of the equipment. Since the instructor utters a sound by seeing this display, there is no erroneous recognition due to an error in the words instructed by the sound, and it is not necessary for the instructor to store the contents of the sound. Further, it is also possible to notify the instructor of the timing to be instructed by displaying on the display means.

In the voice recognition control apparatus according to the second aspect, the control means displays the recognition result on the display means. By referring to this display, the instructor can easily determine whether or not to perform the next operation.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a voice recognition control device C of the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the party effect device 1 which is a control target of the voice recognition control device C, and FIG. 3 is a view showing the keyboard switch 10.

In FIG. 2, the party production device 1 is mainly installed at a party venue such as a wedding or various anniversaries, and is used for providing various dishes, producing music and light, managing the progress of the party, and so on. It is used for raising and smoothing, and is mainly composed of a kitchen counter 2 and a table counter 3. The kitchen counter 2 has a counter 5 provided on a pedestal 4, and a sink 6 is provided substantially in the center of the counter 5, and an electromagnetic cooker 7 is provided on the side of the sink 6. There is.

In front of the sink 6, a cover 8 having a central portion extending above the sink 6 in an eaves shape is provided in the longitudinal direction. A water tap (not shown) is provided inside the cover 8 so as to extend above the sink 6, and an infrared projection unit 9 of an infrared switch for controlling the water tap is provided on the upper surface of the cover 8. A liquid crystal screen 11 is provided at the center of the front surface of the cover 8 as a display means for displaying character or graphic information relating to the progress of a party or food, which will be described later, and the showcases 12 are provided on both sides of the liquid crystal screen 11. , 13 are arranged. This showcase 12,
The inside 13 is cooled by an electronic cooling device such as a thermo module (not shown), and foods such as fruits or glasses, small plates, etc. are stored and displayed in the storage. The front openings of the showcases 12 and 13 have a curved cross-section, and are openably and closably closed by vertically rotatable doors 14 and 14, respectively. The doors 14 and 14 are made of a liquid crystal glass plate, and are milky white in a steady state, and become transparent when a voltage is applied, so that foods and the like inside can be seen only there. There is. As a result, it is possible to show the inside of the showcases 12 and 13 to the party participants according to the progress situation, and it is possible to improve the effect of production.

Drink cases 16 are attached to the front corners of the gantry 4 of the kitchen counter 2. The drink case 16 stores a drink 17 such as wine, and is always stored inside the kitchen counter 2. In that state, the inside is cooled by an electronic cooling device similar to the one described above, and as shown in the figure, it is pushed forward. Beverage 17 is provided. Further, an operation switch section 18 is provided below the cover 8 of the kitchen counter 2, and the keyboard switch 10 shown in FIG. 3 is arranged therein. The organizer operates the keyboard switch 10 to set a program relating to a party progress (story) in the control device 26, which will be described later, and perform an arbitrary interrupt operation during the party.

On the other hand, the table counter 3 comprises a pedestal 19 and a counter 21 provided thereon,
The pedestal 19 includes a fixed portion 19A and an elevating portion 19B that is moved up and down by an elevating mechanism (not shown). The counter 21 is provided on the elevating part 19B and moves up and down as the elevating part 19B moves up and down, and its height can be changed. In the center of the counter 21, double-sided curved glass doors 22, 22 are provided in the longitudinal direction. An elevator mechanism (not shown) is installed in the table counter 3, and a plurality of cold dishes and warm dishes are further stored in a container and these dishes are selectively lifted inside the doors 22 and 22 by the elevator mechanism. It has a structure. The doors 22 and 22 are opened to show these dishes to the party participants. A transport rail 23 is laid on the upper surface of the counter 21 around the doors 22, 22. The conveyor rail 23 conveys a glass, a tray or the like placed on the rail in a predetermined direction by ultrasonic waves generated by a vibrator (not shown).

The table counter 3 is attached so as to be orthogonal to the kitchen counter 2 and have a T-shape. At this time, the table counter 3 and the kitchen counter 2 are connected to their respective electric circuits, and the kitchen switch 2 and the table counter 3 are used for cooking, transporting or carrying out operations by the keyboard switch 10 or a story pre-programmed by the keyboard switch 10. It is configured so that exhibition and production functions are performed.

Further, in FIG. 1, a controller 26 as a control means composed of a general-purpose microcomputer inputs the output of the above-mentioned keyboard switch 10 provided in the operation switch section 18 of the kitchen counter 2, and The output of the voice recognition device 27 as voice recognition means is also input. The voice recognition device 27 is composed of a voice recognition LSI including a voice input unit, a feature analysis unit, a standard pattern memory unit, and a pattern matching unit, and an instruction to store a standard voice pattern in the standard pattern memory unit in advance. A person (a single or a plurality of party attendees) carries a wireless microphone 28, which is, for example, a pin microphone, and a signal of the wireless microphone 28 is input to the voice input unit. The output of the operation button 31 provided on the table counter 3 is also input to the control device 26. The controller 26 outputs the liquid crystal screen 11 and the other general operation device A (for example, the doors 14 and 14).
And the elevator, the transport rail 23, etc.) and the voice synthesizer 29 are connected.

Next, a procedure for setting a program regarding a party progress (story) to the control device 26 by the organizer will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. First, the power is turned on and the "register" button 10A of the keyboard switch 10 is operated. As a result, the control device 26 enters the program registration mode. Next, the "cold food goes up" button 10B is operated, and then the "space" button 10C is operated. The "space" button 10C is a button for setting an interval for a meal or the like. Next, "Enough" button 10
D is operated to set an interval of 10 minutes, and then the "cold dish down" button 10E is operated. Next, "Warm food goes up"
Operate button 10F, then "Space" button 10C
To operate. Next, operate the "Enough" button 10D to set the interval of 10 minutes, and then the "Warm cook down" button 10G.
Is operated, and finally the “implantation end” button 10H is operated to end the registration.

After the party is started by the above registration operation, first, cold food is served at the doors 22 and 22 by the elevator.
It is set in the control device 26 that the story is to be lifted in and lowered after 10 minutes, and then warm dishes are lifted and lowered and ended after 10 minutes.

Next, the specific control operation of the party effect device 1 by the voice recognition control device C of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. First, as the first step, the organizer or the like "starts a party" on the keyboard switch 10.
When the button 10J is pressed, the control device 2 is operated as the second step.
Reference numeral 6 denotes an operation for controlling the elevator included in the general operation device A to lift a cold dish into the doors 22 and 22 to open the doors 22 and 22, and to display, for example, "Omachisama-sama" on the liquid crystal screen 11. Run. Control device 2 as the third step
No. 6 waits for 10 minutes without doing anything, and secures a meal time for the party attendees. After the lapse of 10 minutes, the voice recognition operation described below is executed as the fourth step.

This voice recognition operation will be described with reference to FIG. When the waiting time of 10 minutes has ended and it is time to proceed to the next party, the control device 26 utters "Is it okay to proceed to the next party" by the voice synthesizer 29 as the first step. Then, as a second step, the control device 26 replies to the liquid crystal screen 11 with "OK!" Is displayed. The instructor who carries the wireless microphone 28 hears the question by the voice synthesis, and when it is determined that it is okay to proceed to the next party after finishing the cold meal, he / she looks at the display of the liquid crystal screen 11 and "OK!"
Answer Since the content of the word to be input to the voice recognition device 27 is displayed on the liquid crystal screen 11 in this way, it is not necessary for the instructor to store the instruction content, and
Even if you forget it, you can give instructions promptly by looking at the display. Further, by displaying the content of the words on the liquid crystal screen 11 in this way, it becomes possible to manage the time of the party progress.

The voice of the instructor emitted from the wireless microphone 28 is input to the voice recognition device 27. The voice recognition device 27 compares the standard voice pattern with the input voice pattern and executes the recognition process. If they match, the voice recognition device 27 sends a match signal to the control device 26, and the control device 26 proceeds to the next party as the fourth step. ..

Returning to FIG. 5, when the control device 26 receives the coincidence signal from the voice recognition device 27, as a fifth step, the door 2
Close 2, 22 and control the elevator to lower the cold dishes, and as the 6th step, the warm dishes instead of the doors 22, 22
Then, the doors 22 and 22 are lifted inward and the doors 22 and 22 are opened, and the operation of displaying the same on the liquid crystal screen 11 is executed. As the seventh step, the controller 26 waits for 10 minutes without doing anything again, and secures a meal time for the party attendees. This 10
After a lapse of minutes, the voice recognition operation is executed as an eighth step, and if the voices are matched in the voice recognition device 27 and the matching signal is sent to the control device 26 as shown in FIG. As a step, the doors 22 and 22 are closed, the elevator is controlled to lower the warm dishes, and finally the party is ended.

Here, in the third step of the voice recognition operation, when the instructor does not notice and does not make a voice (silence), the voice recognition device 27 notifies the control device 26 that there is no voice. It In that case, the control device 26 again replies "OK" if it is good in the fourth step as shown in FIG. Is displayed on the liquid crystal screen 11. When the instructor sees this, in the fifth step, "O
K! When the voice recognition device 27 is not recognized because the standard voice pattern does not match the input voice pattern at this time, the voice is similarly input to the voice recognition device 27. The voice recognition device 27 notifies the control device 26 of the inconsistency signal.
In this case, the controller 26 displays the "?" Mark on the liquid crystal screen 11 in the sixth step.

Since the "?" Mark is displayed, the instructor can promptly confirm that the voice recognition device 27 cannot recognize it. Then, in the seventh step again, "OK!"
7, the voice recognition device 27 compares the standard voice pattern with the input voice pattern and executes a recognition process. If they match each other for the first time, a control signal is sent to the control device 26. Proceed to the next party in 8 steps.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 8, the third voice recognition operation is performed.
In the step, even if the instructor utters "OK!" To the wireless microphone 28, the voice recognition device 27 cannot recognize because the standard voice pattern and the input voice pattern do not match, and the control device 26 is notified of a mismatch signal. In this case, the controller 26 controls the liquid crystal screen 11 in the fourth step.
"?" Mark is displayed on. Then, the instructor confirms that the voice recognition device 27 cannot be recognized in the same manner as described above due to the display of the "?" Mark, and "OK!" And the wireless microphone 28 are again displayed in the fifth step.
When the voice recognition device 27 still cannot recognize the voice recognition device 27 even if it is input to the voice recognition device 27 from the control device 26, the control device 26 sends the mismatch signal to the control device 26 as a sixth step.
"Please press the operation button." Is displayed in 1.

This display allows the instructor to quickly recognize that the voice instruction is impossible or difficult. Then, when the operation button 31 provided on the table counter 3 is pressed as instructed on the liquid crystal screen 11, the control device 26 proceeds to the next party as the eighth step as shown in FIG. 8 based on the operation button 31 being pressed.

In this way, the control device 26 displays the recognition processing result in the voice recognition device 27 on the liquid crystal screen 11.
That is, when the voice recognition device 27 cannot recognize the input voice pattern and the standard voice pattern because the input voice pattern and the standard voice pattern cannot be recognized, the control device 26 displays the next action to be performed by the instructor on the liquid crystal screen 11. The inconvenience that the device (elevator in the above-mentioned case) is not operated forever is resolved, and the progress of the party is not hindered.

Although the voice recognition control device of the present invention is applied to the party production device 1 in the embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention can be applied to various devices which are set in advance to control the device in a predetermined procedure. It is valid.

[0029]

As described above in detail, according to the invention of claim 1, since the contents of the voice to be inputted to the voice recognition means are displayed on the display means, the recognition rate is improved without making a mistake in the instruction contents by voice. At the same time, it is not necessary for the instructor to memorize the instruction contents by voice, and even if the user forgets to do so, it does not hinder the control procedure of the device. In particular, it becomes possible to manage the time for controlling the device depending on the display timing.

Further, according to the invention of claim 2, since the recognition result by the voice recognition means is displayed on the display means, the operation to be performed next can be swiftly performed even if the recognition is impossible. Does not hinder the control procedure of the device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a voice recognition control device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a party production device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a keyboard switch.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a setting procedure for a control device.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an outline of the operation of the control device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a voice recognition operation of a control device.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating another voice recognition operation of the control device.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating still another voice recognition operation of the control device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 liquid crystal screen 26 control device 27 voice recognition device C voice recognition control device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A voice recognition control device for controlling a device by voice input, a voice recognition means for recognizing an input voice, a display means for displaying information by characters or figures, and a predetermined procedure for controlling the device. Control means, which is set to control, and executes control of the device based on the content of the voice recognized by the voice recognition means,
The voice recognition control device, wherein the control means displays on the display means the content of the voice to be input to the voice recognition means in order to execute the control of the device. 2. A voice recognition control device for controlling a device by voice input, a voice recognition means for recognizing an input voice, a display means for displaying information by characters or figures, and the device in a predetermined procedure. Control means, which is set to control, and executes control of the device based on the content of the voice recognized by the voice recognition means,
The voice recognition control device, wherein the control means displays the recognition result of the voice recognition means on the display means.