JPH05197355A - Acoustic effect defining device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily make graphic display accompanied with the acoustic effect by saving labor at the time of making an object like characters, graphics, or the like displayed on a picture accompanied with the acoustic effect and efficiently defining the acoustic effect. CONSTITUTION:An object generating means 19 generates graphic information by user operation information inputted by a pointing device 13. Acoustic effect information meeting a condition is selected from acoustic effect information preliminarily registered in an acoustic effect management means 17 based on inputted user operation information. A pair of generated graphic information and acoustic effect information are registered in an object management means 18. Consequently, the acoustic effect for picking or display of graphics is efficiently defined without being finely set each time.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a presentation system for explaining using a video screen drawn by using characters, lines, figures, etc., or operation monitoring / control of a process plant using such a screen. The present invention relates to a voice effect definition device for defining a voice effect on a screen in a process man machine system or the like. Further, the present invention relates to a display method and device with voice generation for displaying using a display object with voice effect defined by the voice effect definition device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, it has been practiced to explain (present) by combining sounds with the display of objects such as characters, lines and figures. By combining visual effects and auditory effects, a high presentation effect can be obtained and the audience can be strongly appealed.

In addition, even when the plant is monitored by using a computer while watching the screen, voice warnings and guidance are very effective, which is useful for improving the safety of the plant.

However, such a sound effect is used for background music and narration in the case of presentation, and is very limited in the case of process monitoring such as simply issuing an alarm. Was there.

This is because it is necessary to perform a considerably troublesome work when an audio effect is applied to the drawn screen. In other words, specify the device that produces the sound, make various settings for that device to produce the desired sound, and set the parameters of that effect to add special effects to the sound. Had to do.

[0006] Some devices are devised to make this simple. For example, the system called Director
You can easily define the voice effect by handling the voice as an icon and attaching it to a predetermined figure. However, even with this method, there is no change in defining the voice separately from the display object, and it cannot be said that it is an easy method.

Further, in Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 63-265281, when a description is given by voice in synchronization with a display screen, it is described which part of the screen being displayed is currently explained. A technology indicated by an arrow or the like is disclosed therein. However, in this technique, a signal for displaying the arrow or the like is stored in advance together with the audio signal in association with the audio signal for explaining the screen. Neither did it generate an audio signal based on the graphic or characters displayed on the screen. .

[0008]

As described above, in the prior art, when an effect of voice is added to the screen,
After drawing the screen, I had to make settings for audio one by one.

According to the present invention, it is possible to efficiently define the voice output to the display content of the screen by omitting the trouble of outputting the voice according to the display content of the screen. Let's take the first challenge. Further, it is a second object to provide an easy-to-understand display device using a voice effect by using a device that makes such a definition.

[0010]

A first object of the present invention is to provide a voice effect definition device for applying a voice effect to an object such as a character, a graphic or a video drawn on a screen, based on the attribute of the object. The first object achieved by determining a parameter defining the characteristics of the voice effect and storing the parameter as the data of the object also includes a character or a graphic drawn on the screen.
A sound effect definition device for applying a sound effect to an object such as a video, means for determining a parameter defining a characteristic of the sound effect based on an attribute of the object, and storing the parameter as data of the object; It is also achieved by providing a voice effect confirmation means for generating a voice based on a parameter defining the feature of the voice effect.

The first subject is also defined in claim 1 or 2.
In the voice effect definition device according to claim 1, means for determining a parameter defining a feature of the voice effect based on an attribute of the object, and storing the parameter as the data of the object is an object for generating at least the data of the object. The generating means stores data defining the relationship between the attribute of the object and the feature of the sound effect, and stores the data defining the relationship between the attribute of the object and the feature of the sound effect on the basis of the attribute of the data of each generated object. Corresponding to the object attribute management means for deciding and outputting the parameters defining the characteristics of the sound effect corresponding to the individual objects, the object data generated by the object generating means, and the object data The characteristics of the sound effect output by the object attribute management means. An object management means for storing the parameters defining the also achieved by be provided with a user operation input means for inputting the connected data to the object generation means.

The first problem is also that in the voice effect definition device according to the third aspect, the object attribute management means uses a condition field that defines at least a graphic attribute and a graphic described in the condition field. It is also achieved by comprising a parameter field that defines a parameter that defines the characteristics of the sound effect in correspondence with the attribute.

The first object is also achieved by the voice effect definition device according to claim 4, wherein the condition field has at least a size, a position, a color and a kind of a graphic as its contents. To be done.

The first problem is also that in the voice effect definition device according to claim 4, the parameter field has at least the type of sound, the volume of the sound, the type of the sound effect, and the display screen. It is also achieved by having the sound field position at, and the source of the sound source.

The second object is to input the data of the object and the storage means for storing the data of the object and the parameter defining the characteristic of the sound effect corresponding to the object together with the code for specifying the object. Display means for displaying the object on the screen, sound effect generating means for generating the sound effect by inputting a parameter defining the characteristics of the sound effect, and reading out the data of the object in the storage means and outputting to the display means. And a control means for reading out a parameter defining the characteristic of the sound effect of the storage means and outputting it to the sound effect generating means, wherein the control means receives a code for specifying the object and From the storage device, parameters defining object data and / or audio effect characteristics It is intended to Heading output is achieved by the speech generator-equipped display device.

The second problem is that the parameters defining the characteristics of the sound effect stored in the storage means are at least the type of sound, the volume of sound, the type of sound effect, and the sound field on the display screen. Is also the position, the sound source, and the display device with sound generation according to claim 7.

The second object is also the display device with sound generation according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the sound effect generating means is arranged at a plurality of positions and is configured to be able to independently generate sound. Is also achieved.

A second object of the present invention is also that the sound effect generating means comprises means for storing a sound sampled from an actual object and / or means for outputting a sound generated by the actual object. It is also achieved by the display device with voice generation described in any one of 9.

The above-mentioned first and second problems are, in the display method with sound generation for generating sound in accordance with the screen display of the object, the displayed object is given a unique code for each individual or group, It is also achieved by setting a parameter for defining the characteristic of the voice effect for the code No. 1 and specifying the unique code to generate the specified voice effect for the specific code.

The above-mentioned first and second problems are also to set the parameters for defining the characteristics of the voice effect corresponding to the attributes of the objects in advance and determine the attributes of individual objects or object groups having unique codes. After that, from the determined attribute and the parameter defining the feature of the sound effect preset corresponding to the attribute of the object, the sound effect for the individual object or object group having the unique code. The present invention can also be achieved by the display method with voice generation according to claim 11, wherein a parameter defining the characteristics of is set.

[0021]

The objects such as characters, figures and images drawn on the screen have attributes such as type, shape, size, color and position. When individual objects are displayed on the display screen, their attributes are determined. Parameters indicating the characteristics of the sound effect are set in advance for each combination of attributes such as the type, shape, size, color, and position, and the attributes of the individual objects generated on the display screen are set as described above. It is searched for which combination of attributes matches. The parameter indicating the feature of the sound effect set corresponding to the combination of the attributes matched with the attribute of each object is stored and stored as the parameter of the individual object corresponding to the unique code of the object.

When the unique code of the object is designated, the parameter indicating the characteristic of the voice effect stored and stored corresponding to the unique code is retrieved and read out, and the voice specified by the parameter is retrieved. The effect is output.

[0023]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a voice effect definition device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The illustrated sound effect definition device includes a workstation 16 having a drawing function, a display 11 connected to the work station 16, a stereo sound effect generation device 13 connected to the display 11, and a stereo sound effect generation. It comprises a pair of speakers 12 connected to the device 13 and a pointing device 14 and a keyboard 15 connected to the workstation 16. The workstation 16 includes an object generating means 19 connected to the pointing device 14 and the keyboard 15, and the object generating means 1
9 includes a voice effect managing means 17 and an object managing means 18 connected to 9, and the object managing means 18 is connected to the display 11.

An example of creating a presentation screen as shown in FIG. 2 using this apparatus and automatically attaching a voice effect thereto will be described with reference to FIG.
First, in step 141, a presentation edit menu is displayed on the display screen of the display 11, and the pointer on the display screen of the display 11 is moved using the pointing device 14 to select a rectangular drawing item from the displayed presentation edit menu. Yes (Step 1
42). After that, position 21 which should be the upper left point of the rectangle
Move the pointer to and press the button of the pointing device 14 to set the position 21. Next, the position 22 of the lower right point of the rectangle is similarly determined (step 143). The object generation means 19 uses the information (selected menu,
Rectangle data is generated based on the positions 21 and 22), and the rectangle is displayed on the screen (step 144).

The rectangular data is generated and the rectangular data is registered in the object management means 18 (step 145). A specific example of the registered content in the object management means 18 is shown as a data management table 30 in FIG. The data management table 30 includes a graphic ID field 31, a graphic type field 32, a vertex data field 33, a position data field 34, a color data field 35, and a voice effect parameter field 36. The voice effect parameter field 36 is further composed of fields for storing data such as sound type and sound source, loudness, special effect type, and sound field position.

In the illustrated example, the graphic ID field 31 contains the graphic ID 1, the graphic type field 32 contains data indicating a rectangle, and the vertex data field 33 contains (10, 1).
Data of (0), (10, 20), (20, 20), (20, 10) and data of (10, 10) are registered in the position data field 34, respectively. In the color data field 35 of the data management table, a default value that is predetermined by the system is set. In this example, red is set.

In the voice effect parameter field 36, a parameter determined by the voice effect managing means 17 according to a condition preset in the voice effect managing means 17 is set. A concrete example of the conditions preset in the voice effect management means 17 is shown as a voice effect management table 40 in FIG.
The voice effect management table 40 is configured to include a condition field 41 indicating a condition of a graphic parameter, and a parameter field 42 indicating a voice effect parameter set for a graphic meeting the condition. Condition field 41
Describes conditions for each type of figure, size, position, color, and user operation at the time of creation. The parameter field 42 contains values indicating the type of sound and sound source, the volume of sound, the type of effect, and the position of the sound field, corresponding to the condition set in the condition field 41.

The voice effect managing means 17 writes in the condition field 41 the conditions of the graphic registered in the graphic type field 32, the vertex data field 33, the position data field 34 and the color data field 35 of the data management table 30. The conditions are sequentially checked (step 146), and when the two conditions are matched, the parameter of the voice effect in the corresponding parameter field 42 is read (step 147), and the corresponding figure ID in the data management table 30 is read. It is set in the voice effect parameter field 36 of the column (step 148). Since one condition field has a plurality of types of parameter fields, it is possible to set complicated parameters such as setting the position and size of the sound field at the same time depending on the position of the graphic.

A plurality of conditions can be combined and written in the condition field 41. For example, in the case of the sound effect management table 40 of FIG. 4, when the size is 100 or more and the color is red, the sound type is a warning sound, and when the size is less than 150 and the color is green, the sound type is A confirmation sound will be output. As a result, the voice effect can be automatically set under complicated conditions.

In the case of the rectangle of figure ID1 in the example of FIG.
The type of figure is rectangular, the size is 10 × 10, the color is red, and the user operation at the time of creation is to specify the vertices in the order of upper left-lower right, and the figure position is lower left. Therefore, using an oscillator as the sound source, the volume of the sound is 8, the type of sound is a warning sound, the effect of echo is applied, and the sound field is set to be heard from the lower left in the same way as the position of the object. Become.

Further, when a special icon such as a turbine icon is selected and generated, an attribute can be set such that an actual sound source from the turbine is used.

The voice effect parameters determined based on the voice effect management table 40 at the time of generating the graphic in this way are set in the data management table 30. At the time of setting, an actual voice is generated by the stereo voice effect generator 13 using the parameter (step 149). As a result, the added voice effect can be confirmed.

Next, a case where the color or the type of sound once set in the figure is changed will be described. The color and the type of sound once set in the figure are changed by selecting the item of attribute change from the presentation editing menu. FIG. 15 shows an example of the procedure. When the attribute change item is selected (step 152), the contents of the data management table 30 are displayed on the screen of the display 11 (step 15).
3). When the figure ID whose attribute is to be changed is designated with the pointer (step 154), the figure I of the designated figure is designated.
D, type of figure, vertex data, position data, color data,
Each item of the voice effect and the attribute setting sheet 50, an example of which is shown in FIG. 5, are displayed on the screen of the display 11 (step 155). When you select the attribute change item, the registered screens (graphics) are displayed in sequence, and when the screen containing the target graphic is displayed,
The figure may be designated by a pointer. The attribute setting sheet 50 includes a line width setting menu item 51, a line type setting menu item 52, an internal color setting menu item 53, a frame color setting menu item 54, a character type setting menu item 55, a character point number setting menu item 56, and a character attribute. Setting menu item 5
7 and a voice effect attribute setting menu item 58.

When it is desired to change the color, the attribute setting sheet 5
The internal color setting menu item 53 or the frame color setting menu item 54 of 0 is selected. Then, the palette 60 of the color as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed (step 158A). The color palette 60 includes a color selection area 61, a color selection pointer 62, a brightness setting gauge 63, a setting end icon 64, and a setting cancel icon 65.

An arbitrary color on the color selection area 61 can be selected by moving the color selection pointer 62 on the screen using the pointing device 14. The brightness of the selected color can be adjusted by moving the brightness setting gauge 63.

When a desired color is selected in this way and the setting end button 64 is pressed, the color is set (step 1
58B). When the setting cancel button 65 is pressed, the setting is invalidated and the original setting remains unchanged.

When it is desired to change the voice effect, the voice effect attribute setting menu item 58 is selected. Then, the voice effect parameter setting sheet 70 as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed (step 159A). The voice effect parameter setting sheet 70 includes a voice type setting menu 71 and a volume setting gauge 7.
2, special effect setting menu 73, sound field position setting area 74,
The audio effect detailed parameter setting menu 75, a setting end icon 76, and a setting cancel icon 77 are included. First, a desired voice is selected from the voice type setting menu 71. The volume of the voice is changed by changing the position of the volume setting gauge 72 using a pointing device. The special effect is selected and set from the special effect setting menu 73. The special effect parameters are set by the voice effect detailed parameter setting menu 75. Regarding the position of the sound field, the pointer is moved within the sound field setting area using the pointing device 14 to set the sound field at an arbitrary position.

When the setting end button 76 on the sheet is designated by the pointer, its parameters are set (step 159).
B), the corresponding parameter of the data management table 30 is rewritten (step 159C), and at the same time, the color data of the designated figure displayed on the screen and each item of the sound effect are rewritten to the new condition ( Step 15
9D). When the setting cancel button 77 is designated, the setting is invalidated and the original setting remains unchanged and no change occurs.

When the color or size attribute of the figure is changed, the voice effect management table 40 is searched again for the voice effect parameter that matches the new attribute value, and the result is reflected in the parameter of the data management table 30. The color data of the specified figure displayed in the item and each item of the sound effect are rewritten to the new condition.

Further, when the parameter of the sound effect is changed, the sound is confirmed again by the stereo sound effect generator.

In the above description, in step 157 and the subsequent steps, the case where the other attribute described in the attribute setting sheet 50 is changed is omitted, and the case where the attribute whose change is designated is color (53) and the sound ( 58), the procedure in other cases is almost the same.

Next, the case of outputting the voice set for the figure by the above procedure will be described. FIG. 8 shows a configuration example of a main part of the presentation execution device that displays the presentation screen created by the above procedure. The illustrated presentation execution device includes a workstation 16, a display 11 connected to the workstation 16, two speakers 12 connected to the workstation 16 through a stereo sound effect generator 13, and the work. It is configured to include a pointing device 14 and a keyboard 15 connected to the station 16.

The workstation 16 refers to the data management table 30 and the data management table 30 connected to the data management table 30, and refers to the data management table 30.
The display management program 81 is configured to read the size, color, etc. in order and display them on the display.

When the pointing device 14 is moved, the display management program 81 can also move the pointer on the display screen of the display 11 and point (pick) the displayed graphic. When a graphic is picked up on the display screen of the display 11 by the pointing device 14, the display management program 81
Searches for the figure in the picked area, highlights the figure found, and searches the data management table 30 to obtain the parameters of the sound effect set for the figure, and obtain the stereo sound. Sound is generated using the effect generator 13. FIG. 16 is a summary of the above procedure.

Further, when a figure is picked up by inputting coordinates or a figure ID directly from a program without using the pointing device 14, similarly, the picked figure is highlighted with a voice effect. To be done.

Next, a case will be described with reference to FIG. 17 in which a voice effect is not produced when a figure is picked up but a voice effect is produced when a figure is displayed. In this case,
This is performed using the graphic group management table 90 as shown in FIG. The graphic group management table 90 includes a graphic group ID field 91 and a graphic element list field 9
2, the size field 93 of the graphic group, the graphic display effect parameter field 94 and the graphic display voice effect parameter field 95.

In the figure group ID field 91, an identification number indicating a figure group in which a plurality of figures are collected is entered. As this identification number, a number that can be distinguished from the figure ID and is always different for each figure group is given. The graphic element list field 92 contains pointer codes to all the graphics belonging to this graphics group. This pointer code corresponds to the graphic ID in the data management table 30 described above. The size field 93 of the graphic group stores the size of the rectangular area including all the graphics belonging to the group. Graphic display effect parameter field 9
In 4, registered are detailed parameters for setting fine parameters peculiar to the display effect such as the type of the display effect when displaying the graphic group and the speed of the slide. The types of display effects include a dissolve effect in which the display is gradually blurred and a slide effect in which the sheet is turned up.

Graphic display voice effect parameter field 95
In the voice effect field 3 of the data management table 30.
The same contents as in 6 are entered.

As an example, a case will be described in which a group of figures as shown in FIG. 10 is accompanied by a sound effect at the time of display. First, the pointing device 14 designates figures (figure 1 and figure 2) belonging to a figure group to be accompanied by a voice effect (step 171). Then, a graphic group ID (for example, G2) is set for the specified graphic group (step 172). In order to add a display effect to the selected figure group, a display effect parameter setting sheet 110 as shown in FIG. 11 is displayed on the screen (step 173) and a desired display effect is set using this (step 174). .. The display effect parameter setting sheet 110 includes a display effect type setting menu 111, a display effect direction setting area 112, and a display effect speed setting gauge 11.
3. Setting end icon 114 and setting cancel icon 11
It is configured to include 5.

For example, when a slide effect is to be accompanied when displaying the graphic group whose graphic group ID is G2, the item "slide" is selected from the display effect type setting menu 111 using the pointing device 14. For the display effect, it is necessary to set not only the slide effect type but also detailed parameters. Here, you have to specify the direction and speed of the slide effect. The direction is set by moving the pointing device in the display effect direction setting area 112 and moving the displayed arrow in the desired direction, and the speed is the display effect speed setting gauge 113.
Is set using the pointing device 14. After selecting the desired display effect in this way and pressing the setting end button 114 (designated by the pointer, the same applies hereinafter), the selected type, direction and speed are applied to the graphic group whose graphic group ID is G2. Is set and written in the corresponding part (graphic display effect parameter field 94) of the graphic group management table 90 (if already registered, the registered items are rewritten to the set items). (Step 175). When the setting cancel button 115 is pressed, the setting is invalidated, rewriting is not performed, and the original setting remains unchanged.

As described above, at the same time as adding the display effect at the time of screen display, the voice effect is set to the previously obtained graphic group with the graphic group ID = G2. The voice effect in this case is determined using the extended voice effect management table 120 as shown in FIG. The extended voice effect management table 120 is configured to include an extended condition field 121 and an extended parameter field 122. Conditions such as the type of display effect and the value of the parameter are defined as a plurality of combinations in the extended condition field 121, and the extended condition field 1 is set in the extended parameter field 122.
The type of sound, the type of effect, the volume of sound, and the position of the sound field corresponding to each combination of the conditions defined in 21 are set.

When the display effect is set for the graphic group as described above, the extension condition field 121 of the extension voice effect management table 120 is sequentially searched based on the set display effect condition. If a condition that matches the combination of display effect conditions set in the graphic group management table 90 is detected in the combination of conditions defined in the extended condition field 121 (step 17).
6), the extended parameter field 12 corresponding to the detected combination of conditions defined in the extended condition field 121
The contents of No. 2 are read (step 177) and set for the target graphic group, and the contents of the graphic display voice effect parameter field 95 of the graphic group management table 90 are rewritten to the newly set contents. (Step 178).

In the example shown in FIG. 12, in which there is no value condition for the parameter of the slide effect, the sound type is wind noise, the effect is a pan effect with a speed of 10, the magnitude is 5, and the sound field is in the middle. The setting is, which is the figure group ID = G2.
It is registered (rewritten) in the graphic display voice effect parameter field 95 of the graphic group.

When setting the effect of display, FIG.
There is also a method of setting the direction and speed when moving the pointing device 14 without using the display effect parameter setting sheet 110 of No. 1 by considering them as parameter values. FIG. 10 shows this setting method. First, the type of display effect is designated from the menu as shown in FIG. Here, I chose the slide effect. Immediately after that, the pointing device 14 is moved in the direction and speed at which the figure group is to be slid.

The position where the pointing device starts moving is A (x1, y1), and the position where the pointing device has finished moving is B (x2, y).
2). The determination that the movement has been completed is made when the movement amount becomes zero during a certain fixed time. If the time taken to move is T, the speed of movement is

[0056]

[Equation 1]

The direction is an angle θ with respect to the right horizontal direction on the display screen.

However, tan θ = (y2-y1) / (x2-x1) Using these values, the direction and speed of the sliding effect are set,
It is registered in the graphic display effect parameter field 94.

The presentation screen thus created is displayed on the presentation execution device shown in FIG.

When the display management program 81 is instructed to display a certain graphic group, it uses the graphic group ID of the graphic group to search the graphic group management table 90 instead of the data management table 30 to obtain the graphic display effect. And a graphic display voice effect are obtained, and a graphic display voice effect obtained at the same time is generated while displaying a graphic using the obtained graphic display effect. FIG. 18 shows the above procedure.

When the figure is once displayed and then the figure is picked up on the display screen of the display 11 by using the pointing device 14, the display management program 81 searches the data management table 30 by the picked figure to obtain the voice effect. Obtain a parameter and output a voice based on it.

FIG. 13 shows an example of a process control monitoring device in which the present invention is applied to process control monitoring. The illustrated process control monitoring apparatus includes a work station 132 to which a process state quantity is input, a large screen display 131 and an operation display 135 connected to the work station 132, and the work station 1 described above.
32 and a speaker 133 connected via a stereo sound generator 134.

First, a screen used by the voice effect definition device shown in FIG. 1, for example, a furnace system diagram is created. This is called a panel. When used, this panel is sequentially displayed on the large screen display 131.

When an abnormality occurs in the plant (in the example of FIG. 13, an abnormality occurs in the water supply pump connected to the condenser), the workstation 132 has an abnormality in the water supply pump from the input process state quantity signal. That is, the panel displayed on the display 131 is changed to the panel displaying the pump (a furnace system diagram in the example shown). Then, the graphic ID of the graphic displaying the pump in which the abnormality has occurred is picked up, and the color of the corresponding graphic or icon is changed. At the same time, the data management table 30 (or the graphic group management table 90) is searched, and the stereo sound generator 134 is operated so that the alarm sound can be heard from the position of the icon according to the sound effect parameter set for the corresponding graphic or icon. Speaker 1
It is generated from 33. The watchman immediately shifts his attention to the person making the sound on the display screen, and can quickly find the abnormal part.

Further, not only an artificial sound such as an alarm sound output from an oscillator, but also a sound of an actual device is transferred by a microphone or the like, and is uttered from the position of the icon or image of the corresponding device on the operation panel. It is also possible to increase the sense of presence.

Further, in such plant monitoring, there are many cases where there are a plurality of abnormal points. If all the alarm sounds are sounded at this time, the observer will be confused. Therefore, when there are a plurality of abnormal points as described above, there is a method in which an alarm sound that starts later is given priority and the other ones are only displayed abnormally on the screen.

Alternatively, it is often the case that the one that started first is the cause, so there is also a method in which only two alarm sounds are sounded, the first one and the last one, and the other ones only display the abnormal display on the screen.

In either case, workstation 1
From the 32 side, it is possible to change the way of producing sound by the operator switching the type of icon that should produce the sound.

By gaining experience using such a system, the observer can intuitively predict the content of the abnormality by the pattern of sound output.

[0070]

As described above, according to the present invention, in the case where a voice effect is accompanied when picking up or displaying a figure, it is not necessary to make detailed settings for the voice one by one, and the voice effect can be efficiently defined.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall view of a voice effect definition device that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of a graphic object of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a structural diagram showing an example of a data management table in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a structural diagram showing an example of a voice effect management table according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of an attribute setting sheet according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an example of a color palette when setting the color of a figure in the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an example of a voice effect parameter setting sheet according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a main part of a presentation execution device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a structural diagram showing an example of a graphic group management table according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an example of a graphic group which is a target of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an example of a display effect parameter setting sheet according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a structural diagram showing an example of an extended voice effect management table according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a main part of a process control monitoring device that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a procedure diagram showing an example of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a procedure diagram showing an example of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a procedure diagram showing an example of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a procedure diagram showing an example of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a procedure diagram showing an example of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 Display 12 Speaker 13 Stereo Sound Effect Generator 14 Pointing Device 15 Keyboard 16 Workstation 17 Voice Effect Management Means 18 Object Management Means 19 Object Generation Means 21, 22
Position 30 Data management table 31 Graphic I
D field 32 Graphic type field 33 Vertex data field 34 Position data field 35 Color data field 36 Voice effect parameter field 40 Voice effect management table 41 Condition field 42 Parameter field 50 Attribute setting sheet 51 Line width setting menu item 52 Line type setting menu Item 53 Internal color setting menu item 54 Frame color setting menu item 55 Character type setting menu item 56 Character point number setting menu item 57 Character attribute setting menu item 58 Voice effect attribute setting menu item 60 Color palette 61 Color selection area 62 Color selection pointer 63 Brightness setting gauge 64 Setting end icon 65 Setting cancel icon 70 Voice effect setting parameter setting sheet 71 Voice type setting menu 72 Volume setting gauge 73 Special effect setting menu 74 Sound Position setting area 75 Voice effect detailed parameter setting menu 76 Setting end icon 77 Setting cancel icon 81 Display management program 90 Graphic group management table 91 Graphic group ID field 92 Graphic element list field 93 Graphic group size field 94 Graphic display effect parameter field 95 Graphic display voice effect parameter field 110 Display effect parameter setting sheet 111 Display effect type setting menu 112 Display effect direction setting area 113 Display effect speed setting gauge 114 Setting end icon 115 Setting cancel icon 120 Extended voice effect management table 121 Extended condition field 122 Extended parameter field 131 Large screen display 132 Workstation 133 Speaker 134 Stereo sound generator 135 Oh Display for operation

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁵ Identification number Reference number within the agency FI Technical display location G10L 3/02 Z 8946-5H (72) Inventor Masayasu Futagawa 4026 Kujicho, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Hitachi Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Shinya Tanito, 4026 Kuji Town, Hitachi City, Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture Hitachi Research Laboratory, Ltd., Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Atsuhiko Nishikawa 5-2-1 Omikacho, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Hitachi, Ltd. Omika factory

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[Claims] 1. A voice effect definition device for applying a voice effect to an object such as a character, a graphic, or a video drawn on a screen, and determines a parameter defining a feature of the voice effect based on an attribute of the object. A voice effect definition device comprising means for storing the parameter as data of the object. 2. A voice effect definition device for applying a voice effect to an object such as a character, a figure, or a video drawn on a screen, and determines a parameter defining a feature of the voice effect based on an attribute of the object. A voice effect definition device comprising: a means for storing the parameter as data of the object; and a voice effect confirmation means for generating a voice based on the parameter defining the feature of the voice effect. 3. The voice effect definition device according to claim 1, wherein a parameter defining a feature of the voice effect is determined based on an attribute of the object, and the parameter is stored as data of the object. Stores at least an object generating means for generating data of an object, data defining a relationship between an attribute of the object and a feature of a sound effect, and the attribute of the object and the sound of the object based on the attribute of the data of each generated object. Object attribute management means for determining and outputting a parameter defining a feature of a voice effect corresponding to each individual object by referring to data defining a relation of effect feature, and an object attribute management means for generating an object. The object attribute manager corresponding to the data and the data of the object. A voice effect definition device comprising: an object management means for storing a parameter defining a feature of a voice effect output by the processing means; and a user operation input means connected to the object generation means for inputting data. .. 4. The voice effect definition device according to claim 3, wherein the object attribute management means corresponds to at least a condition field for defining a graphic attribute and a graphic attribute described in the condition field. A voice effect definition device comprising: a parameter field that defines a parameter that defines a feature of an effect. 5. The voice effect definition device according to claim 4, wherein the content of the condition field includes at least the size, position, color and type of a figure. 6. The voice effect definition device according to claim 4, wherein at least the type of sound, the volume of sound, the type of sound effect, the position of the sound field on the display screen, A voice effect definition device having a sound source. 7. Storage means for storing data of an object and a parameter defining a characteristic of a sound effect corresponding to the object together with a code for specifying the object, and displaying the data of the object by displaying the object on a screen. Display means, a sound effect generating means for generating a sound effect by inputting a parameter defining the characteristics of the sound effect, and data of an object in the storage means for reading and outputting to the display means and the storage means. Control means for reading out a parameter defining the characteristics of the voice effect and outputting the parameter to the voice effect generating means, the control means being inputted with a code for specifying the object, and / or data of the object. The parameters that define the characteristics of voice effects are read from the storage device and output. A display device with a sound generation that is a thing. 8. The display device with voice generation according to claim 7, wherein the parameter for defining the feature of the voice effect stored in the storage means is at least the type of sound, the volume of sound, the type of sound effect, A display device with sound generation, which is a position of a sound field on a display screen and a sound source. 9. The display device with voice generation according to claim 7, wherein the voice effect generating means is arranged at a plurality of positions, and is configured to be able to generate voice independently of each other. Display device with sound generation. 10. The display device with voice generation according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein the voice effect generating means stores a voice sampled from an actual thing and / or an actual thing is generated. A display device with voice generation, characterized in that it is provided with means for outputting a voice that is present. 11. In a display method with voice generation for generating a voice in accordance with an object screen display, a unique code for each object to be displayed is given a unique code, and a voice effect is given to the unique code. A display method with voice generation, characterized in that a parameter for defining a characteristic is set and the specific code is designated to generate a specified audio effect for the specific code. 12. The display device with voice generation according to claim 11, wherein a parameter defining a feature of a voice effect is set in advance corresponding to an attribute of an object, and an individual object or an object having a unique code is set. After determining the attributes of the group, from the determined attributes and the parameters defining the characteristics of the sound effect preset corresponding to the attributes of the objects, the individual objects or object groups having the unique code are assigned. A display method with voice generation characterized by setting a parameter for defining a feature of a voice effect to the user.