JPH05281988A - Portable document reading-out device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the portable document reading-out device through which document information can easily be listened to stereophonically at any place through headphones and necessary document information can be selected and listened to repeatedly. CONSTITUTION:This portable document reading-out device is equipped with function switch means 5b and 5c for reading the document information out again from the head of a file or the file head right before the file during or right after the reading of the file after the document information stored in a portable storage means 1 is transferred to and stored in the document buffer memory 2 in the portable document reading-out device. Further, this portable document reading-out device is provided with function switches 5b and 5c for specifying the head address of the starting file during or right after the reading of the document information stored in the document memory 2 in the portable document reading-out device.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention temporarily stores document information input by a word processor or a character recognition device or document information provided by an online connected host machine as portable document information such as an IC card. The present invention relates to a portable document reading device which can be stored in a storage unit and can hear this information at any place by regular voice synthesis.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional document reading apparatus is disclosed in Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 62-62.
As disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 38716, by a key operation, with reference to the cursor position, regular speech synthesis is performed on the cursor position, clauses before and after the cursor position, sentences in a row, or regular speech synthesis is sequentially performed from a designated row. there were. In the conventional method, while the document creating / input device such as a word processor is connected online, the document information is sent to the document reading device, and then the speech synthesizer sequentially and regularly synthesizes the document.

Such a document reading device is connected to a document creating device such as a word processor online, and it is impossible to carry out and listen to it by disconnecting the connection circuit with the word processor or the like and using, for example, a headphone stereo. At the same time, it was impossible to select the necessary document information or listen repeatedly.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and allows the user to easily listen to the document information in stereo with headphones and select the necessary document information anywhere. It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable document reading device that can be repeatedly heard.

[0005]

A portable document reading device according to the present invention transfers and stores document information classified into files stored in a portable storage device into a document buffer memory in the portable document reading device. After that, during the reading of the file, or immediately after the reading, the function switch means for reading the document information again from the head of the file itself or the file head immediately before the file is provided. Set up in.

Furthermore, the address of the top of the earliest file is designated during or immediately after the reading of the document information stored in the document buffer memory in the portable document reading device of the present invention. The function switch means is provided in the portable document reading device.

[0007]

The document information classified for each file is stored in the portable first storage means, and the document information is transferred to the second storage means in the portable document reading device and stored therein, and then according to the instruction from the function switch means. The document information is read again from the head of the file itself being read or the head of the file immediately before the file being read.

Further, during or immediately after reading the document information, the address of the top of the file at the earliest point is designated in accordance with a command from the function switch means.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a portable storage means for storing files # 1, # 2, # 3 ... As shown in FIG. 2 and further document information classified for each further file. Then, specifically, the IC card is applicable. Reference numeral 2 is a document buffer memory for storing the document information transferred from the IC card 1. Reference numeral 3 is an address pointer for designating the address of the document information stored in the document buffer memory 2, which is decrement and increment. Both operations can be performed. Reference numeral 4 is a rule synthesizing circuit for reading aloud based on the document information sent from the document buffer memory 2, 5a is a voicing switch which is pressed when reading the document information in the document buffer memory 2, and 5b is a pressing time length thereof. Accordingly, the first function switch pressed when searching the head of the file immediately before the file being read or the head of the file itself being read, specifically, a rewind switch. 5c stops reading the file when the pressing time length is shorter than a predetermined time, for example, 1 second, and the pressing time length is 1
In the case of more than a second, it is the second function switch for designating the address of the top of the file at the earliest, specifically the stop switch. 6 is a switch discrimination circuit for discriminating which one of the rewind switch 5b and the stop switch 5c is pressed, and 7 is the rewind switch 5b or the stop switch 5c.
A pressing time determination circuit for determining the length of time that is pressed, 8a
Is a file search circuit for searching a file in the document buffer memory 2 in accordance with a command from the voice switch 5a,
Reference numeral 8b denotes a self-file head search circuit that searches from the head of the file itself currently being read when the rewind switch 5b is pressed for a predetermined time, for example, shorter than 1 second, and 8c denotes a rewind switch. When the pressing time length of 5b is pressed for a predetermined time, for example, 1 second or more, a previous file head search circuit for searching from the file head immediately before the file currently being read, 8d is a stop switch 5c
When the pressing time length of is shorter than a predetermined time, for example, 1 second, reading of the file is stopped, and when the pressing time length of the stop switch 5c is a predetermined time, for example, 1 second or longer, A switch for designating the head of the earliest file for designating an address, 9 is a switch for intermittently sending the document information sent from the document buffer memory 2 to the rule composition circuit 4, and 10 is a reset signal sent from the switch discrimination circuit 6 or a file A flip-flop 11 for connecting and disconnecting the switch 9 based on commands from the search circuit 8a, the own file start search circuit 8b and the previous file start search circuit 8c, and a clock generation circuit 11 for generating a clock signal of a constant cycle.

In such a configuration, the present invention will be described below based on the reading document example of FIG. 2 and the block diagram of FIG.
It will be described in detail in two cases. (A) Search for the beginning of the file when reading the file The file search circuit 8 is pressed according to the depression of the voice switch 5a.
a sends a search signal SE0 to the document buffer memory 2 and the flip-flop 10. As a result, the output of the flip-flop 10 becomes High and the switch 9 is closed. Further, the file search circuit 8a uses the address pointer 3
A file is sequentially sent from the document buffer memory 2 to the rule synthesizing circuit 4 via the BI bus by sending an address signal AD0 to the file, and the file is read aloud.

For example, it is assumed that the file # 3 shown in FIG. 2 is currently read. After this, rewind switch 5
When b is pressed for less than 1 second, the switch discrimination circuit 6 detects this and sends the signal to the depression time judgment circuit 7 and also sends the reset signal to the flip-flop 10. As a result, the switch 9 is opened and the reading is temporarily stopped. The push-down time determination circuit 7 sends a signal PU1 to the own file head search circuit 8b, and this search circuit 8b sends a search signal SE1 to the document buffer memory 2 to search from the beginning of the file # 3 and to the address pointer 3. Address signal AD that does not change address
Send 1. The flip-flop 10 receives the search signal SE1
The switch 9 is closed in accordance with the command of. The document buffer memory 2 searches the beginning of file # 3,
By sending the document information of 3 to the rule synthesizing circuit 4 via the BI bus, "the examination of the evaluation scale, the same data, the same subject, ...
・ ”Is read again. (B) Searching for the beginning of the previous file when reading a file For example, suppose that file # 3 is currently being read. After that, when the rewind switch 5b is pressed for 1 second or longer, the switch discrimination circuit 6 detects this and sends the signal to the depression time judgment circuit 7 and also sends the reset signal to the flip-flop 10. As a result, the switch 9 is opened and the reading is temporarily stopped. The pressing time determination circuit 7 sends a signal PU to the previous file head search circuit 8c.
2 is sent out, and the search circuit 8c outputs the document buffer memory 2
And a search signal SE2 for performing a search from the beginning of the file # 2 are sent to the address pointer 3, and a decrement signal is sent to the address pointer 3 to send an address signal AD2 designating the address of the file # 2. The flip-flop 10 closes the switch 9 according to the instruction of the search signal SE2.
The document buffer memory 2 searches the beginning of file # 2,
By sending the document information of the file # 2 to the rule synthesizing circuit 4 via the BI bus, “test result FIG. 2 shows the test result. Both male and female voices are pitch change amounts ...
... "is read aloud again. (C) Designation of the beginning of the earliest file when reading a file For example, suppose that file # 3 is currently being read. After that, if you press the stop switch 5c for 1 second or longer,
The switch discrimination circuit 6 detects this, sends out the signal to the depression time discrimination circuit 7, and the flip-flop 10
Send a reset signal to. As a result, the switch 9
Is opened and reading is stopped once. The pressing time determination circuit 7 sends a signal PU3 to the earliest file head designating circuit 8d.
The search circuit 8d sends to the document buffer memory 2 a search signal SE3 for searching from the beginning of the file # 1 and also sends a decrement signal to the address pointer 3 to specify the address of the file # 1. Address signal AD3 to be transmitted.

After that, when the voicing switch 5a is pressed, the search signal SE0 is sent from the file search circuit 8a to the document buffer memory 2 and the flip-flop 10. The flip-flop 10 closes the switch 9 according to the search signal SE0. The file search circuit 8a is
The address signal AD0 is sent to the address pointer 3.
Since the address signal AD3 has already been sent to the address pointer 3 from the earliest file head designating circuit 8d, the search is performed from the head of the file # 1 in the document buffer memory 2 based on this signal AD3. The document information is sent to the rule synthesizing circuit 4 via the BI bus, and the file # 1 is read aloud.

Here, in the above-described embodiment, by pressing the rewind switch 5b for a predetermined time during the reading of the file, the reading is performed from the head of the own file or the head of the previous file, and the stop switch is also used. 5c
Although the address of the head of the earliest file is specified by pressing for more than a predetermined time, it goes without saying that those switches may be pressed immediately after reading the file.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the head of the own file or the head of the previous file is determined according to the length of time the rewind switch 5b is pressed, and the length of the earliest file is determined according to the length of time the stop switch 5c is pressed. Although the address was specified, the rewind switch 5 is not limited to this.
It is also possible to make the determination based on the number of times the stop switch 5c is pressed. In this case, the object of the present invention can also be achieved by using a press number determination circuit that counts the number of presses of the rewind switch 5b and the stop switch 5c instead of the press time determination circuit 7 of FIG.

In the above embodiment, the rewinding switch 5
b, the criterion for determining the length of time that the stop switch 5c is pressed is set to 1 second, but is not limited thereto.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, the document information classified for each file is temporarily stored in the portable storage means so that the document can be read only in a deferred manner. The device can be used in a portable manner.

Further, according to the pressing time length level of the function switch means provided in the portable document reading device, the reading is performed from the head of the own file or the previous file head, and the pressing time length level of the function switch means is set. As a result, the address of the top of the file at the earliest point can be designated, so that the required document information can be easily and repeatedly heard or selected by operating the function switch means.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a portable document reading device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example sentence of a reading document according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 IC card 2 Document buffer memory 3 Address pointer 4 Rule synthesis circuit 5a Voice switch 5b Rewind switch 5c Stop switch 6 Switch determination circuit 7 Press time determination circuit 8a File search circuit 8b Own file start search circuit 8c Previous file start search circuit 8d First file start circuit 9 switch

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Nobuhiro Tatsuta 2-18 Keihan Hondori, Moriguchi City, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A portable first storage means for storing document information classified for each file, a second storage means for storing the document information transferred from the first storage means, and the second storage means. Address pointer means for designating the address of the document information stored in the second storage means, function switch means pushed when selecting a file of which the reading has been completed among the document information stored in the second storage means, and A pressing time discriminating circuit for discriminating the length of time the function switch means is depressed, and the second circuit based on a signal from the pressing time discriminating circuit.
It is provided with a search means for searching the document information stored in the storage means, and a rule synthesizing circuit for reading out the document information searched based on a command from the search means and the address pointer means. A portable document reading device. 2. The portable document reading device according to claim 1, wherein reading of the document information is stopped by pressing the function switch means for a time shorter than a predetermined time. 3. The portable document reading device according to claim 1, wherein the address of the file top of the document information is designated by pressing the function switch means for a predetermined time or longer. 4. The portable document read-aloud apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the address of the file top of the document information is designated by pressing the function switch means a plurality of times. 5. The portable document according to claim 1, wherein the function switch means is pressed for a time shorter than a predetermined time to read the file from the beginning of the file itself being read. Reading device. 6. The portable document according to claim 1, wherein the function switch means is pressed for a predetermined time or more to read the file from the beginning immediately before the file being read. Reading device. 7. The function switch means is pressed for a time shorter than a predetermined time to read the file from the beginning of the file itself being read,
2. The portable document reading device according to claim 1, wherein the function switch means is pressed for a predetermined time or longer to read the file from the beginning immediately before the file being read.