JPH0537310Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Field of Application) The present invention relates to a synthetic voice speech transmitting device that communicates intentions only by manual operation.

(Prior art) Underwater workers, underwater swimmers, people wearing toxic gas masks, enzyme masks, deaf people, etc. communicate their intentions through sign language or written communication, but these methods are difficult to understand due to the quality and quantity of information. Underwater workers, in particular, use underwater intercoms attached to the helmets they wear to communicate.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) Such an underwater communication device is attached to a helmet that covers the entire face of an underwater worker, and the worker is required to speak and breathe at the same time. Therefore, it takes a considerable amount of training to become proficient at this, and the equipment is expensive, so the number of users is limited.

(Means for solving the problem) This invention was developed against this background, and uses an operation panel and a display board to compose the information to be transmitted, and then communicates the composition result to the other party using synthesized speech. It is something. That is, 10 that constitute the character selection button
5 row buttons and 5 digit buttons, means for displaying all the digit characters corresponding to the row characters selected by the row buttons, and means for displaying composition information based on the arrangement of characters selected by the digit buttons. , comprising means for generating a synthesized voice of the composition information displayed on the means, means for recording the composition information, and means for reproducing the recorded composition information and supplying it to the synthetic voice generation means. , the intention is communicated by manual operation of the operation panel and synthesized voice based on the manual operation, and an embodiment will be explained in detail below with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a transmitting device showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram of an operation panel of the device shown in FIG. 1. In Figure 1, 1 is the operation panel, 2 is the
CPU, 3 is 5 character display board, 4 is character code ROM,
5 is a composition display board, 6 is a sound code ROM, 7 is a sound enumeration RAM, 8 is a pitch control synthesized speech generator, 9
1 is a vocalization number control section, 10 is a filter amplification section, 11
is the alarm transmitter, 12 is the sentence (sound) memory
RAM 13 is a power supply section. In Figure 2,
21 is a row of 10 row buttons indicating A-row to W-row, 22 is a row of 5 digit buttons for selecting one character from the digit characters displayed on the 5-character display board 5, and 23 is a number, voiced sound, and plosive sound. 24 is a correction button column, 25 is a voice button, 2
6 is a repeat button, 27 is a power button, and 28 is an alarm button. The ROMs 4 and 6 are written in advance by the device manufacturer.

First, there are three types of occurrence information output by the device shown in FIG. 1: alarm, general contact information, and specific contact information. The operation of the configuration shown in FIG. 1 will be described below in this order with reference to the operation panel diagram in FIG. 2.

In this device, various controls shown by dotted lines, such as alarm, composition, voice, recording, playback, and repeat control, are performed via the CPU 2 by operating the operation panel 1.
In the event of an alarm, when the alarm button on the operation panel 1 is pressed, an intermittent or continuous sound is sent out from the alarm transmitter 11 in response to an alarm control signal from the CPU 2, and is amplified and outputted by the filter amplifier 10.

General contact information is generated as follows. The sound code ROM 6 stores codes corresponding to the sounds of kana characters (including voiced sounds, plosive sounds, silence, sounds expressed with lowercase letters, and the minimum necessary number). When you press the essay button located in the correction button row 24,
A composition control signal is applied to the 5-character display board 3. In this state, move one of the row characters A, KA, SA, TA... to row button column 2.
When selecting from 1, all five digit characters corresponding to the selected line character are displayed on the five character display board 3.
For example, if you select the line character “ka”, ka, ki,
Five characters are displayed in the following order: ku, ke, ku. Here, you can check whether you have pressed the desired row button without any mistakes before pressing the next digit button. A desired character is selected from among these digit characters using the digit button array 22. These operations are continued until the end of the short sentence.
At the same time, the sound code ROM 6 is created by controlling the composition operation.
The necessary code is selected from among them, and the sound enumeration RAM7
Listed in. Next, the output of the sound enumeration RAM 7 is converted into a digital synthesized voice that is generated at a pitch of an appropriate fixed time by a pitch control synthesized voice generating section 8, which is amplified and outputted by a filter amplifying section 10 via a vocalization number control section 9. In the utterance frequency control section 9, various modes of repetition or intermittent are controlled once by operating the repeat button 26. In addition, in the composition operation control, the character code
Select the necessary code from ROM4 and compose the information. The composition is displayed in kana characters on the composition display board 5, and the text is checked. If there is an error, it is corrected by deleting the correction button column 24, inserting a line button column, or other necessary button operations. The content displayed on the composition display board 5 remains displayed until the composition button is pressed again or until a recording or reproduction operation is performed.

Next, specific contact information is generated using the same procedure as general contact information, and the contents of the sound list RAM 7 are temporarily stored in the sentence (sound) memory RAM 12 using the correction button row 2.
4 by operating the recording button, etc., and outputting it to the pitch control synthesized speech generating section 8 by operating the playback button, etc.

To provide a supplementary explanation regarding Fig. 2, the voice button 25
is for voice operation, and the sound is outputted once at regular intervals.If the repeat button 26 is kept pressed, the voice is repeatedly uttered, and when the button is released, the voice is stopped. When the record button is pressed at the same time as any one of the digit button rows 22, the sentence created in the composition operation is recorded, and when the playback button and one of the digit button rows 22 are pressed at the same time, the voice operation is started. The power button 27 is a button used to connect and disconnect the power supply section 13, and the power supply section 13 is turned off when no sound is made or the panel is not operated for 3 minutes, thereby saving the power supply.

(Effects of the invention) As explained above, the device of the invention does not require special skill for underwater workers or deaf people, as the digit characters and text can be confirmed on the display board, and recording and playback means are not required. Because of this, it is possible to transmit a large amount of information in terms of both mass and mass. It has many advantages, especially for underwater workers, divers, etc., such as being able to prevent danger.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram of an operation panel of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1...Operation panel, 2...CPU, 3...5 character display board, 4...character code ROM, 5...composition display board, 6...sound code ROM, 7...sound list
RAM, 8...Pitch control synthetic voice generation section, 9...
...Speech frequency control section, 10...Filter amplification section, 1
1... Alarm transmission section, 12... Memory RAM for sentences (sounds), 13... Power supply section, 21, 23... Row button column, 24... Correction button column, 25... Voice button.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a digitally synthesized voice transmitting device that enumerates the sounds of kana characters, there are 10 row buttons and 5 digit buttons that make up the character selection button, and the digit corresponding to the row character selected by the row button. means for displaying all characters; means for displaying composition information based on the arrangement of characters selected by the digit button; means for generating a synthesized voice of the composition information displayed on the means; and recording the composition information. and means for reproducing recorded composition information and supplying the reproduced composition information to the synthetic speech generating means.