JPH06125317A - In-premises broadcast system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To use a speaker selecting a text to make broadcast to a selected section by connecting an in-premises broadcast installation to a LAN and controlling it with a terminal equipment. CONSTITUTION:When the operator is going to make an in-premises broadcast request from a terminal equipment 52, a broadcast installation sends a text and broadcast control information to a terminal equipment 50 to be connected. The terminal equipment 50 receives them, a control section 4 decodes them to output the text to a voice synthesis section 1 and to output the control information to a speaker control section 2. In this case, when time information is described therein, the text and the control information are respectively outputted at the arrival of the time. Furthermore, when no time information is described, they are outputted to a voice synthesis section 1 and the speaker control section 2 immediately. The voice synthesis section 1 synthesizes a voice signal from an inputted table and outputs the signal to the speaker control section 2. The speaker control section 2 selects one or plural speakers according to the control information based on the inputted voice signal and makes in- premises broadcast of the text in a designated sound volume.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a private broadcasting system, and more particularly to a private broadcasting system having a voice synthesizing function,
The present invention relates to a broadcasting controllable by an AN connected terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional local area broadcasting system having a voice synthesizing function is constructed as shown in FIG. The manuscript to be broadcast on the premises is input to the voice synthesizing unit 10 as text, and the voice signal obtained thereby is output to the speaker control unit 20.
Sent to.

The speaker control unit 20 includes a plurality of speakers 3.
1, 32 ... 3n are connected, and the speakers to be broadcast can be selectively controlled. For example, the speaker 31 is installed on the first floor of the building, the speaker 32 is installed on the second floor, and the speaker 3n is installed.
Is installed on the nth floor, and is controlled to announce to each floor according to the selected speaker or speakers.

[0004]

By the way, in the conventional apparatus as shown in FIG. 5, the text of the content to be broadcast is input to the voice synthesizing unit 10, and the operator controls which speaker outputs at what volume. Therefore, the speaker control unit 20 is manually operated for broadcasting.

Therefore, this broadcasting system is inconvenient because it can be operated only in the place where the broadcasting equipment is installed. For example, even when a person who is remote from this place wants to use it for a sudden contact, etc., it is close to the broadcasting equipment. There is a problem that it is difficult to use because it requires procedures such as requesting someone over the phone.

[0006]

In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, a terminal 50 to which broadcasting equipment is connected is provided in a local area network (LAN). The terminal 50 is provided with a voice synthesizing unit 1 and a control unit 4 for controlling the speaker control unit 2 which constitute the broadcasting facility on the premises. Terminals 51, 52, ... 5n and the like are connected to the LAN.

In order to use the broadcasting equipment from the terminals 51, 52, ..., The text which is the broadcast text and the control information of the broadcast are sent to the terminal 50. Here, the control information includes speaker selection information that determines a range to be broadcast (for example, a department to broadcast), volume information that indicates the amount of audio output, time information that indicates the time at which broadcasting is performed, and the like.

[0008]

For example, when the operator makes a local broadcast request from the terminal 52, the text and the broadcast control information are sent to the terminal 50 to which the broadcasting facility is connected. The terminal 50 receives this, the control unit 4 decodes it, outputs the text to the voice synthesis unit 1, and outputs it to the control information speaker control unit 2. At this time, when the time information is entered, when the time comes, the text and the control information are output respectively. When the time information is not entered, these are immediately output to the voice synthesizer 1 and the speaker controller 2.

The voice synthesizer 1 synthesizes a voice signal from the input table and outputs it to the speaker controller 2. The speaker control unit 2 selects one or a plurality of speakers from the input audio signal according to the control information, and broadcasts the text on the premises at a designated volume.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 shows a transmission message format for a terminal to which broadcasting equipment is connected.

In FIG. 2, the same symbols as those in the other drawings indicate the same parts, 41 is an output control unit, 42 is a broadcast time control unit, 43 is a sender name addition unit, 44 is a broadcast qualification check unit, 45 is a timer, 46. Is a broadcast time information storage unit, 47 is a broadcast text storage unit, 48 is a control information storage unit, and 49 is a user list holding unit.

The speech synthesizing unit 1 is for converting a speech-synthesized signal into text. For example, the speech synthesis unit 1 holds speech data of syllables or phonemes, and when the input text is a mixed Kanji character, a language processing (not shown) is performed. Depending on the part, read
Based on this, voice data is extracted to create a voice synthesis signal.

The speaker control unit 2 includes a plurality of speakers 31,
32 ... Selectively for 3n, at the specified volume,
The speech synthesis signal input from the speech synthesis unit 1 is output as speech. Of course, the number of speakers to be selected is not limited to one, but a plurality of speakers can be selected, and naturally all the speakers can also be selected.

The control unit 4 controls the in-house broadcasting based on the received electronic message, and has the output control unit 41 to the user list 49. The output control unit 41 sends the text to the voice synthesis unit 1, and sends the control information for the speaker control unit 2 to the speaker control unit 2.

When the received telegram sets a broadcast time, the broadcast time control unit 42 stores the time information, text and control information of the broadcast time information storage unit 46, the broadcast text storage unit 47, and the control information storage unit 48, respectively. Etc. to hold it temporarily.
Further, the timer 45 is monitored, and when the broadcast time is reached, the text, control information and the like are sent to the output control unit 41.

The sender name adding unit 43 displays, for example, "This is ○.
It is added from the text "Mr. XX is sent." This text is created from the text and name obtained from the user list holding unit 49, as will be described later. This sender name is an option, and by adding it, unnecessary broadcasting can be suppressed.

The broadcasting qualification checking unit 44 checks whether or not the sender of the text for the local broadcast is a qualified person, and the ID of the qualified person is registered in advance in the user list provided in the user list holding unit 49. Then, the ID of the terminal user entered in the sender name information is collated with the user list to check whether this ID belongs to a qualified person or not, and only the broadcasting qualified person is output. The terminal may be provided with a broadcasting qualification, and the terminal ID may be used to check whether the terminal is qualified.

The timer 45 outputs the time.
The broadcast time information storage unit 46 stores the time information to be broadcast when the received electronic message is entered.

The broadcast text storage unit 47 temporarily holds a text to be broadcast on the premises. Control information storage unit 4
Reference numeral 8 temporarily holds control information.

The user list 49 holds not only the ID numbers, names, etc. of qualified persons who have the broadcasting qualification but also the text "This is a reception from Mr. ○○○○" excluding the circled part. To do.

FIG. 3 shows a transmission message format when the terminals 51, 52, ... Make a broadcast request to the terminal 50. The broadcast message has a header H and a broadcast text (text) TEXT. The header H indicates destination information indicating the destination terminal (“50” in this case), receiver name information in which the ID indicating the sender of the transmission message is entered, and which speaker is to be broadcast on the premises. Speaker selection information,
The volume information indicating the volume output from the speaker, the time information indicating the time when the local broadcast should start, the sender name additional information for requesting to broadcast the sender name of the text, and the like are entered. Of course, this sender name additional information can be made optional.

If the time information is not set, this text indicates that it should be broadcast immediately on the premises. If the volume information is not entered, the volume of the speaker is broadcast at a standard value set in advance. Will be.

The operation of the present invention shown in FIG. 2 will be described. (1) When the broadcast time is set, when the terminal 50 receives a telegram, the broadcast qualification checking unit 44 reads the sender name information from the header and checks the user list 49 based on the ID. If the user list 49 does not have this ID, it is determined that the sender is not a broadcaster and the local broadcast is not performed.

As a result of collating the user list 49, the ID
Is a person who is qualified to broadcast, the name of this ID is output to the sender name adding unit 43. At this time, if the sender name additional information is written in the header, the sender name adding unit 43 reads the text “This is a call from Mr.
A text for broadcasting the sender's name, in which the name of the ID is entered in the XX section, is created, added to the text of the broadcast text, and output to the broadcast time control unit 42.

The broadcast time control unit 42 judges that the time information is written in the header, writes this time information in the broadcast time information storage unit 46, and broadcast time storage unit 4
In 7, fill in the text of the broadcast text and the text for broadcasting the sender's name. The control information storage unit 48
Into, enter control information such as speaker selection information and volume information.

The broadcast time information storage unit 46 includes a timer 45.
When the time entered in the broadcast time information storage unit 46 is reached, the text and control information are read from the broadcast text storage unit 47 and the control information storage unit 48, respectively.
Then, the text is sent to the voice synthesizer 1 and the control information is sent to the speaker controller 2. At this time, when the text for broadcasting the sender's name is added, this text is also transmitted.

When the text is a mixed Kanji sentence, the voice synthesis unit 1 adds a proper accent and a prosody (voice intonation, intensity, etc.) by adding a reading by a language processing unit (not shown). Then, create a voice synthesis signal,
This is output to the speaker control unit 2. Further, the speaker control unit 2 selects the volume and the speaker based on the control information sent out. In the default case where the volume instruction is omitted, the standard volume is output in advance. In this way, it is possible to perform the local broadcast at the designated time, at the designated volume for the selected speaker, that is, the selected department.

(2) When the broadcast time is not set When the terminal 50 receives a message, the above (1),
Processing similar to is performed.

When the time information is not entered in the header, the broadcast time control unit 42 determines that the text will be broadcast immediately on the premises, and broadcasts the broadcast text including the sender name broadcast text. It sends it to the synthesizer 1, and sends control information such as speaker selection information and volume information to the speaker controller 2.

Based on these, the same processing as in (1) above is performed and a predetermined local broadcast is executed. A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the second embodiment, the voice quality used for the local broadcast can be designated as male voice or female voice.

For this reason, as shown in FIG.
A plurality of voice data having different voice qualities are held in ′ as shown in the voice data storage unit 111 of male A, the voice data storage unit 112 of female B ... The voice data storage unit 11n of male C. Then, the voice quality information for designating the voice quality is entered in the header of the electronic message. Other than that, the first
The configuration is similar to that of the embodiment.

When the control section 4 receives a telegram, the text sends voice quality information to the voice synthesizing section 1 ', and sends control information such as speaker selection information and volume information to the speaker control section 2.

In the voice synthesizing unit 1 ', the language processing unit 13 analyzes the input text and converts it into an intermediate notation for voice generation, and the intermediate notation and voice quality information are used by the voice generating unit 12'.
Output to. Here, the intermediate notation means, for example, when the voice data storage units 111 to 11n store the voice data in syllables, the text is intermediately expressed in syllables (A, K, SA, etc.). . When a kana-kanji mixed sentence is entered, it will be added to the reading. Further, when the voice data is stored in phonemes (k, a, s ...), the language processing unit 13 further converts kana into phonemes for intermediate notation. In addition, the language processing unit 13 may add accent positions for synthesizing a natural voice, or may generate a prosody (voice intonation, strength) by performing syntax analysis or the like, and add the prosody to the intermediate notation.

The voice generation unit 12 selects one of the voice data storage units 111 to 11n based on the voice quality information in order to generate the voice quality specified by the voice quality information. For example, when the voice quality information specifies A, the voice data storage unit 111 is selected and a voice signal is generated from the intermediate display. The audio signal thus generated is output to the speaker control unit 2.

In the speaker control unit 2, the audio signal input in this manner is supplied to the speaker 3 according to the control information.
Select 1 to 3n and broadcast on the premises at the designated volume. In this way, the designated voice quality can be broadcast to the designated department at the designated volume.

[0036]

According to the present invention, the broadcasting facility for the premises can be
Since it can be connected to the AN and controlled by the terminal, it is possible to operate the broadcasting facility by using the terminal of each person or in the vicinity without going to the place where the broadcasting facility is installed. . Therefore, labor and time can be saved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a broadcast message format for broadcasting equipment according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 voice synthesis part 2 speaker control part 31 to 3n speaker 4 control part 50 to 5n terminal

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A private terminal broadcasting system comprising a speech synthesizing unit and a broadcasting facility having a speaker control unit, a first terminal (50) having a control unit (4) connected to the broadcasting facility, and a first terminal (50). A second terminal for outputting text and control signals to the terminal (50), and a local area network (LAN) to which the respective terminals are connected, the text and control information transmitted from the second terminal being A private broadcasting system characterized in that the terminal 1 receives the text and controls the speaker control means based on the control signal to broadcast the text. 2. The broadcasting time control means is provided in the control means (4), and broadcasting is performed at a designated time based on time information transmitted from the second terminal. On-premise broadcasting system. 3. The control means (4) is provided with a broadcasting qualification checking means for checking whether each terminal or each sender has a broadcasting qualification, and checks whether or not the terminal has a broadcasting qualification to check whether the terminal or receiver is qualified. The private broadcasting system according to claim 1, wherein only the text is broadcast. 4. The control means (4) is provided with caller name adding means for adding a caller name to broadcast voice, and the caller name is added to broadcast voice for broadcasting. The public broadcasting system according to item 1. 5. A voice data storage means for storing voice data of a plurality of voice qualities is provided in the voice synthesizing means, the voice data is selected based on voice quality information transmitted from a terminal, and broadcasting is possible with a designated voice quality. The private broadcasting system according to claim 1, wherein: