JPH067372U - Audio image output device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To enable people with deafness to fully enjoy television broadcasting. According to an audio image output device of the present invention, a television signal is input, a voice recognition unit performs a voice recognition process of a voice signal, the voice recognized voice is converted into character information by a voice character conversion unit, and a character is further converted. The image creating unit creates character image information from the character information and outputs it to the television receiver. By doing so, a character image is displayed together with the television image on the television receiver in response to the television broadcast, and even a deaf person such as a deaf person can hear the television image from the television receiver. You will be able to get enough information.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 This invention extracts a sound signal from a radio signal, a television signal, etc., creates a corresponding character image, gives this character image signal to a television receiver, and projects the character image on the television receiver. Related to the audio / video output device.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, a television receiver displays a television image on the receiver, demodulates an audio signal and outputs it as audio from a speaker, and presents it to a viewer as an image and audio.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in such a conventional television receiver, especially for a person who cannot hear the voice from the ear like a deaf person, only the image is provided, and it is difficult to obtain sufficient information. There was a point.

The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and converts a voice signal of a television or a radio into a character image and supplies the character image to a television receiver to display the character image together with the image or The purpose of the present invention is to provide an audio / video output device capable of displaying only character images on a receiver and sufficiently providing television information and radio information even to deaf persons such as deaf people. To do.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The voice image output device of the present invention includes a voice recognition processing unit that inputs a voice signal and performs voice recognition, a voice character conversion unit that converts the voice recognized by the voice recognition processing unit into characters, and the voice character conversion unit. And a character image creating unit that creates and outputs an image signal of a character converted by the unit.

[0006]

[Action]

 In the voice image output device of the present invention, a television signal or a radio signal is input, the voice recognition unit performs voice recognition processing of the voice signal, the voice recognized voice is converted into character information in the voice character conversion unit, and further, The character image creation unit creates character image information from this character information and outputs it to the television receiver.

By doing so, in the case of television broadcasting, a character image is displayed together with the television image on the television receiver, and in the case of radio broadcasting, the character information of the sound is displayed on the television receiver. It will be projected, and even people with deafness, such as deaf people, will be able to obtain sufficient information from the television receiver.

[0008]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a connection relationship with a television receiver.

First, as shown in FIG. 2, the audio / video output device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is interposed between the antenna 2 and the television receiver 3 like a normal video tape recorder, a BS tuner and the like. As a result, the television signal received by the antenna 2 is separated into an image signal and an audio signal, and an image signal demodulation unit 11 and an audio signal demodulation unit 12 for demodulating each are provided.

Then, a voice recognition processing unit 13 that performs voice recognition on the voice signal demodulated by the voice signal demodulation unit 12, and a voice character that converts the recognition result of the voice recognition processing unit 13 into character information. A conversion unit 14, a character image creation unit 15 for converting the converted voice character information into an image signal, and an image for superimposing the character image on the television image demodulated by the image signal demodulation unit 11. An image synthesizing unit 16 that performs a synthesizing process and outputs the image signal to the television receiver 3 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the audio image output apparatus 1 of this embodiment, a normal video tape recorder, a BS tuner, etc. are provided so that the audio image output apparatus 1 side selects a channel. It also has a channel secreter 17.

Next, the operation of the audio / video output device having the above configuration will be described.

In the audio / video output device 1 of this embodiment, the image output terminal 18 is connected to the image input terminal 19 of the television receiver 3. Therefore, the image signal demodulating unit 11 demodulates the television image signal from the television signal received by the antenna 2 and the television signal of the channel selected by the channel selector 17, and outputs the television image signal to the image synthesizing unit 16.

At the same time, the voice signal demodulation unit 12 demodulates the voice signal, the voice recognition processing unit 13 subsequently performs voice recognition of the voice signal, and the recognition result is sequentially output to the voice character conversion unit 14.

The voice character conversion unit 14 sequentially converts the voice recognition result given from the voice recognition processing unit 13 into corresponding character information and gives it to the character image creation unit 15. Therefore, the character image creating unit 15 converts the character information from the voice character converting unit 14 into a character image signal and gives it to the image synthesizing unit 16. The image synthesizing unit 16 synthesizes the television image from the image signal demodulating unit 11 and the character image from the character image creating unit 15, and outputs the image synthesizing signal to the television receiver 3 side as a normal television image signal. I will do it.

Therefore, the television receiver 3 takes in a composite signal of the television image and the voice character image from the voice image output device 1 as an image signal and displays the television image, and the character information is also normal. It is displayed together with a television image like a subtitle supermarket.

In this way, it becomes possible to provide a normal television broadcast to the viewer with audio information that is a television image and a character image, and especially to a deaf person such as a deaf person. , It becomes possible to take in the television image and audio information from the eyes.

In the case of radio broadcasting, the radio signal is taken in from the antenna 2, the radio audio signal is demodulated by the audio signal demodulation unit 12, and thereafter, voice recognition is performed in the same manner as the audio signal of television broadcasting. Then, by converting it to a character image and outputting it, it becomes possible to provide it as audio image information to the listener through the television receiver 3, and to provide the radio broadcast to the deaf person. become able to.

[0020]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, a television signal or a radio signal is input, voice recognition processing of the voice signal is performed in the voice recognition unit, the recognized voice is converted into character information in the voice character conversion unit, and further, The character image creation unit creates character image information from this character information and outputs it to the television receiver. Therefore, in the case of television broadcasting, the character image is received together with the television image. In the case of radio broadcasting, the text information of the sound is also projected on the television receiver, and even people with deafness, such as deaf people, can receive television broadcasts or radio waves from the television receiver. You will be able to get enough information about the broadcast.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a connection relationship between the audio / video output device of the above embodiment and a television receiver.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 voice image output device 2 antenna 3 television receiver 11 image signal demodulation unit 12 voice signal demodulation unit 13 voice recognition processing unit 14 voice character conversion unit 15 character image creation unit 16 image synthesis unit 18 image signal output terminal 19 image signal input Terminal

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A voice recognition processing unit for inputting a voice signal and performing voice recognition, a voice character conversion unit for converting the voice recognized by the voice recognition processing unit into a character, and a character converted by the voice character conversion unit. And a character image creating unit for creating and outputting the image signal of 1.