JPH0693220B2 - Document processor - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus having a document input / save mechanism for which a voice recording / reproducing mechanism is connected,
In particular, the present invention relates to a document processing apparatus having a function of displaying and outputting a stored document corresponding to the same sound in synchronization with reproduction of the sound.

[Prior art and its problems] For a document input by a document processing device such as a word processor,
For example, when it is desired to add desired voice information such as a voice message or a comment by voice, conventionally, an operator must input (record) and output (reproduce) a target document and voice by separate operations.

Therefore, conventionally, an operator has to repeatedly perform an operation including recording / playback / stop of voice and an input / edit operation of a document alternately and frequently, and this type of document and voice input / output work is often performed. There was a problem that labor and time were required and workability was poor. Further, there is a problem that it is difficult to synchronize the document and the voice when they are input (recorded) and output (reproduced) in synchronization.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a document processing apparatus capable of significantly reducing the operational burden on the operator at the time of synchronized output of voice and a document.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus having a document input / save mechanism for which a voice recording / reproducing mechanism is connected,
There is a table that stores the file name and page of the document stored in the document storage mechanism in association with the audio recording position of the audio recording medium, and the table is referred to when the audio recording / reproducing mechanism is reproduced and reproduced. A document file name and page information corresponding to a voice are obtained, and means for reading and displaying the document from the document storage mechanism based on the information is provided, and the document storage is followed by the reproduced voice of the voice recording / reproducing mechanism. The document stored in the mechanism is configured to be displayed, which can significantly reduce the operation burden on the operator when the voice and the document are synchronously output.

[Example] (1). Structure FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 10 is a CPU for controlling the entire apparatus and various document processing including kana-kanji conversion processing, which will be described later. Here, a recording / reproducing device for recording and reproducing voice is one control target. A document output processing flow at the time of voice reproduction at that time is shown in FIG. Reference numeral 11 denotes an input unit provided with a kana character key for document input and various function keys. Here, as a function key for recording / reproducing sound, “record start” is instructed to start recording sound. "Start playback" to instruct playback start of key and voice
A key, a “stop” key for instructing to stop recording / playback, and the like are provided.

Reference numeral 12 is a dictionary referred to by the CPU 10 when converting Kana to Kanji. Reference numeral 13 is a display unit for displaying an input and edited document, in which a character string after Kana-Kanji conversion, an input character string during conversion and an input character (Kana character string) before conversion are displayed, and a specific line position The candidate character is displayed on. Also, after conversion, the filed document is displayed page by page in synchronization with the audio playback operation.

Reference numeral 14 is a printing unit that prints out a document, and 15 is a document memory that stores input document information. Reference numeral 16 is a document file for storing various input and edited documents. Here, under the control of the CPU 10, the corresponding document is read in page units in synchronization with the reproduction of voice and displayed on the display unit 13. It

Reference numeral 17 denotes a voice recording start position (CNT) on the CMT indicated by the count value of the counter 23 and a document file name (file) corresponding to the voice at the time of recording or reproducing the voice.
This is the index memory 17 in which each information of page and page is written in pairs and referred to by the CPU 10 at the time of voice reproduction, and here, the voice recording start position (CNT) and the document file corresponding to the same voice. Name (file) and page (pa
ge) is registered in the document display order, and the read / write position is designated by a specific address pointer.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a recording / reproducing device that records and reproduces audio information corresponding to a document, for example, a cassette type magnetic tape (hereinafter referred to as CMT) as an audio recording medium, and here, a recording start signal (RST ) To start the recording operation, and to receive the playback start signal (PST) to start the playback operation,
Recording / playback operation is stopped in response to the stop signal (STO), CMT is fast forwarded in response to the fast-forward signal, and CMT is rewound in response to the return signal.

21 is a microphone (MI
C) and 22 are speakers (SP) that output reproduced sound.

Reference numeral 23 is a counter for obtaining the audio position data on the CMT, which is reset upon receiving a return completion signal from the recording / playback device 20 and receives an up / down signal (up / down) to count up / down. To do. Reference numeral 24 is a register for storing recording / playback start position data under the control of the CPU 10. Reference numeral 25 is a match detection circuit that compares the value of the counter 23 with the value of the register 24, and outputs a match detection signal when the value of the counter 23 matches the value of the register 24. Match detection circuit is an interrupt signal (INT)
Is sent to the CPU 10.

Reference numeral 26 is an output port for sending various CMT control signals including recording / playback control according to a command from the CPU 10 to the recording / playback device 20.

FIG. 2 shows an interrupt processing flow associated with audio reproduction in the above embodiment, which is activated by an interrupt signal (INT) from the coincidence detection circuit 25, and refers to the index memory 17 to refer to the corresponding document. Display output processing of the page is executed.

(2). When a kanji mixed sentence is entered by operating the character keys on the input unit 11, the entered Kana character string is indexed in the dictionary 12 according to the operation of the "Convert" key on the input unit 11 under the control of the CPU 10. Kana-to-Kanji conversion processing is performed and converted into a mixed Kanji sentence.
At this time, the input kana character string and the converted kanji mixed sentence are displayed on the display unit 13 to be confirmed by the operator, and the kana-kanji converted kanji mixed sentence is stored in the document memory 15.

In this way, the input kana character string is successively converted into kana-kanji characters and stored in the document memory 15.

Further, the document information stored in the document memory 15 is filed in the file memory 16 by designating the document name and ending the input or editing of the document.

Here, when associating voice information such as a comment reproduced by the recorder / reproducer 20 with an arbitrary page of the document input as described above, the voice is recorded in the recorder / reproducer 20 and the voice is recorded. Counter 23 at start or playback start
The count value of is set as the recording start position (CNT), and the same count value (CNT) is associated with the document file name (file) and its page (page) to index memory in the document display order.
Achieved by registering at 17. At this time, the registration means displays the contents (table map) of the index memory 17 on the display unit 13 by designating the specific key operation of the input unit 11, designates the writing position with the cursor, and confirms the contents of each item. While performing the registration process, the table in the index memory 17 can be easily registered.

The voice recording process at this time is started by operating the “record start” key provided in the input unit 11. That is, CPU1
When 0 receives the key input signal of the "record start" key,
The count value (CNT) of the counter 23 at that time is read, and a recording start signal (RST) is output to the recording / reproducing device 20 via the output port. As a result, the recording / playback device 20 enters the recording mode and starts recording the voice input from the microphone 21.

When the desired voice is recorded, the "stop" key of the input unit 11 is operated.

As a result, the stop signal (ST
O) is sent.

The recording / playback device 20 receives the stop signal (STO) and stops the recording operation.

In this way, the voice information is recorded in the CMT of the recording / playback device 20, the document displayed in association with the voice is stored in the file memory 16 via the document memory 15, and the information for associating the voice with the document is stored. (Count value (CNT) / file name (file) / page (page)) is index memory
Written on 17.

After registering the above-mentioned voice and the document accompanying the voice, by operating the "playback start" key to set the recording / playback device 20 to the playback mode and playing back the voice, the corresponding document is synchronized with the playback voice. Is displayed on the display unit 13 in units of pages.

The document display processing operation during reproduction at this time will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When the CPU 10 receives a key input signal associated with the "playback start" key operation of the input unit 11, the CPU 10 reads the count value (CNT) of the first row position of the index memory 17 and outputs the count value (CN
T) is set in the register 24, the count value (CNT) set in the register 24 and the count value of the counter 23 at that time are read, and the respective count values are compared.

At this time, the CPU 10 sends a reproduction start signal (PST) to the recording / reproducing device 20 via the output port 26 if the value of the counter 23 is smaller than the value of the register 24 as a result of the comparison / determination. 20 start playback.

In addition, as a result of the above comparison judgment, the value of the counter 23 is
If it is larger than the value of, a return signal is output and CMT is rewound, and A
When MT reaches the value in register 24 and is further rewound by + α, a stop signal is output, and then a playback start signal (PST) is sent to recording / playback device 20 via output port 26 for recording / playback. Start playback on machine 20.

In this way, the audio reproduction operation is started.

Then, when the count value of the counter 23 matches the count value (CNT) of the register 24, a match detection signal is output from the match detection circuit 25, and the same signal is output as an interrupt signal (INT) by the C signal.
Input to PU10.

When the CPU 10 receives the interrupt signal (INT) from the coincidence detection circuit 25, it executes the interrupt processing shown in FIG.

First, in step S1 shown in FIG. 2, the count value of the counter 23 at the time of interruption is read, and in step S2, the index memory 17 is searched based on the count value to match the above count value. Count value (CN
Search for T). When the count value (CNT) that matches the count value is detected from the index memory 17, the file name (file) and page paired with the count value (CNT) in the index memory 17 are detected in step S3. Read (page). Then, in step S4, the document page according to the file name (file) and page (page) read from the index memory 17 is read from the file memory 16, and this document information is written to the document memory 15 and displayed on the display unit 13. Display output. Further, in step S5, the count value (CNT) is read from the next row position of the index memory 17, and this count value (CNT) is set in the count 23.

The above-described processing of steps S1 to S5 in FIG. 2 is executed each time an interrupt occurs, and the document information in page units according to the reproduced sound output from the speaker 22 is sequentially displayed on the display unit.
Displayed at 13.

In the above embodiment, the voice is recorded in the CMT separately from the document, and the document and the voice are stored (recorded) in completely different media. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It is also possible to write the document and the voice in the device, read the voice information from the same storage (recording) device according to the contents of the voice data portion in the document, and reproduce and output the voice. or,
In the above embodiment, in order to make the explanation easy to understand, the count value (CNT), the file name (file), and the page (page) are read in order from the first line of the index memory 17, and the document corresponding to the reproduced voice is read based on this. However, it is also possible to display the registered contents of the index memory 17 on the display unit 13 and to specify the start page or file name (file) of the output target document with the cursor, for example.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, in a document processing apparatus having a document input and storage mechanism to which a voice recording / reproducing mechanism is connected, the document is stored in the document storage mechanism. A file for storing the file name and page of the reproduced document in association with the sound recording position of the sound recording medium, and referring to the table when the sound recording / reproducing mechanism reproduces the document file corresponding to the reproduced sound. A document stored in the document storage mechanism having means for obtaining the name and page information, reading the document from the document storage mechanism based on the information and displaying the document, and following the reproduced voice of the voice recording / reproducing mechanism. With the configuration in which is displayed, it is possible to significantly reduce the operation load on the operator when outputting the audio and the document in a synchronized manner.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing an interrupt processing flow of the above embodiment. 10 …… CPU, 11 …… input section, 12 …… dictionary, 13 …… display section, 14 …… print section, 15 …… document memory, 16 …… file memory, 17 …… index memory, 20 …… recording / Playback device, 21 …… Microphone (MIC), 22 …… Speaker (S
P), 23 ... Counter, 24 ... Register, 25 ... Match detection circuit, 26 ... Output port.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A document processing apparatus having a document input / save mechanism for which a voice recording / reproducing mechanism is connected,
Position recognition means for recognizing a voice recording position on the recording medium of the voice recording / playback mechanism when the recording medium is running, and voice for recognizing the file name and page of the document stored in the document storage mechanism by the position recognition means. A table storing means for storing the table in association with the recording position and a table access means for reading the document file name and the page information from the table based on the recording position information recognized by the position recognizing means during the reproduction of the voice recording / reproducing mechanism. And a document reading means for reading the document from the document storage mechanism based on the information read by the means, and a display means for displaying the document read by the means. A document processing apparatus, which displays a document stored in the document storage mechanism following a reproduced voice.