JPH07146919A - Document creation assisting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate a document creation of a document such as the minutes of proceedings without taking notes or reproducing a magnetic tape and listening to information, and inputting information on a keyboard. CONSTITUTION:Information inputted to an electronic board 2 is recognized by a handwritten character recognition part 13 or handwritten figure recognition part 14 according to its kind and the recognized information is converted by a conversion part 16 into data in specific format for character output; and the converted data are stored in a storage part 17 and an external storage device 12 and the stored data are outputted as characters by a specific character output means, so that the document is created.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creation assisting device for assisting creation of documents such as minutes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Usually, there is a work for creating a minutes of a conference after the conference.

For this reason, the minutes creator listens to the utterances of the speakers during the conference without missing them, notes them, records the information for creating the minutes, and records the recorded information after the conference in a word processor. The minutes are created by typing on a (word processor) or a computer.

Since the memo creator takes notes in this way, the minutes creator may be very busy during the meeting, and it may be difficult to actively participate in the meeting by concentrating on the subject.

In order to reduce the effort for taking notes during such a conference, an electronic blackboard or electronic board having a copying function of scanning information recorded by handwriting on a display screen with a scanner and copying it on a recording sheet has been conventionally used. An electronic display means called a white board is used for meetings and the like.

[0006] Similarly, in order to reduce the effort of taking notes during a conference, the contents of the speech of the conference are conventionally recorded on a magnetic tape.

[0007]

However, in the case of using the above-mentioned conventional electronic display means having a copying function, the information written by handwriting is copied and recorded as it is on the recording paper and output. In the end, the document creator must retype the information copied and recorded on the recording paper into the word processor or the computer, which requires a lot of effort to input the information from the keyboard. is there.

Further, when recording the contents of the above-mentioned conventional conference speech on a magnetic tape, it is necessary to reproduce the recorded magnetic tape when preparing the minutes, and it takes a long time to complete the reproduction. At the same time, it is necessary to judge who the speaker is based on the voice quality. Furthermore, even in this case, finally, it is necessary to re-type the information heard by reproducing the magnetic tape into the word processor or the computer, which requires a lot of labor to input the information from the keyboard. There is a problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and does not require a document creator to take notes or play back a magnetic tape to hear information, and without performing information input from a keyboard. An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation assisting device that can easily create documents such as minutes.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, a first invention of the present invention is a display function unit for displaying information and a handwriting input function capable of inputting information by handwriting on a display screen of the display function unit. Electronic display means also serving as a unit, information recognition means for recognizing input information according to its type, and converting the information recognized by the information recognition means into data of a predetermined format for character output It is characterized by comprising a data converting means and a data accumulating means for accumulating the data converted by the data converting means.

In order to achieve the same object, a second aspect of the present invention is a voice signal input means for inputting a voice signal of a speaker, and a voice signal for recording the voice signal input from the voice signal input means. Recording means, voice signal recognition means for recognizing the voice signal recorded by the voice signal recording means and converting the voice signal into text data consisting of a speaker name and utterance content, and storing the data converted by the voice recognition means And a data storage means for storing the data.

[0012]

In the document preparation assisting apparatus of the first aspect of the invention, the information inputted to the electronic display means is recognized by the information recognizing means according to its type, and the recognized information is in a predetermined format for printing out. Converted to data by data conversion means,
The converted data is stored by the data storage means,
A document is created by character-outputting the accumulated data by a predetermined character output means.

In the document creation assisting apparatus of the second invention, the voice signal of the speaker input from the voice signal input means is recorded by the voice signal recording means, and the recorded voice signal is recognized by the voice signal recognizing means. A document is created by converting the data into text data composed of a name and utterance content, storing the converted data in a data storage unit, and outputting the stored data as a character by a predetermined character output unit.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment) First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document creation assisting apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the operation of the apparatus.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a document creation assisting device, which comprises an electronic board (electronic display means) 2 and a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer) 3.

The electronic board 2 comprises a data input / display board 4, a trajectory input section 5, a bitmap output section 6, and an interface section 7. The data input / display board 4 includes a display 4a including a liquid crystal projector which is a display function unit for displaying information, and the display 4a.
The information input digitizer 4b, which is an ultrasonic digitizer, which is a handwriting input function unit capable of handwriting information with a pen or the like on the display screen of a, is combined. And
When the text input icon in the input mode selection section displayed on the display screen of the data input / display board 4 is pressed with the pen, the text input is selected. When the graphic input icon of the input mode selection section displayed on the display screen of the data input / display board 4 is pressed with the pen, graphic input is selected.

The locus input section 5 is for inputting the selection result data of the input mode selection section, and the locus of the pen input from the data input / display board 4 is sent to the personal computer 3 side via the interface section 7. It is something to convey. The bitmap output unit 6 sends data to be displayed on the display screen of the display 4a. Interface part 7
Is for transmitting and receiving data to and from the personal computer 3.

The personal computer 3 has an interface section 8 and
CPU (central processing unit) 9, ROM (read only memory) 10, RAM (random access memory) 11, external storage device 12, and handwritten character recognition unit 1
3, a handwritten figure recognition unit 14, a bitmap image synthesis unit 15, a conversion unit 16, and a storage unit 17.

The interface section 8 transmits / receives data to / from the electronic board 2. The CPU 9 controls the entire device. The ROM 10 stores a program for controlling this device. RAM1
1 is for storing and reading various data. The external storage device 12 stores data in a "certain defined format" (for example, DTP software data) in the form of a file. The handwritten character recognition unit 13 converts the locus data input from the locus input unit 5 into text data by character recognition. The handwritten figure recognition unit 14 converts the trajectory data input from the trajectory input unit 5 into figure data by figure recognition. The bitmap image synthesizing unit 15 rewrites the handwritten display with the font and template data of the recognition result to create a graphic image. The conversion unit 16 converts the recognized information into a data format that can be edited by DTP software. The storage unit 17 temporarily stores the data (for example, DTP software data) in the "certain defined format" converted by the conversion unit 16.

Next, the operation of the document creation assisting apparatus according to this embodiment having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG.

First, in step S201, data input /
The type of data to be input is selected by pressing a predetermined input icon of the input mode selection section displayed on the display screen of the display board 4 with a pen. Next, in step S202, it is determined what kind of data is input in step S201.

Here, when the text input icon displayed on the display screen of the data input / display board 4 is pressed by the pen to select the text input, the selection result data is the locus input unit 5, the interface. The data is sent to the CPU 9 via the units 7 and 8 in sequence. Then, step S20
Proceeding to 3, handwritten characters are input. Along with this, in the next step S204, the locus data is sequentially sent from the locus input unit 5 to the handwritten character recognition unit 13, and the handwritten character recognition unit 13 converts the locus data into text data by character recognition. Then, in step S205,
It is determined whether or not the character input is completed. If not completed, the process returns to step S203. Also, data input /
If an input icon of data of a different type from the text of the input mode selection section displayed on the display screen of the display board 4 is selected, or if an icon for ending one page input is selected, step S205 Then, it is determined that the character input is completed, and the process proceeds to step S206, where the input character string is converted into data (for example, DTP software data) in the "certain defined format" by the conversion unit 16, and then the storage unit. It is temporarily stored in 17.

When the figure input icon of the input mode selection section displayed on the display screen of the data input / display board 4 is pressed with the pen to select the figure input, the selection result data is the locus input. It is sent to the CPU 9 through the unit 5 and the interface units 7 and 8 in sequence (step S2).
01 and step S202). Then, step S20
Proceeding to 7, handwritten figures are input. Along with this, in the next step S208, locus data is sequentially sent from the locus input unit 5 to the handwritten figure recognition unit 14, and the locus data is converted into figure data by the figure recognition in the handwritten figure recognition unit 14. Thereafter, in step S209, it is determined whether or not the graphic input is completed. If not completed, the process returns to step S207. In addition, an icon for inputting data of a different type from the graphic of the input mode selection section displayed on the display screen of the data input / display board 4 is selected, or an icon for ending one page input is selected. Then, in step S209, it is determined that the graphic input is completed, and the process proceeds to step S210. The input graphic data is converted by the conversion unit 16 into data of a certain predetermined format (for example, DTP software data). After that, it is temporarily stored in the storage unit 17.

Further, when the image input icon of the input mode selection section displayed on the display screen of the data input / display board 4 is pressed with the pen to select the image input, the selection result data is the locus input. The data is sent to the CPU 9 via the unit 5 and the interface units 7 and 8 in sequence (step S201 and step S202). When a locus is drawn on the display screen of the data input / display board 4 with a pen, the process proceeds to step S211, and an image is input. Thereafter, in step S212, it is determined whether or not the image input is completed. If not completed, the process returns to step S211. When the icon for ending the input of one page is selected, it is determined in step S212 that the image input is completed, and the process proceeds to step S213, in which the input image data is converted into a "certain predetermined format".
Data (for example, DTP software data) is converted into an image data format and then temporarily stored in the storage unit 17.

After executing the steps S206, S210, and S213, the step S
In step 214, it is determined whether one page has been input,
If not completed, the process returns to step S201. Also, 1
When the page input end icon is selected, the step S
In step 214, it is determined that the input of one page has been completed, and in step S215, the data of the "certain defined format" temporarily stored in the storage unit 17 is stored in the external storage device 12 in a file format. After this, this processing operation is terminated.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the document creator is immediately converted to a format that can be used as data of "a predetermined format" such as DTP software data after the end of the conference. Documents such as minutes can be easily created only by making corrections using the DTP software data or the like based on the file data stored therein.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the document creation assisting apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the apparatus.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 20 denotes a document creation assisting device, which is a voice signal input means 21 and a personal computer (hereinafter,
It is described as a personal computer) 22.

The voice signal input means 21 includes a plurality (three in this embodiment) of microphones (hereinafter referred to as microphones) 23a, 23b, 23c installed for each user.
, Microphone controller 24, and interface unit 25
Consists of.

The microphones 23a to 23c are for inputting the voice signal of the speaker. Microphone controller 24
Controls the microphones 23a to 23c. The interface section 25 transmits / receives data to / from the personal computer 22.

The personal computer 22 has an interface section 26.
A CPU (central processing unit) 27, a ROM (read only memory) 28, a RAM (random access memory) 29, an external storage device 30, and a voice recording section 31.
And a voice recognition unit 32.

The interface section 26 sends and receives data to and from the audio signal input means 21. CP
U27 controls the entire apparatus. ROM2
Reference numeral 8 stores a program for controlling this apparatus. The RAM 29 is for storing and reading various data. The external storage device 30 stores the text data converted by the voice recognition unit 32, which will be described later, in the form of a file. The voice recording unit 31 records the voice signal of the speaker corresponding to each of the microphones 23a to 23c. The voice recognition unit 32 performs voice recognition on the voice signals of the speakers recorded by the voice recording unit 31 for each person in the order in which they speak and converts them into text data.

Next, the operation of the document creation assisting apparatus according to this embodiment having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step S401, the voice signal of each speaker is set to the microphone 2 assigned to each speaker.
3a to 23c, and in the next step S402,
It is determined whether there is timing information. If there is no timing information, the process proceeds to step S403, the voice signal is recorded by the microphone controller 24 at each recording location of the voice recording unit 31 via the interface units 25 and 26, and then the process proceeds to step S405. If there is timing information in step S402, the process proceeds to step S404 and the microphone controller 2
The audio signal is controlled by the interface unit 2
After being recorded together with the timing information in the respective recording locations of the voice recording unit 31 via 5, 26, step S40.
Go to 5.

In step S405, voice recognition is performed for each person in the order in which the recorded voice signals are spoken and converted into text data. Then, step S406
Then, the recognition result and the speaking time are stored for each speaker, and in the next step S407, the obtained text data is given the speaker name associated with each of the microphones 23a to 23c, and the scenario script is added. They are arranged in chronological order in the order in which they made statements. As a result, the text data in which all the utterance contents during the conference are arranged in time series together with the speaker name is created. The text data created in this manner is stored in the external storage device 30 in the form of a file in step S408, and then this processing operation ends.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the document creator can easily create a document such as minutes by editing the automatically created text data file. It is also possible to print out the text data file, if necessary. As a result, it is possible to reduce the memo work during the conference and the work of inputting information from the keyboard after the conference, and the labor of the document creator can be reduced.

[0038]

As described above in detail, according to the document creation assisting apparatus of the present invention, the creator of the document does not take notes or listen to the information by reproducing the magnetic tape, and information is input from the keyboard. Without doing any work
Documents such as minutes can be easily created.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a document creation assistance device according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the same device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a document creation assistance device according to a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of the same device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Document Creation Auxiliary Device 2 Electronic Board (Electronic Display Means) 12 External Storage Device (Data Storage Means) 13 Handwritten Character Recognition Unit (Information Recognition Means) 14 Handwritten Figure Recognition Unit (Information Recognition Means) 16 Conversion Unit (Data Conversion Means) ) 17 storage unit (data storage means) 20 document creation auxiliary device 21 voice signal input means 23a microphone (voice signal input means) 23b microphone (voice signal input means) 23c microphone (voice signal input means) 30 external storage device (data storage) Means) 31 voice recording section (voice signal recording means) 32 voice recognition section (voice recognition means)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An electronic display unit having both an information display function unit for displaying information and a handwriting input function unit capable of handwriting input information on the display screen of the information function unit, and the type of input information. Information recognizing means for recognizing the information, data converting means for converting the information recognized by the information recognizing means into data of a predetermined format for character output, and data for storing the data converted by the data converting means. A document creation assisting apparatus comprising: a storage unit. 2. A voice signal input means for inputting a voice signal of a speaker, a voice signal recording means for recording a voice signal input from the voice signal input means, and a voice signal recorded by the voice signal recording means. Document creation characterized by comprising voice signal recognizing means for recognizing a message and converting it into text data consisting of a speaker name and utterance content, and a data accumulating means for accumulating the data converted by the voice recognizing means. Auxiliary device.