JPH08130574A - Sound input-type communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a sound input-type communication equipment provided with a sound recognition function without a trouble for operating a ten key and a one touch key. CONSTITUTION: A sound storage part 13 storing the sound pattern of a user, a sound input part 14 for inputting sound required for communication, a sound recognition part 15 comparing and discriminating sound inputted from the sound input part 14 with the sound pattern inputted to the sound storage part 13 and a sound output part 16 are provided. Sound inputted from the sound input part 14 is discriminated in the sound recognition part 15 and a sound message is outputted from the sound output part 16 on a display part 6 for recognizing a message.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention stores a voice pattern in advance, and inputs a calling telephone number or the like by voice, and determines whether or not this voice matches the prestored voice. The present invention relates to a voice input type communication device such as a facsimile device or a telephone, which outputs a voice message or a message on a display unit for confirmation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a communication device such as a facsimile machine or a telephone, a telephone number of a callee is written on an OCR character or a mark sheet as a caller other than pressing a ten-key or a one-touch key. A communication device has been proposed in which the call destination is read by being read by the OCR.

However, in such a communication device, the OC
It is troublesome because it is necessary to write the telephone number of the callee on the R character or mark sheet, or to read this with OCR, which is cumbersome. There was a problem that the rate of 100% could not be obtained.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems of the prior art, and is a voice input type communication device having a voice confirmation function without the trouble of operating a numeric keypad or a one-touch key. Is intended to provide.

[0005]

The present invention has been proposed to achieve the above object, and a voice input type communication device according to claim 1 is a voice storage section for storing a voice pattern of a user. A voice input unit for inputting voice necessary for communication; a voice recognition unit for comparing and discriminating the voice input from the voice input unit with a voice pattern input to the voice storage unit; and a voice output unit. And a voice message input from the voice input unit is discriminated by the voice recognition unit, and then the voice output unit outputs a voice message or a message on a display unit for confirmation.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the voice input type communication device, the communication device is a facsimile device having an automatic calling function, and after the telephone number of the call destination and the abbreviated number are input by voice, Before calling, the name of the calling party can be output by voice message for confirmation. The voice input type communication device according to claim 3, wherein the communication device is a telephone having an automatic call-out function, and after inputting a telephone number or abbreviated number of a call destination by voice, a call is made before a call is made. The name of the called party can be confirmed by outputting a voice message.

[0007]

According to the voice input type communication device of the present invention, after the voice recognition unit discriminates the voice pattern of the user stored in advance in the voice storage unit and the voice input from the voice input unit, Since I tried to output a voice message from the output section or a message on the display section for confirmation,
There is no hassle of operating the numeric keys and one-touch keys,
The distinctiveness of the voice input is improved.

According to the voice input type communication device of claim 2,
With a facsimile machine with an automatic call function, after inputting the telephone number or abbreviated number of the call destination, you can output a voice message such as the name of the call destination before calling to check it. As a result, the voice can be surely confirmed, and the facsimile transmission can be called without operating the ten-key or the one-touch key, so that no troublesome operation is required.

According to the voice input type communication device of claim 3,
After inputting the telephone number and abbreviated number of the call destination on the telephone that has the automatic call function, the name of the call destination can be output by voice message before the call is made and it can be confirmed. Therefore, the voice can be surely confirmed, and the call can be made without operating the ten-key (or dial) or the like, and no troublesome operation is required.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a voice input type communication device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a facsimile device having an automatic calling function is described as a voice input type communication device, but the present invention is not limited to this and can be applied to other communication devices such as a telephone.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the internal structure of the facsimile apparatus F of this embodiment. The facsimile apparatus F includes a signal processing unit (CPU) 1, RAM 2, ROM
3, image reading unit 4, print output unit 5, display unit 6, operation unit 7
And a line control unit 12 connected to the modem 8, the protocol generation circuit 9, the protocol detection circuit 10, and the telephone 11 between the signal processing unit (CPU) 1 and the telephone line L.
Is provided.

The facsimile device F has a voice storage unit 13 for storing a voice pattern of a user, a voice input unit 14 for inputting voice required for communication, and a voice input from the voice input unit 14. Is further provided with a voice recognition unit 15 for comparing and discriminating with the voice pattern input to the voice storage unit 13, a voice output unit 16, and an auto dialer 17 for realizing an automatic call function.

After the voice input from the voice input unit 14 is discriminated by the voice recognition unit 15, the voice output unit 16 outputs a voice message or a message on the display unit 6 for confirmation. There is. That is, after inputting the telephone number or abbreviated number of the call destination, the name of the call destination or the like can be confirmed by voice message or by displaying a message on the display unit 6 before calling. There is.

Next, the operation procedure of the facsimile apparatus F will be described with reference to the flow charts of FIGS. As shown in FIG. 2A, when the user's voice pattern is input, this voice pattern is stored in the voice storage unit 13 (see steps 101 and 102). This voice pattern is stored in advance before being transmitted by the facsimile apparatus F.

Next, at the time of facsimile transmission, when voice is input to the voice input unit 14, the voice recognition unit 15
Whether or not the input voice and the voice pattern stored in the voice storage unit 13 match is determined by the voice recognition unit 1.
5 is compared and determined (step 201 to step 203)
reference). If the voices do not match, step 20
Returning to step 1, the same operation as described above is performed again, and when they match, a voice is output from the voice output unit 16 or a message is output on the display unit 6 (step 204).
reference).

Here, it is judged whether it is OK, and
If it is not K, "NO" is input by voice or after inputting with the keys of the operation unit 7, the process returns to step 201, the same operation as above is performed again, and if OK, "OK" is output by voice or After inputting with the keys of the operation unit 7, the facsimile device F automatically dials the call destination by the auto dialer 17 by the automatic call function, and after confirming the reception of the call destination, a series of faxes is received. The procedure is done
Facsimile transmission is executed (step 205 to step 208).

When voice input is performed, after the push button S for voice operation mode selection provided in the facsimile apparatus F shown in FIG. May be used for voice input. When the wireless microphone WM is used, it is preferable to have a memory transmission function of storing a document in a memory once and transmitting it by facsimile when issuing a call. Reference numeral 18 is
This is a speaker for outputting the sound from the facsimile device F to the outside. Note that FIG. 4 shows a state in which the voice input type communication device is the telephone set T, and voice input is directly performed to the voice input section of the telephone set T.

Next, the procedure of voice input, voice output, and facsimile transmission start after the voice pattern is stored in the voice storage unit 13 will be described in accordance with the procedure when the facsimile device F is actually automatically called. First,
An example of inputting the telephone number of the call destination by voice and transmitting by facsimile will be described by listing actual voices.

When the voice operation mode is selected by pushing the push button S for selecting the voice operation mode, the facsimile apparatus F
Will output the voice as "Please call the telephone number or abbreviated number of the callee." According to this instruction, the user voice-inputs the telephone number of the call destination, for example, "06-353-0517".

On the other hand, from the facsimile machine F,
"The call destination is 06-353-0517, isn't it?" Is output by voice or on the display unit. Then, the facsimile device F outputs "Voice, if it is OK, say NO." By voice or on the display unit. Then, the user inputs "OK" by voice or key.

Then, from the facsimile apparatus F, "06
Make a call to -353-0517. Is output by voice or on the display unit. After that, the auto dialer 17 of the facsimile apparatus F operates to automatically call the call destination, and the pre-procedure of the facsimile communication procedure is executed. Then, the high speed modem operates to transmit the image data to the call destination.

When this transmission is completed, after the post-procedure of the facsimile communication procedure is executed, the facsimile device F outputs the message "Transmission has been completed to 06-353-0517" by voice or on the display unit. . In the above operation, if the telephone number received by the facsimile device F and output by voice is incorrect, "NO" is input by voice or key, and if the correct telephone number is input again by voice, the facsimile device F will The correct abbreviated number is accepted, the series of operations described above is executed, and the facsimile transmission is performed.

By the above-described series of procedures, the facsimile transmission to the call destination can be performed while confirming the telephone number and the like by the voice input from the user and the voice from the facsimile device F or the message output on the display unit. it can. Next, the call destination (in this example, the ABC company)
An example of inputting the abbreviated number (in this example, one-touch A) by voice and performing facsimile transmission will be described by listing actual voices.

When the voice operation mode is selected by pushing the push button S for selecting the voice operation mode, the facsimile apparatus F
Will output the voice as "Please call the telephone number or abbreviated number of the callee." According to this instruction, the user voice-inputs the abbreviated number of the call destination, for example, "ABC Company".

On the other hand, from the facsimile machine F,
"The call destination is ABC Company, isn't it?" Is output on the voice or display. Then, the facsimile machine F
From the above, the message "If you are OK, if it is OK, please say NO." Is output on the voice or the display unit. Then, the user inputs "OK" by voice or key.

Then, the facsimile apparatus F reads "One-touch A, ABC Company, 03-123-4567.
To call. Is output by voice or on the display unit. After that, the auto dialer 1 of the facsimile machine F
7 is activated to make an automatic call, and the pre-procedure of the facsimile communication procedure is executed. Then, the high speed modem operates to transmit the image data to the call destination.

When this transmission is completed, after the post-procedures of the facsimile communication procedure are executed, the facsimile device F outputs "Send to 06-353-0517." By voice or on the display unit. It In the above operation, if the abbreviated number received by the facsimile device F and output by voice is wrong, "NO" is input by voice or a key, and if the correct abbreviated number is input again by voice or key, the facsimile device F is
The correct abbreviated number is accepted, the series of operations described above is executed, and the facsimile transmission is performed.

According to the above-described series of steps, the facsimile transmission to the call destination is performed while confirming the abbreviated number or the like by the voice or the key input from the user and the voice from the facsimile apparatus F or the output on the display unit. be able to. In the above embodiments, an example of the operation performed only by the dial has been shown, but a command not normally used, for example, voice communication may be performed instead of broadcast communication, time designation, and the like.

[0029]

As described above, in the voice input type communication device according to the first aspect, the voice recognition unit stores the voice pattern of the user previously stored in the voice storage unit and the voice input from the voice input unit. After the determination, the voice output unit outputs the voice message or the message on the display unit for confirmation, so there is no need to operate the numeric keypad or one-touch key, and the voice confirmation rate is improved. .

A voice input type communication device according to claim 2 and claim 3
In the voice input type communication device, since the telephone number of the call destination is accepted by voice input to automatically make a call, there is no need to operate the ten-key or one-touch key. In addition, the voice patterns that can be accepted are registered in advance, and after the voice input is received before calling, it is confirmed automatically by a voice message and then the call is automatically issued. It never happens.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an internal structure of a facsimile apparatus which is an embodiment of a voice input type communication apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a basic operation when performing voice input / voice output and facsimile transmission,
(A) shows a basic operation of voice input of a telephone number, abbreviated number, etc., which is executed in advance, and storage in a storage unit, and (b) shows voice input and voice output, while confirming the telephone number and abbreviated number. It shows a basic operation when performing a facsimile transmission.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a state when voice is input to a facsimile device.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a state when a voice is input to a telephone.

[Explanation of symbols]

 F Facsimile device 13 Voice storage unit 14 Voice input unit 15 Voice recognition unit 16 Voice output unit 17 Auto dialer (automatic calling means)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A voice storage unit for storing a voice pattern of a user, a voice input unit for inputting a voice required for communication, and a voice input from the voice input unit is input to the voice storage unit. A voice recognition unit for comparing and discriminating with the voice pattern, and a voice output unit, the voice inputted from the voice input unit is discriminated by the voice recognition unit, and then the voice output unit outputs a voice message or a display unit. A voice input communication device configured to output a message to a user for confirmation. 2. The communication device is a facsimile device having an automatic call function, and after inputting a telephone number, abbreviated number, etc. of the call destination by voice, the name of the call destination etc. before calling. The voice input communication device according to claim 1, wherein a voice message is output for confirmation. 3. The communication device is a telephone having an automatic calling function, and after inputting a telephone number, abbreviated number, etc. of the calling destination by voice, the name of the calling destination is called before calling. The voice input communication device according to claim 1, wherein a voice message is output for confirmation.