JPH08278874A - Information display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To select necessary information from various kinds of information. CONSTITUTION: An information display device receiving plural of information on a vehicle and displaying the information and performing a voice synthesis for the information is provided with a stratified grouping part 1 grouping the data of plural groups into plural stratifications and storing the data and a selection means 20 having the plural switches corresponding to each of the plural stratified groups and for imparting selection information selecting 1 of the plural stratified groups from the outside. A stratified group selection part 2 selects one stratified group from plural stratified groups based on the selection information of the selection means 20. A group data selection part 3 selects the one group data belonging to the selected stratified group from this group by turning on the selection means 20 one time, displays the data or performs a voice synthesis for the data or offers the data for a display and the voice synthesis.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides an F for displaying a plurality of information.
M (Frequency Modulation) multiple receiver, VICS (Ve
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a receiver and a PDA (Personal Digital Asist) information display device, and more particularly to an information display device capable of selecting necessary information from miscellaneous information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 30 is a diagram for explaining a conventional information display device. With a VICS receiver, an FM multiplex receiver, a PDA, etc. mounted on a vehicle as an information source, FIG. 1A shows an information display device 1 for displaying information from this information source. Information such as that shown in FIG.
.., n are displayed, but each time the Next button is pressed, the grouped data are selected and displayed in random order. For example, as the road traffic information received by the VICS receiver, there are the followings in which route names, directions, sections, distances, degrees, etc. are inset and combined by simple language processing.

Example A1: The westbound of the Hanshin Expressway Kobe Line is a natural traffic jam of 7 km, starting from Uozaki. In addition, route name, direction, cause (construction, obstacle, broken car, fire) section, distance,
There are the followings in which the degree and the like are embedded and combined by simple language processing. Sample sentence A2: The Hanshin Expressway Kobe Line going west is a natural traffic jam of 7km from Uozaki due to an accident.

Broadcast contents received by the FM multiplex receiver include news and weather. Sample sentence B1: KAKOGAWA FM Weather The number of typhoons generated exceeds the average by 26 annually. Typhoon No. 26 became a low temperature zone.

Example B2: KAKOGAWA FM News Will the US Midterm Election Today Vote, Republican Party Senate Victory for the First Time in 8 Years? Also, so-called electronic notebook information received by the PDA via the car telephone of the vehicle, such as an address book, There is phone book information.

[0006]

In the conventional information display device, the long data was moved to the next group after the remaining amount was displayed. Then, in order for the user to select the necessary information from the various information, it is necessary to look at all the data in order, which is a problem. Further, in the case of an FM multiplex receiver, a VICS receiver, and a PDA mounted on a vehicle, there is a problem that it is very dangerous to select information while driving.

Therefore, in view of the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide an information display device capable of easily selecting necessary information and safely selecting it while traveling.

[0008]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an information display device having the following configuration. That is, in the information display device for receiving and displaying a plurality of information in a vehicle and synthesizing voice, a stratified grouping unit that stores the data of a plurality of groups by grouping them into a plurality of layers, and the plurality of stratified groups. There is provided a plurality of switches corresponding to the respective switches, and a selection means for externally providing selection information for selecting one of the plurality of stratified groups from the outside is provided. The stratified group selection unit selects one stratified group from the plurality of stratified groups based on the selection information of the selection means. The group data selection unit selects one group data belonging to the selected stratified group,
When the selecting means is turned on once, selecting is performed,
The display or voice synthesis or the display and voice synthesis is provided. In the group data selection unit, the selection unit is 1
When it is turned on once, one group data belonging to the selected stratified group is selected and provided for the voice synthesis, and when the selecting means is turned on again, the one group data is displayed on the display. You may offer it.

The group data selection unit may select the following information while the selection means is ON, and use the selected information for display or voice synthesis or display and voice synthesis. The group data selection unit may switch the selection unit from ON to OFF, and when the OFF time has passed a certain time, the group data selection unit may be used for voice synthesis.

The selecting means is provided with setting means for continuously displaying information or synthesizing voice or information for use in displaying and synthesizing from the outside, and the setting means sequentially supplies information to the group data selecting section at regular intervals. You may give it. When the ON time of selection by the selecting means has passed a certain time, information for continuously displaying or voice synthesizing or for use in display and voice synthesizing is externally provided to the group data selecting unit at regular intervals. A continuous mode in which information is sequentially given may be used.

It is also possible to display only when the continuous mode is set and to perform voice synthesis when the selection means is turned on or off. The continuous mode may be canceled when the selection means is turned on again. The continuous mode may be canceled when another switch of the selecting means is turned on.

When the information of the group data is long, the group data selecting section may display the head portion of this information for display or voice synthesis. The length of the leading portion of the information may be set arbitrarily. The length of the leading portion of the information may be set in relation to the time when the selecting means is ON.

The group data selection unit may display or voice-synthesize that only the head portion of the information is displayed or voice-synthesized. The group data selection unit may synthesize only the head portion of the information by voice and display it when the selection unit is turned on. The stratified grouping unit may analyze the grouped information contents, stratify the information based on this analysis, and store the stratified information.

One or some of the information stratified on the basis of the analysis may be selectively subjected to display or speech synthesis. As soon as new information is entered in the stratified area selected and set in advance, it may be provided for display or voice synthesis. The importance of the stratified information may be estimated, and one estimated to have high importance may be used for display or voice synthesis.

The information estimated to have a high degree of importance may be stored in another area and given priority to other information for display or voice synthesis. The stratified group selection unit, based on the use environment of the receiver for receiving the traveling state and information of the vehicle,
It is also possible to select a layered type of information to be used for display or voice synthesis.

Based on the running state of the vehicle, the number of characters displayed, the changing speed, the speed at which voice synthesis is performed, the volume,
The direction and reverberation may be changed. The number of switches included in the selection unit is one, and the group data selection unit selects one layer group from the plurality of layer groups according to the number of operations of the selection unit within a certain time. The group data selection unit may select one group data belonging to it from the selected stratified group and use it for the display or voice synthesis or the display and voice synthesis.

[0017]

According to the information display device of the present invention, one stratified group is selected from the plurality of stratified groups on the basis of the selection information of the selection means, and the selected stratified group belongs to this group. One of the group data is selected by turning on the selection means once, and is selected and used for the display or the voice synthesis or the display and the voice synthesis, so that necessary information can be speedily extracted from miscellaneous information. It will be possible. In addition, it becomes possible to safely select information while traveling from the FM multiplex receiver, VICS receiver, and PDA mounted on the vehicle.

When the selecting means is turned on once, one group data belonging to the selected stratified group is selected and provided for the voice synthesis, and when the selecting means is turned on again, By providing one group data for the display, improvement in cost, operability, and safety such as reduction of the number of switches of equipment can be expected.

While the selecting means is ON, the group data selecting section selects the following information for use in the display or voice synthesis or the display and voice synthesis, thereby reducing the number of operations and reducing the number of operations. It is possible to improve operability and safety. The group data selection unit turns the selection unit from ON to OFF, and when the OFF time has passed for a certain time, the group data selection unit provides for voice synthesis, and thus unnecessary information is not required when continuously selecting (searching) necessary information. No synthetic sound is produced, and necessary information can be easily obtained with synthetic sound.

The selecting means is provided with setting means for continuously displaying information or synthesizing voice or information for use in displaying and synthesizing from the outside, and the setting means sequentially supplies information to the group data selecting section at regular intervals. By giving it, cost, operability, etc.
Improvement of safety can be expected, and it is possible to reduce the number of operations and improve operability and safety.

When the ON time of selection by the selecting means has passed a certain time, information is continuously displayed or voice-synthesized, or information to be used for display and voice synthesis is externally provided to the group data selection unit. By adopting a continuous mode that sequentially provides information at regular intervals, cost, operability, and safety can be expected to improve by reducing the number of switches on the device, and the number of operations can be reduced and operability and safety can be improved. It will be possible.

By displaying only when the continuous mode is set and synthesizing the voice when the selecting means is turned on or off, cost reduction, operability, and safety such as reduction of the number of switches of equipment can be achieved. Improvement can be expected, and it is possible to reduce the number of operations and improve operability and safety.
When the selecting means is turned on again, by canceling the continuous mode, cost, operability, and safety can be expected to be improved, such as a reduction in the number of switches in the device, and the number of operations can be reduced and the operability can be reduced. It is possible to improve safety.

When the other switch of the selecting means is turned on, by canceling the continuous mode, cost, operability, and safety can be expected to be improved, such as a reduction in the number of switches in the device, and the number of operations can be reduced. It is possible to reduce and improve operability and safety. When the information of the group data is long, the group data selection unit can display the head portion of this information for display or voice synthesis so that necessary information can be extracted more speedily from particularly miscellaneous information. It will be possible. In addition, the FM installed in the vehicle
It becomes possible to select information more safely while traveling by using the multiplex receiver, the VICS receiver and the PDA.

By arbitrarily setting the length of the leading portion of the information, it becomes possible to more quickly extract the necessary information from among the various kinds of information. In addition, FM multiplex receiver, VICS receiver, PD installed in the vehicle
From A, it becomes possible to select information more safely while traveling. By setting the length of the leading portion of the information in relation to the time when the selecting means is ON, it becomes possible to more quickly extract the necessary information from the miscellaneous information. Further, it becomes possible to select information more safely while traveling from the FM multiplex receiver, VICS receiver and PDA mounted on the vehicle.

The group data selection unit can further clarify the difference from the normal mode by displaying or indicating that only the head portion of the information is to be displayed or voice synthesized. The group data selection unit can synthesize the voice of only the head portion of the information and display it when the selection unit is turned on, thereby further clarifying the difference from the normal mode.

The stratified grouping unit analyzes the grouped information contents, stratifies the information based on the analysis, and stores the stratified information, thereby speeding up the necessary information from among various miscellaneous information. It becomes possible to extract. Also,
FM multiplex receiver, VICS receiver, P mounted on the vehicle
From the DA, it becomes possible to select information more safely while traveling.

By selectively subjecting one or some of the information stratified on the basis of the above analysis to display or voice synthesis, necessary information can be extracted more quickly from particularly miscellaneous information. It becomes possible to do. Further, it becomes possible to select information more safely while traveling from the FM multiplex receiver, VICS receiver and PDA mounted on the vehicle.

By providing display or voice synthesis as soon as new information enters a previously selected stratified area, cost, operability, and safety can be expected to be improved, especially by reducing the number of switches of equipment. By estimating the importance of the stratified information and subjecting the estimated high importance to display or voice synthesis, it is possible to more quickly extract the necessary information from the miscellaneous information. become. In addition, the FM multiplex receiver, VICS installed in the vehicle
It becomes possible to more safely select information from the receiver and the PDA while traveling.

By storing the information estimated to have a high degree of importance in another area and giving priority to the other information for display or voice synthesis, it is possible to speed up the necessary information from among various kinds of information. It becomes possible to extract. Further, it becomes possible to select information more safely while traveling from the FM multiplex receiver, VICS receiver and PDA mounted on the vehicle.

The stratified group selection unit selects the stratified type of information to be used for display or voice synthesis based on the running state of the vehicle and the use environment of the receiver for receiving the information. It is possible to reduce the number of operations and further improve operability and safety. Based on the running state of the vehicle, by changing the number of characters displayed, change speed, speed at which voice synthesis is performed, volume, direction, reverberation, etc. It is possible to improve the operability, and it is possible to reduce the number of operations and improve operability and safety.

The selecting means has one switch, and the group data selecting section selects the stratified group selecting section from the plurality of stratified groups according to the number of operations of the selecting means within a predetermined time. And the group data selecting unit selects one group data belonging to the selected layer group from the selected layer group and provides it to the display or the voice synthesis or the display and voice synthesis, so that the number of switches of the device is particularly increased. It is expected that cost, operability and safety will be improved.

[0032]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of an FM multiplex receiver, a VICS receiver, and an information display device of a PDA according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the FM multiplex receiver, VI
CS receiver, PDA decoder 11, program memory for processing data from the decoder 11, ROM (Read Only Memory) for processing data, RAM (Random)
A processor 12 having an access memory), a display controller 13 for controlling display of data processed by the processor 12, and a display 14 displayed by the display controller 13.
And a voice synthesizer 15 having a RAM and a ROM for voice synthesizing the data processed by the processor 12,
A D / A converter 16 (Digital to Analog Conve) for converting the data from the voice synthesizer 15 from analog to digital
rter), a low-pass filter 17 for removing high frequency components in the analog signal from the D / A converter 16, a power amplifier 18 connected to the low-pass filter 17, and a speaker driven by the power amplifier 18. 19 and a plurality of switches grouped by the processor 12 into one or a plurality of layers, and a plurality of switches corresponding to each layer and selectively displaying or synthesizing one of the information. And means 20.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example in which the data from the decoder 11 is processed by the processor 12 of FIG. As shown in the figure, the processor 12 uses a layer grouping unit 1 that groups and stores data of a plurality of groups from a decoder into a plurality of layers and a plurality of layer groups from the plurality of layer groups 1 using a selection unit 20. A stratified group selection unit 2 that selects one stratified group, and a group data selection unit 3 that selects group data belonging to the stratified group selected using the selection unit 20 are provided.

Here, the stratified grouping unit 1 defines, for example, the data of groups 1, 2, 3, ... As the stratified group 1; the data of groups k, k + 1, k + 2 ,. ,; Group m, m + 1, m + 2,
.. are grouped according to the genre of the data (traffic information, general information such as news / weather, telephone directory information, etc.). Then, the identification group selection unit 2 selects, for example, the stratified group m based on the input of the selection unit 20. Based on the input of the selection means 20, the group data selection unit 3 selects from one of the plurality of stratified groups, for example, the groups m, m + 1, m + 2, ... Which belong to the stratified group m. Select the data of group m. Data of group m is display 1
4 is used for display or output by the speaker 19 as voice synthesis.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining the first details of the processing contents of the processor 12 of FIG. In step S1, the selection unit 20 determines whether the identification group selection unit 2 has been requested to select a stratified group. If this determination is “YES”, the process proceeds to step S2,
If “NO”, the process proceeds to step S4.

In step S2, when a request for selecting a stratified group is made, for example, a stratified group m is selected from the types of stratified groups. In step S3,
Let n = 0. In step S4, when n = 0, the group data selection unit 3 selects the group m,
It is used for the display or voice synthesis. When n ≠ 0, the group m + n is selected and used for the display or voice synthesis.

In step S5, the selection means 20 outputs O
It is determined whether N (valid) or not (invalid). This judgment is "Y
If "ES", the process proceeds to step S6, and if "NO", the process proceeds to step S7. In step S6, if the selection means is ON, then n = n + 1 is set and the group data selection unit 3 is prepared to select the next group.

In step S7, other processing is performed.
The operation panel will be described below. For simplification of description, the number of layer groups by the layer grouping unit 1 is set to 3. Figure 4 shows FM multiplex receiver, VICS receiver, PDA
It is a figure which shows the 1st example of the operation panel of the information display device of FIG. As shown in this figure, the above-mentioned sentence example B is displayed on the operation panel.
A display 14 for displaying 1 is provided, a speaker 19 for outputting the content by voice synthesis, and a selection unit 20 are provided. This selection means 20 has a traffic information button for selecting traffic information,
A general information button for selecting general information (news, weather) and a PDA button for selecting telephone directory information are provided.

According to the present embodiment, a plurality of grouped information is divided into one or a plurality of layers, and a selection means corresponding to each layer is provided, and when the selection means selects the information of the layer. By selectively displaying and / or synthesizing one of the two, it is possible to speedily extract a necessary information group from miscellaneous information, and it is possible to safely select while traveling. Further, by pressing the selecting means 20 once, the group data selection unit 3 sequentially selects the next group data in the layered group as information and displays or or synthesizes the voices or both of them, thereby performing the layered selection. Since it is commonly used for group selection and group selection, improvement in cost, operability, and safety such as reduction in the number of switches forming the selection means can be expected.

5 and 6 are flow charts for explaining the second details of the processing contents of the processor 12 of FIG. 2 (Nos. 1 and 2). In step S9, when restarting,
The flag Vf for identifying display and voice synthesis is set to "0".
In step S10, it is determined whether or not the selection unit 20 has requested the identification group selection unit 2 to select a stratified group in step S11 of performing other initials. If this determination is “YES”, step S
12. If "NO", proceed to step S14.

In step S12, when there is a request for selecting a stratified group, for example, a stratified group m is selected from the types of stratified groups. In step S13, n = 0. In step S14, Vf = 0
It is determined whether or not is satisfied. If this determination is "YES", the process proceeds to step S15, and if "NO", the process is step S16.
Proceed to.

In step S15, when Vf = 0, the group m + n is displayed. Step S16
In the case of Vf ≠ 0, the speech is synthesized for the group m + n. In step S17, the selection means 20
Is ON (valid) or not (invalid). If this determination is "YES", the process proceeds to step S18, and if "NO", the process proceeds to step S22.

In step S18, the selection means is turned on.
In the case of, Vf = Vf + 1. In step S19, it is determined whether Vf = 1 holds. If this determination is "YES", the process proceeds to step S21, the voice synthesis of the group m + n of step S16 is prepared, and if "NO", the process proceeds to step S20.

In step S20, when Vf ≠ 1, it is set to n = n + 1 to prepare for selection of the group m + n + 1. In step S22, other processing is performed. In this manner, by pressing the selecting means 20 once, a voice-synthesized voice is generated, and by pressing the selecting means 20 again, the next information is selected and displayed, whereby the same operational effect as described above can be obtained.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart for explaining the third detail of the processing contents of the processor 12 of FIG. In step S31, the selection unit 20 determines whether the identification group selection unit 2 has been requested to select a stratified group. If this determination is “YES”, the process proceeds to step S2,
If “NO”, the process proceeds to step S4.

In step S32, when there is a request for selecting a stratified group, for example, a stratified group m is selected from the types of stratified groups. In step S33, n = 0. In step S34, when n = 0, the group data selection unit 3 selects the group m and provides it for display or voice synthesis, and when n ≠ 0, selects the group m + n and displays or voice synthesizes it. To serve.

At step S5, the selecting means 20 outputs O.
Judge whether N or not. If this determination is "YES", the process proceeds to step S36, and if "NO", the process proceeds to step S37.
In step S36, if the selection means is ON,
Wait for a certain time. In step S37, n = n + 1 is set, the process returns to step S34, and the group data selection unit 3
Prepare to select the next group.

In step S38, if the selection means 20 is OFF, another process is performed. In this way,
While the selection unit 20 is being pressed, the following information is selected one after another, and display or / or voice synthesis is performed, so that the number of operations can be reduced and the operability and safety can be improved.

8 and 9 are flow charts for explaining the fourth details of the processing contents of the processor 12 of FIG. 2 (Nos. 1 and 2). In step S41, for example, 500 ms
Once, the timer processing is performed as follows. toff = toff + 1 In step S42, the selection unit 20 determines whether the identification group selection unit 2 is requested to select a stratified group. If this determination is "YES", step S43
If “NO”, the process proceeds to step S444.

In step S43, when there is a request for selecting a stratified group, for example, a stratified group m is selected from the types of stratified groups. In step S44, n = 0. In step S45, if n = 0, the group data selection unit 3 selects the group m for display or voice synthesis, and if n ≠ 0, selects the group m + n for display or voice. Provide for synthesis.

In step S46, it is determined whether the selection means 20 has changed from OFF to ON. This judgment is "Y
If "ES", the process proceeds to step S47, and if "NO", the process proceeds to step S48. In step S47, toff is set to "0" when the selection means is turned from OFF to ON.

In step S48, the selection means is turned on.
When it is turned off from, it is judged whether toff ≧ th1 holds. If this determination is "YES", the process proceeds to step S50, and if "NO", the process proceeds to step S51. In step S49, n = n + 1.

In step S50, other processing is performed. If toff ≧ th1 in step S51, voice synthesis of group m + n is performed, and the process proceeds to step S50.
In this way, the selection means 20 is turned from ON to OFF and turned OFF.
By generating voice synthesis when a certain time has passed, unnecessary voice synthesis sounds are not generated when continuously selecting (searching) necessary information. can get.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a second example of the operation panel of the information display device of the FM multiplex receiver, the VICS receiver, and the PDA. As shown in the figure, the operation panel of the information display device is provided with a continuous mode setting means for continuously presenting information (display or voice synthesis or both). 11 and 12 are fifth details of the processing contents of the processor 12 of FIG. 2, and are flowcharts for explaining an example of sequentially providing information at regular intervals by the continuous mode setting means of FIG. 10 (Nos. 1 and 2). ).

In step S60, the following timer process is performed once every 500 ms: tcon = tcon + 1 In step S61, it is determined whether the identification group selection unit 2 is requested by the selection means 20 to select a stratified group. to decide. If this determination is "YES", then step S62.
If “NO”, the process proceeds to step S64.

In step S62, when there is a request for selecting a stratified group, for example, a stratified group m is selected from the types of stratified groups. In step S63, n = 0 and the flag Vc = 0 are set. In step S64, when n = 0, the group data selection unit 3
Selects a group m for display, and when n ≠ 0, selects a group m + n for display.

In step S65, the flag Vc = 0
It is determined whether or not. If this determination is "YES", the process proceeds to step S66, and if "NO", the process proceeds to step S68. In step S66, if the flag Vc = 0, then n = 0
In the case of, the group data selection unit 3 selects the group m and uses it for the voice synthesis, and when n ≠ 0, selects the group m + n and uses it in the voice synthesis.

In step S67, the flag Vc = 1
And In step S68, it is determined whether the continuous mode setting means is ON. If this determination is "YES", the process proceeds to step S71, and if "NO", the process proceeds to step S69. In step S69, the continuous mode setting means is set to O.
In the case of FF, tcon = 0.

In step S70, other processing is performed. In step S71, it is determined whether or not the voice synthesis process is completed. If this determination is "YES", the process proceeds to step S72, and if "NO", the process proceeds to step S70.
In step S72, when the voice synthesis process is completed, it is determined whether tcon ≧ th2 holds.
If this determination is "YES", the process proceeds to step S73 and "N
If "O", the process proceeds to step S70.

In step S73, if tcon ≧ th2 holds, then n = n + 1. In step S74, tcon = 0.

In step S75, Vc = 0 is set, and the flow proceeds to step S70. In this way, it is possible to successively provide information at regular intervals, and it is expected that cost, operability, and completeness can be improved by reducing the number of switches constituting the selection means 20, and the number of operations can be reduced and the operation by the operation can be reduced. It is possible to improve safety and security.

FIGS. 13 and 14 are sixth details of the processing contents of the processor 12 of FIG. 2, and are flow charts for explaining a modification of the fifth details of FIG. 12 (Nos. 1 and 2).
FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining the continuous mode and continuous mode cancellation in the description of FIG. In the sixth detail, without providing the continuous mode setting means as in the fifth detail, instead of step S68, when the ON time of the selecting means 20 has passed a certain fixed time, the following continuous operation is performed. The processing for setting the mode is performed.

In step S81, as an example, 500
The following timer processing is performed once per ms. tON = tON + 1 In step S82, the selection unit 20 is switched from OFF to O.
It is determined whether or not N has been reached. Or the selection means 20 is ON
Or not. If this determination is "YES", the process proceeds to step S83, and if "NO", the process proceeds to step S85.

When the selection means 20 is turned on in step S83, it is determined whether or not tON ≧ th3 is satisfied. If this determination is "YES", the process proceeds to step S84, and if "NO", the process ends. In step S84, as shown in FIG.
If ON ≧ th3, the continuous ON mode is determined.

In step S85, it is determined whether the selection means 20 has changed from ON to OFF. If this determination is "YES", the flow proceeds to step S86, and if "NO", the flow proceeds to step S88. In step S86, when the selection means 20 is OFF, it is determined whether or not tON <th3 is satisfied. If this determination is “YES”, the process proceeds to step S87, and if “NO”, the step S88.
Proceed to.

In step S87, as shown in FIG. 15, if tON <th3, it is decided to cancel the continuous mode. In step S88, tON = 0 is set and the process ends. Thus, in the continuous mode, "YE
S ", otherwise, branches to" NO ". The sixth detail has the same effect as the fifth detail.

16 and 17 are flowcharts for explaining the seventh details of the processing contents of the processor 12 of FIG. 2 (Nos. 1 and 2). In step S91, it is determined whether the continuous mode is set. If this determination is "YES", the process proceeds to step S92, and if "NO", the process ends. In step S92, the following timer process is performed, for example, once every 500 ms.

Tint = tint + 1 In step S93, it is determined whether or not the selection means 20 has requested the identification group selection unit 2 to select a stratified group. If this determination is "YES", step S94
And if "NO", proceed to step S96. In step S94, when there is a request for selecting a stratified group, for example, a stratified group m is selected from the types of stratified groups.

In step S95, n = 0 and the flag Vc = 0 are set. In step S96, when n = 0, the group data selection unit 3 selects the group m and provides it for display, and when n ≠ 0, the group m + n.
To display it. In step S97, it is determined whether the selection means 20 is ON. in this case,
Only when the switch of the selection means 20 is turned on, the determination of "YES" is temporarily made, and when it is continuously turned on, it is "NO". If this determination is “YES”, step S
98, if "NO", proceed to step S102.

In step S98, it is determined whether the continuous mode is set. If this determination is "YES", step S9
9, the process proceeds to step S105 if "NO". In step S99, it is determined whether the flag Vc = 0. If this determination is "YES", the process proceeds to step S100, and if "NO", the process proceeds to step S102. Step S
In 100, if the flag Vc = 0, if n = 0, the group data selection unit 3 selects the group m and provides it for speech synthesis. If n ≠ 0, the group m is selected.
Select + n and use it for voice synthesis.

In step S101, the flag Vc =
Set to 1. In step S102, it is determined whether or not tint ≧ th4 is satisfied. If this determination is "YES", the process proceeds to step S103, and if "NO", the process is step S1.
Go to 04.

In step S103, Vc = 0, n
= N + 1. In step S104, other processing is performed. In step S105, n = n + 1 is set and the process proceeds to step S104.

As described above, in the sixth detail, when the continuous mode is set, only the display is performed and the voice synthesis is performed when the selection means 20 or the continuous mode setting means is turned on (or off). The seventh detail has the same effect as the fifth detail. FIG. 18 is a flowchart for explaining the eighth detail of the processing content of the processor 12 in FIG. 2 and a modified example of the seventh detail. Step S11 in this figure
1 to 118 are the alternatives to step S97101 in FIG. 17, and in step S111, the selection means 20 is selected.
It is determined whether or not is ON. If this determination is “YES”, the process proceeds to step S112, and if “NO”, the step S116.
Proceed to.

In step S112, the selection means 20
When is OFF, it is determined whether or not the continuous mode. If this determination is “YES”, the process proceeds to step S113 and “N
If "O", the process proceeds to step S102. In step S113, it is determined whether the flag Vc = 0. If this determination is "YES", the process proceeds to step S114, and if "NO", the process proceeds to step S102.

In step S114, the flag Vc =
If n = 0, the group data selection unit 3 if n = 0
Selects a group m and uses it for speech synthesis, and n ≠ 0
In the case of, the group m + n is selected and provided for its speech synthesis. In step S115, the flag Vc is set to 1 and the process proceeds to step S102.

In step S116, the selection means 20
When is ON, it is determined whether or not the continuous mode. If this determination is "YES", the process proceeds to step S117 and "N
If “O”, the process proceeds to step S118. In step S117, the continuous mode is canceled and the process proceeds to step S112. In step S118, n = n + 1 is set and the process proceeds to step S117.

In this way, in the sixth detail, when the selected selecting means 20 is pressed again, the continuous mode is released. The eighth detail has the same effect as the fifth detail. In the ninth detail as the eighth detailed modified example of the processing contents of the processor 12, the continuous mode is canceled even when some other switch is pressed instead of the selected selecting means 20. May be. This is to expand the range (target switch) of the selection means 20.

FIG. 19 shows the first processing content of the processor 12.
It is a figure explaining the detail of 0. As shown in the figure, the information to be processed is the selected group m, m.
+1, m + 2 ... is the head portion of the information, and this head portion is cut out and used for voice synthesis and display. Specifically, the underlined portion of the following example sentence is cut out. Sample sentence A1: When going west on the Hanshin Expressway Kobe Line, head for Uozaki 7
It is a natural traffic jam of km.

Example sentence A2: The westbound of the Hanshin Expressway Kobe Line is
Because of this , there is a natural traffic jam of 7 km, starting from Uozaki. Sample sentence B1: KAKOGAWA FM Weather The number of typhoons generated exceeds 26 on average on a yearly basis . Typhoon No. 26 became a low temperature zone.

Example sentence B2: KAKOGAWA FM news
Over scan the US mid-term elections today vote, in the Senate victory made one such Republican the first time in eight years, when grouped information is long, the speech synthesis or display of playback means that the extraction unit of the first part only of the information so far By performing the step of, the extraction of information becomes faster than in the case of the first detail.

The eleventh detail of the processing contents of the processor 12 is, for example, with respect to the cutting out of the information head portion of the tenth detail, for example, the ON time of the selecting means 20 is measured by the timer processing as described above, and the Depending on the measurement time,
The range of the cutout portion of the information head may be determined. The twelfth detail of the processing content of the processor 12 is that the length of the information amount can be arbitrarily set with respect to the cutting out of the information head portion of the tenth detail, that is, without cutting at the middle portion of the waveform, Cut off after composing one character (mora). Therefore, the quality of voice synthesis and display is improved.

With regard to the thirteenth detail of the processing contents of the processor 12, with respect to the cutting out of the information head portion of the tenth detail, a dedicated means for the selection means 20, for example, a headline length determination switch is provided, and this headline length is provided. The mora length corresponding to the number of times the decision switch is pressed may be voice-synthesized or displayed. The fourteenth detail of the processing contents of the processor 12 is to generate a voice synthesis such as "headline reproduction" when the continuous mode is entered (only once) with respect to the cutting out of the information head portion of the tenth detail. In the continuous mode, it may be always displayed on the display. In this way, display or voice synthesis indicating that only the head portion is reproduced is performed. Do not give the user a feeling of strangeness.

The fifteenth detail of the processing contents of the processor 12 is that the relation between the display and the synthesis in the flowcharts so far described is reversed with respect to the extraction of the information head portion of the tenth detail, and the information head portion is speech-synthesized. Alternatively, only when the selecting means is turned on, the information is temporarily stopped (the automatic reproduction is stopped), and the information following the selection portion of the group information may be presented.

The sixteenth detail of the processing content of the processor 12 may be that the information is stratified by the stratified grouping unit 1 using keywords or other symbols included in each information. For example, regarding the information by the VICS receiver, the following example sentence A1:

[0085] Example sentence A2: In many cases, α1, α2, β1, β2, and β3 are data specific to traffic information. Search this word from the sentence and save it in the traffic information file. Word matching is each word and α1-β
This can be done by matching the three reference words for stratification. As a result, traffic information, general information (other information)
It is expected that the two categories can be easily performed.

Regarding the information by the FM multiplex receiver,
Example sentence B1: Wind No. 26 became a low temperate zone.

Example sentence B2: Will the Senate win for the first time in a year? Since γ1 and γ2 are direct keywords, it is expected that they can be identified word by word.

FIG. 20 is a diagram for explaining the 16th detail of the processing contents of the processor 12 of FIG. As shown in the figure, for the word section of the original data from the decoder 11, α1, α2, ..., β1, β2, ..., γ1, γ2,
There is a method of making a perfect match with ... In addition, as another method, a one-character match, for example, 1
As a point, there is a method of adding 1 point if they match, and determining a word score as a word match. In this method, a word can be determined even if particles, which are unnecessary for the determination, are added.

As described above, by the layered grouping unit 1,
It is possible to analyze the grouped information contents and identify and store the information. FIG. 21 is a diagram for explaining the 17th detail of the processing contents of the processor 12 of FIG. In the 16th detail, extract the top group in each stratified group,
It is also possible to select and display or perform voice synthesis. Note that this extraction may be performed by randomly selecting one group instead of by the first group, or by selecting several groups by skipping one group.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing stratified data banks provided in the processor 12 of FIG. As shown in the figure, the number of current group data is managed by a pointer in the stratified data banks x1, x2 (buffers) of the processor 12, and when new information is input, display or voice synthesis is performed as follows. To be launched. FIG. 23 is a flow chart for explaining the 18th detail of the processing contents of the processor 12 of FIG.

In step S121, it is determined whether new data has been input. If this determination is "YES", the process proceeds to step S122, and if "NO", the ending process is performed. When new data is input in step S122, stratification (x) is performed. In step S123, the new data is saved in the pointer (x) +1 of bank x.

In step S124, a start flag for displaying new data or synthesizing voice is set, and an ending process is performed.
In this way, according to the eighteenth detail, new data can be entered into the stratified area selected and set in advance in the seventeenth detail for display or voice synthesis. FIG. 24 is a diagram for explaining the 19th detail of the processing contents of the processor 12 of FIG. As shown in the figure, banks x1, x2,
Priority p1, p2, ... Is provided for each layer of, for example, traffic information priority p1, news priority p2, p1 (= 10)> p2 (= 5),
The priority is determined, and voice synthesis and display are performed. In this way, according to the nineteenth detail, the importance of the data is estimated in the sixteenth detail, and what is estimated to have a high importance is displayed or voice-synthesized.

FIG. 25 is a view for explaining the twentieth details of the processing contents of the processor 12 of FIG. As shown in the figure, the stratified data banks x1, x2, ...
In this case, importance is set for each group data, and a high priority bank for storing only groups of high importance is provided in an area different from the layered data banks x1, x2, ....

FIG. 26 is a view for explaining the 21st detail of the processing contents of the processor 12 of FIG. As shown in the group selection criterion for vehicle-mounted use in this figure (a), traffic information may be selected when the vehicle is running, and general information or traffic information + general information may be selected when the vehicle is stopped. Vehicle running,
Stop status is vehicle speed pulse, brake, shift position, volume,
It is judged by vibration.

In addition, as shown in the group selection criteria of the PDA in the upper part of this figure (b), in the case where there is vibration of the vehicle and the vehicle is in the movement mode in which the rotation angle is> 5 °, the traffic information + telephone number information Select only. In the fixed mode where there is no vibration and the vehicle rotation angle ≦ 5 °, all information is selected. In addition, in the configuration shown in the lower part of this figure (b), an A / D converter (Analog to
Digital Converter), the vibration and angle of the vehicle is obtained via the processor and used for the above selection. In this manner, the type of information to be displayed or voice-synthesized is switched according to the driving state of the vehicle and the usage environment of the PDA.

FIG. 27 is a diagram for explaining the 22nd detail of the processing contents of the processor 12 of FIG. For the 22nd detail,
In addition to the selection criteria of the nineteenth detail and the twenty-first detail, as shown in the figure, the number of characters is "small" during running and "large" during stopping, and is changed. The speed is "slow" while running and "fast" when stopped.
As parameters for voice synthesis, the voice synthesis speed is "fast" during running, "standard" during stop, the voice synthesis volume is "high" during running, and "standard" during stop. Yes, the voice synthesis direction is “right” while running, “right” when stopped, and voice synthesis reverberation is “many” while running,
"Short" while stopped. In this way, external sounds, such as horn and siren sounds, are more direct sounds and are therefore easier to separate. Information that gives a feeling of expansiveness is provided to facilitate distinction from other sounds (from the outside) and the like when the vehicle is running by the voice synthesis reverberation.

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing a third example of the operation panel of the FM multiplex receiver, VICS receiver, and PDA information display device. As shown in the figure, the operation panel is provided with a display 14 and a selection unit 20. Selection means 20
As a single Information button is provided. This Information button realizes all functions as follows.

FIG. 29 shows the information of FIG. 28.
It is a figure explaining all the functions by a button. Operation of the Information button is turned on, as shown in this figure (a).
If the time t between ON and ON is larger than a constant value t1, (t
> T1), the operation ON selects the type of each layer. As shown in this figure (b), stratification is selected and stratification is fixed,
If the time t between the operation ON and the ON of the Information button is smaller than the constant value t2 (t <t2), the operation ON performs group selection within the selected stratified group. Here, t1> t2.

In this way, it becomes possible to make a selection by the number of operations of one selecting means 20 within a fixed time.

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As described above, according to the present invention, one stratified group is selected from a plurality of stratified groups based on the selection information of the selection means, and belonging to the selected stratified group. Since one group data is selected and turned on for display or voice synthesis or display and voice synthesis by turning ON the selection means once, it is possible to speedily extract necessary information from miscellaneous information. become. In addition, it becomes possible to safely select information while traveling from the FM multiplex receiver, VICS receiver, and PDA mounted on the vehicle.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an FM multiplex receiver and VIC according to an embodiment of the present invention.
It is a figure which shows the outline of the information display apparatus of S receiver and PDA.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example in which data from a decoder 11 is processed by a processor 12 of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a first detail of processing contents of a processor 12 of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a first example of an operation panel of an information display device of an FM multiplex receiver, a VICS receiver, and a PDA.

5 is a flowchart explaining the second detail of the processing contents of the processor 12 of FIG. 2 (No. 1). FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart explaining the second detail of the processing content of the processor 12 of FIG. 2 (No. 2).

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a third detail of the processing content of the processor 12 in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the fourth detail of the processing contents of the processor 12 of FIG. 2 (No. 1).

FIG. 9 is a flowchart explaining the fourth detail of the processing content of the processor 12 of FIG. 2 (No. 2).

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a second example of the operation panel of the information display device of the FM multiplex receiver, the VICS receiver, and the PDA.

FIG. 11 is a fifth detail of the processing content of the processor 12 of FIG. 2 and is a flowchart illustrating an example of sequentially providing information at regular intervals by the continuous mode setting unit of FIG. 10 (No. 1).

12 is a fifth detail of the processing content of the processor 12 of FIG. 2 and is a flowchart explaining an example of sequentially providing information at regular intervals by the continuous mode setting means of FIG. 10 (No. 2).

FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining the sixth detail of the processing content of the processor 12 of FIG. 2 and a modified example of the fifth detail of FIG. 12 (No. 1).

14 is a flowchart illustrating a sixth detail of the processing content of the processor 12 in FIG. 2 and a modified example of the fifth detail in FIG. 12 (No. 2).

15 is a diagram illustrating continuous mode and continuous mode cancellation in the description of FIG.

16 is a flowchart explaining the seventh detail of the processing content of the processor 12 of FIG. 2 (No. 1). FIG.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart explaining the seventh detail of the processing content of the processor 12 of FIG. 2 (No. 2).

FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating an eighth detail of the processing content of the processor 12 in FIG. 2 and a modified example of the seventh detail.

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating the 10th detail of the processing content of the processor 12;

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating the 16th detail of the processing content of the processor 12 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating the 17th detail of the processing content of the processor 12 of FIG. 2;

22 is a diagram showing stratified data banks provided in the processor 12 of FIG. 2. FIG.

23 is a flowchart for explaining the 18th detail of the processing content of the processor 12 of FIG. 2. FIG.

FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating the 19th detail of the processing content of the processor 12 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating the twentieth detail of the processing content of the processor 12 in FIG. 2.

FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating the 21st detail of the processing content of the processor 12 in FIG. 2.

27 is a diagram for explaining the 22nd detail of the processing content of the processor 12 of FIG. 2. FIG.

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing a third example of the operation panel of the information display device of the FM multiplex receiver, the VICS receiver, and the PDA.

FIG. 29 is a diagram for explaining all functions by the Information button of FIG. 28.

FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating a conventional information display device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Layer-by-layer grouping unit 2 ... Identification group selection unit 3 ... Group data selection unit 20 ... Selection means

Claims (26)

[Claims] 1. An information display device for receiving a plurality of pieces of information in a vehicle, displaying the same, and synthesizing voice, and a grouping unit (1) for grouping and storing data of a plurality of groups by grouping the layers. Selection means (20) having a plurality of switches corresponding to each of the plurality of stratified groups and externally providing selection information for selecting 1 of the plurality of stratified groups from the outside.
And a stratified group selecting unit (2) that selects one stratified group from the plurality of stratified groups based on the selection information of the selection unit (20), and belongs to the selected stratified group. A group data selecting unit (3) for selecting one group data by turning on the selecting means (20) once and providing the selected one for display or voice synthesis or display and voice synthesis. An information display device characterized by: 2. The group data selection unit (3) selects one group data belonging to the selected stratified group by turning on the selection unit (20) once, and the speech synthesis. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the one group data is used for the display by turning on the selection means (20) again. 3. The group data selection unit (3) selects the following information for use in the display or voice synthesis or the display and voice synthesis while the selection unit (20) is ON. The information display device according to claim 1. 4. The group data selecting unit (3) is characterized in that when the selecting unit (20) is turned from ON to OFF and a certain period of OFF time has passed, it is used for voice synthesis. 1. The information display device described in 1. 5. The selecting means (20) is provided with a setting means for continuously displaying information or synthesizing information from the outside or information for use in displaying and synthesizing from the outside, and the setting means comprises a group data selecting section (3). 3. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the information is sequentially given to the) at regular intervals. 6. When the selection ON time of the selection means (20) has passed a certain time, information is continuously displayed or voice synthesized, or information for use in display and voice synthesis is continuously given from the outside, The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the group data selection unit (3) is set to a continuous mode in which information is sequentially supplied at regular intervals. 7. The information display according to claim 6, wherein only display is performed when the continuous mode is set, and voice synthesis is performed when the selection unit (20) is turned on or off. apparatus. 8. When the continuous mode is entered, a message indicating that the continuous mode has been entered is displayed, and a group data selection unit (3)
The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the information display device is sequentially provided with information at regular intervals and is used for voice synthesis. 9. The method according to claim 8, wherein after all the group data of the stratified group is voice-synthesized by the voice synthesis, the voice synthesis is interrupted and the continuous mode is automatically released. Information display device described. 10. The method according to claim 8, wherein after all of the stratified group data is synthesized by speech synthesis, the stratified group selection unit (2) selects the next stratified group and performs speech synthesis in the same manner. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the information display device is a display device. 11. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein all the stratified groups are selected, voice synthesis is performed, and then the continuous mode is automatically canceled. 12. The information display device according to claim 6, wherein the continuous mode is released when the selection means (20) is turned on again. 13. The information display device according to claim 6, wherein the continuous mode is released when another switch of the selection means (20) is turned on. 14. The group data selection unit (3) comprises:
The information display device according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that, when the information of the group data is long, the head portion of this information is used for display or voice synthesis. 15. The information display device according to claim 14, wherein the length of the leading portion of the information is set arbitrarily. 16. The information display device according to claim 14, wherein the length of the leading portion of the information is set in relation to the time when the selection means (20) is ON. 17. The group data selection unit (3) is
15. The information display device according to claim 14, wherein only the head portion of the information is displayed or a message indicating that the information is used for voice synthesis is displayed or voice synthesized. 18. The group data selection unit (3) comprises:
Only the head portion of the information is speech-synthesized, and the selection means (2
It is displayed when 0) is turned on,
The information display device according to claim 14. 19. The layered grouping unit (1) analyzes grouped information contents, stratifies the information based on the analysis, and stores the information. Information display device. 20. One of information stratified based on the analysis
The information display device according to claim 19, wherein one or some of them are selectively provided for display or voice synthesis. 21. The information display device according to claim 20, wherein the new information is provided for display or voice synthesis as soon as new information is entered in the stratified area selected and set. 22. The information display device according to claim 19, wherein the importance of the stratified information is estimated, and the estimated high importance is used for display or voice synthesis. 23. The information display according to claim 22, wherein the information estimated to have high importance is stored in another area and is prioritized over other information for display or voice synthesis. apparatus. 24. The stratified group selection unit (2) selects a stratified type of information to be used for display or voice synthesis, based on a running state of the vehicle and a use environment of a receiver for receiving the information. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein: 25. The number of characters to be displayed, the changing speed, the speed at which voice synthesis is performed, the volume, the direction, and the reverberation are changed based on the running state of the vehicle. Information display device described. 26. The number of switches included in the selecting means (20) is set to one, and the group data selecting section (3) determines the layered group selecting section (2) according to the number of operations of the selecting means (20) within a fixed time. ) Selects one stratified group from the plurality of stratified groups, and the group data selection unit (3) belongs to the selected stratified group from the selected stratified groups.
It is characterized in that one group data is selected and provided for the display or voice synthesis or the display and voice synthesis.
The information display device according to claim 1.