JPH09101925A - Voice input and output control equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide voice input/output control equipment with which a hearer can precisely control the words (language) of a speaker in voice communication using computers between networks. SOLUTION: The voice (language) in English inputted from a terminal 1 and the voice (language) in Japanese inputted from a terminal 2 are transmitted while being put on voice information packets. Concerning the voice information packet, the voice (language) to be inputted is registered in registered languages 59 before transmission. The user of a terminal 3 previously registers the language, that can be outputted from his own terminal, in a language identifier and only when this language is transmitted, that user outputs voices.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the technical field of constructing a voice communication environment between a plurality of participants via a computer network on a computer such as a personal computer or a workstation, and inputs the words. (language)
The present invention relates to a voice input / output control device for outputting a message with the content intended by the user.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional technique related to the present invention, there is a system for performing voice communication using a public line or a LAN (local area network). In addition, a communication conference system capable of performing voice communication with a plurality of parties between multiple points has been realized. The system that realizes these voice communications outputs a word (language) input from each ground while switching it by a voice input / output control device.

[0003]

However, these systems output the input words (language) as they are without any modification, and the listener hears the words (language) of the speaker.
It was impossible to have fine control to understand.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and in a voice communication between networks using a computer, a voice input / output control device by which a listener can finely control the words (language) of the speaker. The purpose is to provide.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a voice input / output control device of the present invention identifies an input word (language) as an additional function to a conventional voice input / output control device and listens to the listener. It is possible to output only the words (languages) permitted by the user, and when a plurality of different words (languages) permitted by the listener are input at the same time, one of the words (language) is output first, and that word After (language) is output,
This is different from the conventional technique because it is possible to output the other word (language) and to control the voice output device to be allocated to each input word (language).

According to the present invention, when performing voice communication with a plurality of parties between networks using a computer, it is not necessary to hear the speaker's words (language) that the listener cannot understand. Also, even if different words (languages) are input from multiple people, it is possible to easily understand the words (languages) of multiple people because the words are output with a time difference, and it is possible to mix multiple words. There is no need to grasp Furthermore, the word (language) input by the other party can be distributed to the voice output device intended by the user, which is excellent in versatility.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a first conceptual explanatory diagram showing the application effects of the embodiment. FIG. 1 shows an output image when three computers are connected between networks and different languages are input from a plurality of terminals.

In this case, from the terminal 1 English (A: Engl)
ish), Japanese from terminal 2 (B: Japanese)
When inputting, the terminal 3 is set to output only Japanese from the terminal 2. That is, the voice (language) English input from the terminal 1 and the voice (language) Japanese input from the terminal 2 are transmitted on the voice information packet. In the voice information packet, the voice (language) to be input as shown in FIG. 10 is registered in the registration language 59 before transmission. The user of the terminal 3 registers in advance a language that can be output from his / her terminal in the language discriminator, and outputs only when the relevant language is transmitted. In Figure 1, only Japanese is registered and English is canceled.

FIG. 2 shows a second conceptual explanatory view showing the application effect of the embodiment. FIG. 2 shows an output image when three computers are connected between networks and different languages are simultaneously input from a plurality of terminals.

In this case, from the terminal 1 English (A: Engl)
ish), Japanese from terminal 2 (B: Japanese)
When inputting, the Japanese is output from the terminal 2 by the setting of the terminal 4, and then the English is output from the terminal 1. That is, English, which is the voice (language) input from the terminal 1, and Japanese, which is the voice (language) input from the terminal 2, are transmitted via the network. The difference from FIG. 1 is that the user of the terminal 4 registers in advance a plurality of languages that can be output from his / her terminal and the output priority, and when the languages are simultaneously transmitted, the language discriminator Output while referring to the contents registered in.

FIG. 3 is a third conceptual explanatory view showing the application effect of the embodiment. FIG. 3 shows an output image when three computers are connected between networks and different languages are input from a plurality of terminals.

In this case, from the terminal 1 English (A: Engl)
ish), Japanese from terminal 2 (B: Japanese)
When the user inputs, the terminal 5 outputs the English of the terminal 1 from the A speaker and the Japanese of the terminal 2 from the B speaker. That is, the voice (language) English input from the terminal 1 and the voice (language) Japanese input from the terminal 2 are transmitted on the voice information packet. The input voice (language) is registered in the voice information packet shown in FIG. The user of the terminal 5 registers in advance a language that can be output from his / her terminal and a voice output device destination for each language in the language discriminator, and outputs while referring to the content registered in the language discriminator.

FIG. 4 is a system configuration diagram of FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is FIG.
System configuration diagram of FIG. 6, FIG. 6 is a system configuration diagram of FIG.
4 is a flow chart of processing of the system configuration of FIG. 4, FIG. 8 is a flow chart of processing of the system configuration of FIG. 5, and FIG. 9 is a flow chart of processing of the system configuration of FIG.

In the figure, 6 is a voice input device, 7 is a voice information input device, 8 is a voice output device, 9 is an A / D converter, 10 is an A / D converter, 11 is a voice input / output control unit, 12 Is a language discriminator, 13 is a network transmitter, 14 is a network receiver, 15 is a computer network cable, 16
Is a voice input device, 17 is a voice information input device, 18 is a voice output device, 19 is an A / D converter, 20 is an A / D converter,
21 is a voice input / output control unit, 22 is a language discriminator, 23 is a delay generator, 24 is a network transmitter, 25 is a network receiver, 26 is a computer network cable,
27 is a voice input device, 28 is a voice information input device, 29 is a voice output device (left), 30 is a voice output device (right), 31
Is an A / D converter, 32 is an A / D converter, 33 is an A / D converter, 34 is a voice input / output control unit, and 35 is a voice input device based on the language type input by the voice information input device 28. A language discriminator for discriminating the type of language input from 27, a voice output distributor 36, a network transmitter 37, a network receiver 38, and a computer network cable 39.

The process flow of FIG. 7 and the system configuration of FIG. 4 will be described in association with each other. The speaker inputs his / her voice through the voice input device (microphone) 6 after registering his / her language to be spoken from the voice information input device (PC) 7 in FIG. The input voice is analog-digital converted by the A / D converter 9. The network transmission device 13 puts the registered language 59, the voice data 61, etc. in the voice information packet of FIG. 10 and transmits it as a multicast packet via the computer network cable 15. The processing up to this point is the processing of 40 in FIG. 7.

Before the voice information packet is sent, the receiver uses the voice information input device 7 in advance to identify the language discriminator 1.
Register the language that allows output in 2. When the speaker transmits the multicast packet, the network receiver 14 confirms whether the multicast packet has arrived. The processing up to this point is the processing of 41 in FIG. 7.
Further, the network receiving device 14 extracts the voice information packet from the multicast packet. The processing up to this point is the processing of 42 in FIG. 7. Next, the language discriminator 12 is shown in FIG.
The registered language 59 in the voice information packet of 0 is compared with the language permitted by the receiver. At this time, if the permitted language and the sent language match, import the voice data,
If the language is not allowed, the voice data will be discarded. The processing up to this point is the processing of 43 in FIG. 7. The captured voice data is converted into analog by the A / D converter 10 and output via the voice output device 8. Fig. 7
44 processing.

The process flow of FIG. 8 and the system configuration of FIG. 5 will be described in association with each other. The speaker inputs his / her voice through the voice input device (microphone) 16 after registering his / her language to be spoken from the voice information input device (PC) 17 of FIG. The input voice is analog-digital converted by the A / D converter 19. The network transmission device 24 puts the registration language 59, the voice data 61 and the like in the voice information packet of FIG. 10 and transmits the voice information packet to the multicast packet via the computer network cable 26. Figure 8 up to here
Process 45.

Before the voice information packet is sent, the receiver uses the voice information input device 17 to previously input a language to be output to the language discriminator 22 and a plurality of permitted languages at the same time. Register output priority information for delayed output so that there is no mixed language output.

When the speaker transmits the multicast packet, the network receiver 25 confirms whether the multicast packet has arrived. The processing up to this point is the processing of 46 in FIG. Further, the network receiver 25
Extracts voice information packets from the multicast packets. The processing up to this point is the processing of 47 in FIG. Next, the language discriminator 22 compares the registered language 59 in the voice information packet of FIG. 10 with the language permitted by the receiver.
At this time, if the permitted language and the sent language match, the voice data is taken in, and if the language is not permitted, the voice data is discarded. The processing up to this point is the processing of 48 in FIG. Next, the delay generator 23 checks whether or not different permitted languages are input at the same time. The processing up to this point is the processing of 49 in FIG.

When the input is made in the same time period, a delay is generated based on the priority information registered in advance. The processing up to this point is the processing of 50 in FIG. The captured voice data is digital-analog converted by the A / D converter 20 and output via the voice output device 18 with a delay. The processing up to this point is the processing of 51 in FIG.

The process flow of FIG. 9 and the system configuration of FIG. 6 will be described in association with each other. The speaker inputs his / her voice with the voice input device (microphone) 27 after registering his / her language to be spoken from the voice information input device (PC) 28 of FIG. 6. The input voice is analog-digital converted by the A / D converter 33. The network transmission device 37 uses the registration language 59 and the voice data 6 in the voice information packet of FIG.
1 and so on are transmitted as a multicast packet via the computer network cable 39. The processing up to this point is the processing of 52 in FIG.

Before the voice information packet is sent, the receiver uses the voice information input device 28 in advance to specify the language for which the language discriminator 35 is permitted to output and the name of the voice output device for each of the permitted languages. Register the information.

When the speaker transmits the multicast packet, the network receiver 38 confirms whether the multicast packet has arrived. The processing up to this point is the processing of 53 in FIG. Further, the network receiver 38
Extracts voice information packets from the multicast packets. The processing up to this point is the processing of 54 in FIG. Next, the language discriminator 35 compares the registered language 59 in the voice information packet of FIG. 10 with the language permitted by the receiver.

At this time, if the permitted language and the sent language match, the voice data is taken in, and if the language is not permitted, the voice data is discarded. The processing up to this point is the processing of 55 in FIG. Next, the audio output distributor (mixer) 36 distributes the audio data based on the information of the audio output device name for each language registered in the language identifier 35. The distributed audio data is digital-analog converted by A / D converters 31 and 32, and the corresponding audio output device (left speaker)
29, the audio output device (right speaker) 30 outputs in each language. The processing up to this point is the processing of 56 in FIG.

FIG. 10 shows a format diagram of the voice information packet. The voice information transfer packet adds a header (control information) (header portion) to the actual voice data (data portion) sent by the speaker and sends it to the other party.

Reference numeral 57 in the header portion of FIG. 10 is UDP / IP.
The UDP, which is a header, is a simple connectionless protocol for performing high-speed communication between host processes in a mutually connected packet switching network with a small communication overhead. Further, the IP 57 is a protocol that allows a datagram (a block of data) to be used via a packet switching network interconnected from a destination to a destination without being aware of the protocol of the network in an upper layer.

The sequence number 58 in the data section of FIG. 10 indicates the transmission number of the voice packet. The registered language of 59 indicates a language name used when the speaker inputs a voice. The voice data length of 60 indicates the data length of voice data actually sent. The voice data 61 is literally the actual voice data.

[0028]

As described above, in the voice input / output control device according to the present invention, when performing voice communication with a plurality of parties between networks using a computer, the speaker's words (language) that the listener cannot understand. Can be prevented in advance.

Different words (languages) from multiple parties
Even if is input, it is possible to easily understand the words (languages) of a plurality of opponents by outputting with a time difference.

Furthermore, since the words (language) input by the other party can be distributed to the voice output device intended by the other party, it is possible to realize a voice output excellent in versatility for the listener.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an output image diagram when three computers according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention are connected to each other between networks and different languages are input from a plurality of terminals, and the application effect of the exemplary embodiment is shown. It is the 1st conceptual explanatory drawing.

FIG. 2 is an output image when three computers according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention are connected to each other between networks and different languages are simultaneously input from a plurality of terminals, and show application effects of the exemplary embodiment. It is a second conceptual explanatory diagram.

FIG. 3 is an output image when three computers according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention are connected to each other between networks and different languages are input from a plurality of terminals, and show application effects of the exemplary embodiment. It is a 3rd conceptual explanatory drawing.

FIG. 4 is a system configuration diagram of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a system configuration diagram of FIG.

6 is a system configuration diagram of FIG.

7 is a flow chart of processing of the system configuration of FIG.

8 is a flow chart of processing of the system configuration of FIG.

9 is a flowchart of the processing of the system configuration of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a configuration (format) diagram in a voice information packet according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... terminal, 2 ... terminal, 3 ... terminal, 4 ... terminal, 5 ... terminal,
6 ... Voice input device, 7 ... Voice information input device, 8 ... Voice output device, 9 ... A / D converter, 10 ... A / D converter, 11
... voice input / output control unit, 12 ... language discriminator, 13 ... network transmitting device, 14 ... network receiving device, 15 ...
Computer network cable, 16 ... Voice input device, 1
7 ... Voice information input device, 18 ... Voice output device, 19 ... A
A / D converter, 20 ... A / D converter, 21 ... Voice input / output control unit, 22 ... Language discriminator, 23 ... Delay generator, 24 ... Network transmitting device, 25 ... Network receiving device, 2
6 ... Computer network cable, 27 ... Voice input device, 28 ... Voice information input device, 29 ... Voice output device (left), 30 ... Voice output device (right), 31 ... A / D converter, 32 ... A / D Converter, 33 ... A / D converter, 34 ...
Voice input / output control unit, 35 ... Language discriminator, 36 ... Voice output distributor, 37 ... Network transmitting device, 38 ... Network receiving device, 39 ... Computer network cable, 5
7 ... UDP / IP header, 58 ... Sequence number, 59
... Registered language, 60 ... Voice data length, 61 ... Voice data.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A voice input / output control device for realizing voice communication while transmitting and receiving voice information packets between networks using a computer, wherein a transmitter of the device includes means for registering a language type of an input voice. , A means for inserting the registered language type into a voice packet, and a receiving unit of the apparatus having means for registering a language type for which output is permitted and means for identifying the language type, A voice input / output control device that outputs voice from its own device only when voice is input in the language. 2. A voice input / output control device for realizing voice communication while transmitting and receiving voice information packets between networks using a computer, wherein a transmitter of the device includes means for registering a language type of an input voice. , A means for inserting the registered language type into a voice packet, and a receiving unit of the apparatus, a means for registering an output priority order, a means for storing the transmitted voice packet, and a language type A voice input / output control device which outputs a voice based on an output priority when voices are simultaneously input in a plurality of different languages. 3. A voice input / output control device for realizing voice communication while transmitting and receiving voice information packets between networks using a computer, wherein a transmitter of the device includes means for registering a language type of input voice. , A unit for inserting the registered language type into a voice packet, and a receiving unit of the apparatus having a unit for identifying the language type and a plurality of voice output devices, for input speech for each language. A voice input / output control device, wherein the voice input / output control device distributes and outputs to a desired voice output device.