JPH09294172A - Voice transmitter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate a fault such as missing of voice information on an information transmission line by dividing a voice into voiceprint information and symbolized word information and sending only information from which undesired components as a voice word are eliminated to the information transmission line. SOLUTION: Received voice information is recognized as a word by a speech recognition device 11, and a signal denoting current voice information to be a word is sent to a voiceprint detector 12 and a voice detector 13. The voiceprint detector 12 executes detection of a voiceprint depending on a signal denoting it that the current voice is a word, the detected voiceprint information is processed into a pattern and it is fed to an information transmitter 8. Furthermore, the voice detector 12 sends only work information depending on a signal denoting it that the current voice is a word. The received word information is symbolized by a voice symbolizing device 14 and sent to an information transmitter 8. The transmitter 8 sends the received voiceprint information to the information transmission line 3 and then sends the symbolized word information to the line 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention has voice input means and can transmit and receive voice using the information transmission means and the information transmission path. The present invention relates to an information processing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, transmission of video and audio in a videophone or the like using an information transmission line using an information processing device is
As in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-121302, video and audio information is compressed and transmitted / received. These compression techniques focus on redundant information and unnecessary information that repeatedly appear in a large amount of information and perform compression, thereby contributing to efficient use of the storage medium, shortening of transmission time, etc., and cost reduction. ,
This is a field that has made great progress in recent years. Then, when transmitting and receiving video and audio information using an information transmission line having a limited information transmission amount that can be used by a plurality of users, it is indispensable to transmit information by using compression technology. .

[0003]

In the information transmission line, a procedure or the like is defined by means called a protocol in order to prevent a specific user from occupying the information transmission line. As a result, many users can use the information transmission line equally.

On the other hand, as the use of information processing devices has advanced, a large amount of information has come to be handled by users. One of them is a Delevi conference that can send and receive video and audio information. As a means for transmitting and receiving video and audio information in a video conference, a method of using a compression technique is generally used as described in the prior art. However, when many users use the information transmission path at the same time, the amount of information transmission that can be used by one user decreases as a result, and even compressed video and audio information cannot all be transmitted. Occurs.
As a result, the voice information, which is the user's words, may be missing and may not be heard as words even when reproduced on the receiving side.

An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus which solves the above-mentioned problems of the prior art.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a means for transmitting voice information input by a voice input means using an information transmission path and a voice output means for reproducing the received voice information are provided. In the information processing device, voice recognition means having means for detecting the voiceprint of the voice of the user input by the voice input means, means for recognizing as a word, and outputting only by symbolizing the word, and voiceprint information, A voice reproduction means capable of reproducing voice by the encoded word information is provided.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an information processing apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a main body of the information processing apparatus, 2 is an information processing apparatus having the same configuration as that of many other information processing apparatuses 1, and 3 is an information processing apparatus 1 and many other information processing apparatuses 3. Information transmission path to be connected, 4 is voice input means, 5 is voice output means, 6 is A / D which quantizes continuously changing analog voice information from the voice input means 3 into digital voice information, and 7 is digital Voice identification means for outputting voiceprint information and encoded word information from voice information, 8 is information transmission means for transmitting and receiving information between the information processing device 1 and another information processing device 1 by protocol, and 9 is another The voice reproduction means 10 for reproducing the voiceprint information of the voice and the encoded word information received from the information processing device into digital voice information, and 10 is a D / A for converting the reproduced digital voice information into analog voice information.

Input information from the voice input means 4 of FIG.
It is digitized by A / D 6 and input to the voice identification means 7. The input voice information is divided into voiceprint information and symbolized word information and sent to the information transmission means 8. The information transmitting means 8 first sends the input voiceprint information to another information processing apparatus 2 through the information transmission path 3 according to the protocol, and thereafter, the encoded word information passes through the information transmission path 3 and the other information processing apparatus 2 Send to. The voiceprint information and the encoded word information sent through the information transmission path 3 are input to the information transmission means 8 of another information processing device 2. The input information is sent to the voice reproducing means 9, digitally reproduces the voice by the voiceprint information and the encoded word information, and is sent to the D / A 10 to be outputted to the voice output means 5.

Next, the configuration and operation of the voice discriminating means 7 and the voice reproducing means 9 of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the internal constitution of the voice discriminating means of FIG. 2 and the voice reproducing means of FIG. In FIG. 2, 11
Is a voice recognition means for recognizing voice as a word, and 12 is
Voiceprint detection means for patterning the voice of the user by frequency analysis and waveform analysis from the voice information, 13 is voice detection means for cutting out and outputting the word portion of the voice information, and 14 is symbolizing the cut out voice information. It is a voice symbolization means for outputting.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 15 is a voiceprint storage means for storing the sent voiceprint information, and reference numeral 16 is a voice conversion means for reproducing the voiceprint information and the word information into digital voice information.

First, the internal structure and operation of the voice identification means 7 will be described.

The voice information thus input from the voice input means 4 of the information processing apparatus 1 is input to the voice identification means 7 through the A / D 6. Here, the input voice information is recognized as a word by the voice recognition means 11, and a signal indicating that the current voice information is a word is sent to the voiceprint detection means 12 and the voice detection means 13. The voiceprint detection means 12 performs voiceprint detection by a signal indicating that the current voice of the voice recognition means 11 is a word, and the detected voiceprint information is patterned and sent to the information transmission means 8. Further, the voice detecting means 12 sends only the word information by a signal indicating that the current voice of the voice recognizing means 11 is a word. The transmitted word information is symbolized by the voice symbolization means 14 and sent to the information transmission means 8. The information transmitting means 8 first transmits the sent voiceprint information to the information transmission path 3, and then transmits the symbolized word information. The voiceprint information may be transmitted one-to-one with the encoded word information, or only the first voiceprint information may be transmitted.

Next, the internal structure and operation of the audio reproducing means 9 will be described.

The voiceprint information transmitted through the information transmission line 3 and the encoded word information are received by the information transmission line 8 and input to the voice reproducing means 9. First, the voiceprint information sent first is stored in the voiceprint storage means 15, and the symbolized word information sent next is input to the voice conversion means 16. The voiceprint information stored in the voiceprint storage unit 15 is sent from the voiceprint storage unit 15 to the voicing unit 16 together with the word information sent next, and the voiceprint information stored in the voiceprint storage unit 15 is as follows. It is held until voiceprint information is sent. Here, if the voiceprint information stored in the voiceprint storage unit 15 is one-to-one with the encoded word information, it is rewritten with the voiceprint information sent next, and if only the first voiceprint information is sent. The voiceprint information remains retained. The voiceprint information and the symbolized word information that have been sent are converted into digital voice information by the voice conversion means 16 and D / A.
When it is sent to 10, it is reproduced as voice.

With the above-mentioned configuration, the information processing apparatus provided with means for transmitting the voice information input by the voice input means using the information transmission line and voice output means for reproducing the received voice information is Is divided into voiceprint information and symbolized word information, and only voice information with unnecessary parts removed as words can be sent to the information transmission path, and the amount of voice information can be reduced, resulting in problems such as voice information loss. Can be avoided.

According to this embodiment, the information processing apparatus provided with means for transmitting the voice information input by the voice input means using the information transmission path and voice output means for reproducing the received voice information is Since the amount of information can be reduced, obstacles such as missing voice information can be avoided, and usability can be improved.

[0018]

According to the present invention, means for transmitting the voice information input by the voice input means using the information transmission path,
An information processing apparatus having a voice output means for reproducing received voice information can transmit only information in which unnecessary portions are deleted as words by dividing voice into voiceprint information and symbolized word information. As a result, since the information amount of the voice information can be reduced, it is possible to avoid a failure such as voice information loss in the information transmission path.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an information processing apparatus as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a voice identification unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of an audio reproducing unit according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information processing apparatus main body, 2 ... Information processing apparatus, 3 ... Information transmission path, 4 ... Voice input means, 5 ... Voice output means, 7 ... Voice identification means, 8 ... Information transmission means, 9 ... Voice reproduction means.

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus having voice input means for mainly inputting a word which is a voice of a user, wherein the information transmission means is capable of transmitting or receiving information by connecting a plurality of the information processing apparatuses. A means for holding at least the voice information input by the voice input means to the other information processing device by the information transmission means, and receiving the voice information sent from the other information processing device and reproducing it by the voice output means. An information processing apparatus comprising: the voice information divided into voiceprint information and symbolized word information to be transmitted and received. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the audio input unit includes a video input unit. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the audio output unit includes a video output unit. 4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the voice input unit also includes a voice output unit. 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein the information processing apparatus is a personal computer. 6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, wherein the information processing apparatus is a workstation. 7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein the information processing apparatus is a word processor. 8. An information processing apparatus capable of reproducing the video input information from the video input means and displaying the video input information on the display means by the audio input means having the video input means according to claim 2. 9. The information processing according to claim 8, wherein the audio input means having the video input means of claim 2 can transmit the video input information from the video input means to another information processing device by the information transmission means. apparatus. 10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the image information sent from another information processing apparatus can be reproduced by the information transmitting means and displayed on the display means.