JPH0981176A - Message information arrangement device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically announce messages when one enters a porch or a room by detecting the entering of a human entering the room by a human body sensor and automatically making announcements of the stored messages by a voice output section. SOLUTION: A microcomputer 10 writes the voice data transmitted from a voice sample control section 5 of an information input section 1 into a memory IC8 of an information storage section 7 during a message registration. When the output of a human body sensor 18 placed in a porch, for example, repeats a high level and a low level under this condition, i.e., the sensor 18 detects the existence of a human body, the microcomputer 10 reads the voice data from the memory IC8 and instructs a voice synthesis section 12 to conductor voice synthesis. A voice reproducing control section 13, which constitutes the section 12, successively reads the data from the memory 14 which stores data from the microcomputer 10, converts the data into analog signals and generates voice signals. An amplifier section 17 amplifies the signals and outputs them from a speaker 16.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a message information organizing device for electronically organizing and storing information stored as a message or a memorandum to a family at home.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, a method for entering a message to a family was taken by writing on a wall-mounted whiteboard with a felt-tip pen. For this reason, every family member who returns home needs to check this whiteboard for any messages. Also, when the other party is far away, the other party is called by an intercom to convey the contents. But,
In this case, if there is no other person, the message cannot be transmitted. In addition, if I have something that I can think of while on the go, I write it down in a notebook, but sometimes I forget what I wrote down.

[0003]

As described above, the conventional message transmission method has a problem that it is not always perfect.

The present invention solves the problem of such a conventional message transmission method. When the user enters the entrance or the room, he / she automatically makes a sound without looking at the message whiteboard. The first purpose is to provide a message information organization device that reads out messages.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a message information organization device that automatically stores a message when the message partner is absent.

A third object of the present invention is to provide a message information organizing apparatus capable of temporarily storing the contents of a memo when he / she thinks of it when he / she goes out and confirming the memo when he / she comes home.

[0007]

The first means of the present invention for achieving the first object is an information input section for inputting a message, an information storage section for storing the input message, A human body sensor for detecting movement of a person, an information processing section for managing message data in the information storage section and for instructing reproduction of the message data when receiving a signal from the human body sensor, and a voice for reproducing the stored message. The message information organizing device is provided with a synthesizing unit and a voice output unit for outputting a voice signal, and when a message is detected, a human body is notified by voice when the human body is detected.

A second means of the present invention for achieving the second object is an information input section for inputting a message, an information storage section for storing the input message, and a storage of the input message. And an erasing management information processing section, a calling device equipped with a data communication section for transmitting a message content or a call signal or receiving a response signal, and data for receiving a message or a call signal or a response signal The information output terminal includes a communication unit, a switch operation unit for responding, and a voice output unit for outputting the received message, and when there is no response when the information output terminal is called from the calling device, This is a message information organization device that stores messages in the information storage unit of the calling device.

A third means of the present invention for attaining the third object is a transmitter attached to a door or the like into which a person enters a room such as an entrance, a signal sensor for detecting a signal from the transmitter, and a message. An information input unit for inputting a memo or a memo, an information storage unit for storing the input information, an information processing unit for managing storage, deletion or output of the information, and an information transmission unit for outputting the stored information to the outside. And an information organizing terminal including an information receiving unit that receives information sent from the portable information terminal, an information storage unit that stores the received information, and an information processing unit that manages storage and deletion of information. It is provided as a message information organizing device that sends information in the information storage section of the portable information terminal to the information organizing terminal when the signal sensor of the portable information terminal operates.

[0010]

The first means of the present invention is a message information organizing apparatus in which the voice output section automatically reads out the message content stored in the information storage section when the human body sensor attached to the entrance or door detects the entry of a person. There is.

A second means of the present invention is a message information organizing device for automatically storing a message when a message partner is called by a calling device which also functions as an intercom and the partner is absent.

[0012] A third means of the present invention is to use a portable information terminal to send a memo to inform a person of an idea when he is out, and the information organizing terminal stores the information, and a transmitter installed at the front door. When it detects that a person who has a mobile information terminal returns home, the mobile information terminal automatically reads out the contents of the memo recorded by voice, and at the same time, the contents can be confirmed and organized by the information organizing terminal. The device.

[0013]

【Example】

(Embodiment 1) A message information organizing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of this embodiment. Reference numeral 1 is an information input unit for inputting a message, a microphone 2 for converting voice into an electric signal, an amplification unit 3 for amplifying the electric signal of the microphone 2, and an analog signal of the voice amplified by the amplification unit 3 as a digital value. Convert to A /
It is provided with a D converter 4, a voice sample control section 5 for controlling the operation of the A / D converter and reading out a digital signal, and a switch 6 used when the user inputs a message. The switch 6 is for notifying the voice sample control unit 5 of the voice input of the user. An information storage unit 7 stores a message input by the switch 6, and is composed of a memory IC 8. Reference numeral 18 denotes a human body sensor for detecting the movement of a person, which is installed outside the entrance or the room. The human body sensor 18 is an infrared pyroelectric sensor 1 that detects human movement by infrared rays emitted from the human body.
9 and an amplification unit 2 for amplifying the signal of the infrared pyroelectric sensor 19
0, a comparator 21 that determines whether the output signal of the amplifier 20 exceeds a certain threshold value, and a reference voltage source 22 that sets the threshold value.

The output of the infrared pyroelectric sensor 19 slightly changes when it receives infrared rays due to the body temperature of the human body. Further, since the person is moving a little, but when the person is near, the amount of infrared rays received also fluctuates, so that the output of the infrared pyroelectric sensor 19 also fluctuates high and low. The amplification section 20 amplifies this voltage fluctuation and puts it at one end of the input terminal of the comparator 21. When the signal of the amplifier 20 becomes larger than the reference voltage 22, the output of the comparator 21 is inverted from the high level to the low level or from the low level to the high level. The closer the person is, the larger the amplitude of the voltage fluctuation becomes. Therefore, by adjusting the voltage of the reference voltage source 22, the output of the comparator 21 is inverted and the microcomputer 10 can be notified when the person comes closer. Can be set. As described above,
The human body sensor 18 detects the presence of a person.

The information processing section 9 is a microcomputer 10.
And a crystal oscillator 11 for generating an operation clock of the microcomputer 10, and when a signal from the human body sensor 18 is received, reproduction of the message data stored in the information storage unit 7 is performed by the voice synthesis unit 12. It is something to instruct. The voice synthesizing unit 12 includes a voice reproduction control unit 13 that temporarily stores voice data from the microcomputer 10 in the memory 14, then sequentially reads the voice data and outputs a voice signal.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below. When inputting a message, while pushing the switch 6 of the information input unit 1, speak the contents of the message into the microphone 2 and release the switch 6 when the conversation is finished. When the switch 6 is pressed, the voice sample control unit 5 notifies the microcomputer 10 that voice data is input, and passes the voice signal in the microphone 2 to the microcomputer 10 as a digital signal. When the switch 6 is released, the audio sample control section notifies the microcomputer 10 of the end of the audio data and ends the sampling of the audio data. The microcomputer 10 writes the voice data sent from the voice sample control unit 5 of the information input unit 1 into the memory IC 8 of the information storage unit 7 during message registration. When the output of the human body sensor 18 installed at the entrance or the like repeatedly inverts between high level and low level while the message is stored, that is, when the human body sensor 18 detects the presence of a person, the microcomputer 10 causes the memory IC 8 to operate. The voice data is read from and the voice synthesis unit 12 is instructed to perform voice synthesis. The voice reproduction control unit 13 constituting the voice synthesis unit 12 sequentially reads out the data from the memory 14 in which the data from the microcomputer 10 is stored and converts the data into an analog signal to generate a voice signal. This audio signal is amplified by the amplifier 17 and output from the speaker 16.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing an audio data reproduction program provided in the microcomputer 10. When the depression of the switch 6 is detected in step 101, the voice data is transferred to the information input unit 1 in step 102.
Is received from the voice sample control unit 5 constituting the above, and in the following step 103, this voice data is recorded in the memory IC 8 constituting the information storage unit 7. In this state, that is, with the voice data stored, the human body sensor 1 in step 104
When the presence of a human body is detected by checking the output from 8, the voice data stored in the information storage unit 7 is read in Step 105, and the voice data is output to the voice synthesis unit 12 in Step 106. Is. When the reproduction of the audio signal is completed in this way, step 101 is performed again.
Return to and wait. If the check result in step 101 is no, the process jumps to step 104, and if the check result in step 104 is no, the process returns to step 101.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the microcomputer 10 drives the voice synthesizing unit 12 according to the information from the human body sensor 18 when entering the entrance or the room,
The message can be automatically read out by voice. Therefore, it is possible to provide a message information organizing device that can surely transmit the contents of the message to the other party without looking at the message whiteboard.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of this embodiment. The message information organizing device of this embodiment comprises a calling device 31 acting as a calling side shown in FIG. 3A and an information output terminal 43 acting as a responding side shown in FIG. 3B. I am configuring. In other words, the calling device 31 is installed outside the entrance or room,
The information output terminal 43 is installed indoors. The calling device 31 includes an information input unit 1 for inputting a message.
An information storage unit 7 that stores the input message, an information processing unit 10 that manages storage and deletion of the input message,
It is provided with a data communication unit 25 that transmits message contents and call signals and receives response signals. Further, the information output terminal 43 includes a data communication unit 34 that receives a message or a call signal or transmits a response signal, a switch operation unit 33 for responding, and a voice synthesis unit 1 that voice-synthesizes the received message.
2 and a voice output unit 15 that outputs the output of the voice synthesis unit 12 as voice.

The configuration of the information input section 1 is the same as that described in the first embodiment. Hereinafter, description of parts having the same configurations as those described in the first embodiment will be omitted.
The data communication unit 25 includes a modulation unit 26 that modulates data from the microcomputer 10 with a high frequency and a transmission unit 2 that amplifies the modulated high frequency signal and transmits the amplified high frequency signal from an antenna 28.
7, a reception unit 29 that amplifies a high frequency signal received by the antenna 28, and a demodulation unit 30 that demodulates the received high frequency signal into data that can be passed to the microcomputer 10. The voice synthesizer 12 and the voice output unit 15 forming the information output terminal 43 have the same configuration as that of the first embodiment.
The data communication unit 34 includes a modulation unit 35, a transmission unit 36, an antenna 37, a reception unit 38, and a demodulation unit 39, which are similar to the data communication unit 25 constituting the calling device 31.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below. Switch 6 provided in the information input unit 1 of the calling device 31
When is pressed, the information output terminal 43 installed in the room is called. That is, when the switch 6 is pressed, the voice sample control unit 5 notifies the microcomputer 10 that voice data is coming in. The voice signal transmitted by the user to the microphone 2 with the switch 6 pressed is transmitted from the voice sample controller 5 to the microcomputer 10 as a digital signal. When switch 6 is released,
The audio sample control unit 5 notifies the microcomputer 10 of the end of the audio data, and at the same time ends the audio data sampling. At the same time as the microcomputer 10 writes this voice data in the memory IC 8 of the information storage unit 7, the call signal addressed to the information output terminal 43 and the digitized voice data input from the microphone 2 following this call signal are recorded as data. It is transmitted from the communication unit 25.
The information output terminal 43 includes the antenna 37 of the data communication unit 34.
The receiving unit 38 receives this signal via. Next, the demodulation unit 39 demodulates this signal into digital data and transmits the demodulated data to the control unit 32. When the control unit 32 recognizes that this data is a call signal, it sends data that is a buzzer sound to the voice reproduction control unit 13 of the voice synthesis unit 12. The voice synthesizing unit 12 reproduces this buzzer sound and causes the voice output unit 15 to pronounce the user of the information output terminal 43 to hear. Following this buzzer sound, the calling device 3
The voice data transmitted from No. 1 is reproduced by the voice synthesizer 12 and output from the speaker 16. When the user hears this message, he or she pushes the switch operation unit 33 to send a confirmation response signal to the calling device 31.

After the transmission, if the microcomputer 10 of the calling device 10 does not detect a response from the information output terminal 43 within a predetermined time T ₀ seconds, it transmits the voice data previously stored in the information storage unit 7. To store as. T ₀
If there is a response from the information output terminal 43 within seconds,
The previous voice data stored in the information storage unit 7 as if the call was transmitted is erased.

Further, when the user of the information output terminal 43 receives the T ₀
When the switch operation unit 33 is pressed for more than a second, the information output terminal 43 operates in the reproduction mode. That is, when the switch operating unit 33 is pressed, this signal is transmitted from the transmitting unit 36 / antenna 37, and the data communication unit 2 of the calling device 31 is transmitted.
5 to the microcomputer 10. Upon receipt of this signal, the microcomputer 10 recognizes that it is in the reproduction mode, calls the message stored in the memory IC 8 forming the information storage unit 7, and calls the data communication unit 2
5 to the information output terminal 43. The information output terminal 43 receives this data from the antenna 37,
A message can be heard by voice from the voice synthesizing unit 12 and the voice output unit 15 according to an instruction from the control unit 32.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a program included in the microcomputer 10 for transmitting and reproducing the message. In step 201, it is checked whether or not the switch 6 has been pressed. If yes, a calling signal is transmitted to the information output terminal 43 in step 202. Then, the message stored in the information storage unit 7 in steps 203 and 204 is transmitted to the information output terminal 43. In step 6, it is checked whether or not the switch 6 is being pushed down. If yes, steps 201 and thereafter are repeated. If no, the process proceeds to step 206 and it is confirmed whether or not there is a response from the information output terminal 43. If the result of this check is yes, the flow proceeds to step 207 and the voice data recorded in the memory IC 8 is erased. If the answer is no, the routine proceeds to step 208, where it is checked whether or not the fixed time T ₀ has elapsed, and the fixed time T ₀ is checked.
After the passage of, the voice data is stored as a message in the memory IC 8 in step 209. Step 20
If the result of the check at 8 is no, then step 2
It is designed to repeat 06 and below. When step 207 or step 209 is completed in this way, the process proceeds to step 210, and the presence or absence of a response signal from the information output terminal 43 is confirmed. That is, it is checked whether or not it operates in the reproduction mode. If the result of this check is yes, the calling device 31 operates in the playback mode. That is, the voice data stored in the memory IC 8 is transmitted to the information output terminal 43 in step 211, and when the transmission is completed, the voice data is erased in step 212. When the deletion of the voice data is completed, the process returns to step 201 and stands by.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the family member in another room is called and the message is to be transmitted, if the other party is absent in the room and the message cannot be transmitted, the calling device 31 automatically transmits the message. When the response switch 33 of the information output terminal 43 is pressed and stored, the message stored in the calling device 31 is transmitted and reproduced, and a message information organizing device that can reliably transmit the message is realized. Is.

(Embodiment 3) Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present embodiment. The message information organizing apparatus of the present embodiment is used by being attached to an entrance or an entrance of a room, etc., and shown in FIG. 5A, and FIG.
The portable information terminal 62 shown in (b) and the information organizing terminal 74 shown in FIG. 5 (c) installed and used indoors are configured. The portable information terminal 62 includes a signal sensor 57 that detects a signal from the transmitter 50, an information input unit 52 that inputs a message or a memo, an information storage unit 7 that stores the input information, and storage of these information. An information processing unit 9 that manages erasing and output, and an information transmission unit 53 that outputs stored information to the outside are provided. In addition, information organization terminal 7
Reference numeral 4 denotes an information receiving unit 68 that receives the information sent by the mobile information terminal 62 and an information storage unit 72 that stores the received information.
An information processing unit 72 that manages storage and deletion of information, and an operation unit 66 / display unit 67.

The information processing section 9 of the portable information terminal 62 includes a microcomputer 10 and a crystal oscillator 11. The information storage unit 7 is composed of a memory IC 8. The information input section 51 is composed of a key switch matrix 52 in which numeric keys 0 to 9 and alphabetical keys A to Z and special character keys are arranged. Information transmission section 5
Reference numeral 3 denotes a modulator 54 for high-frequency modulating the data from the microcomputer 10, and a transmitter 55 for amplifying the modulated high-frequency signal and radiating it from the antenna 56 into the air.
It consists of: The signal sensor 57 detects the signal radiated from the oscillator 50 by using the sensor unit 58, amplifies the signal by the amplification unit 59, and outputs the signal to the comparator 60.
Then, it is determined whether or not the output signal of the amplifier 59 exceeds a certain threshold value. This threshold value is set by the reference voltage source 61.

The output of the sensor unit 58 is the transmitter 50.
When it receives a signal from, it fluctuates slightly. The amplifier 59 amplifies this voltage fluctuation and puts it into one end of the input of the comparator 60. When the signal from the amplifier 59 becomes larger than the reference voltage 61, the output of the comparator 60 is inverted from the high level to the low level or from the low level to the high level. As a result, when a person holding the portable information terminal 62 comes near the transmitter 50, the signal sensor 57 transmits this information to the microcomputer 10 as if the person is near.

The operation unit 66 of the information organizing terminal 74 is a place for inputting an instruction to take information in and out. The display unit 6
7 is a place for displaying information. The information receiving unit 6
8 includes a receiver 70 / demodulator 71 that receives and demodulates a radio signal sent from the information transmitter 53 of the portable information terminal 62 by the antenna 69. The information storage unit 72 is
It is composed of a memory IC 73.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below. Various information can be input and stored in the mobile information terminal 62. For example, the key switch matrix 52 of the information input unit 51 can be used for recording before forgetting the transportation expenses used when going out. This information is stored in the memory IC 8 of the information storage unit 7. In this way, when the person using the portable information terminal 62 returns home, the transmission signal of the transmitter 50 is received by the sensor unit 58 of the signal sensor 57. As a result, the output of the comparator 60 is inverted from the high level to the low level or from the low level to the high level, and the microcomputer 10 can recognize the user's return home. At this time, the microcomputer 10
Reads the data stored in the memory IC 8 of the information storage unit 7 and causes the information transmission unit 53 to transmit the data.
The radio wave transmitted by the information transmitting unit 53 is received by the information receiving unit 68 of the information organizing terminal 74. The demodulation unit 71 of the information receiving unit 68 demodulates this signal into 0 and 1 data that the microcomputer 64 can recognize. The microcomputer 64 receives this data and writes it in the memory IC 73 of the information storage unit 72 to store this data. The data thus stored in the information storage unit 72 can be freely read out later by operating the operation unit 66 to be displayed on the display unit 67, edited, or deleted.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing a program included in the microcomputer 10 showing a series of operations of the portable information terminal 62 described above.

In step 301, it is confirmed whether or not there is an input from the key switch matrix 52 of the information input section 51, and y
In the case of es, this data is recorded in the memory IC that constitutes the information storage unit 8 in step 302, and step 30 is executed again.
Return to 1 and wait. If the result of the check in step 301 is no, in step 303 it is checked whether or not the signal from the signal sensor 57 is detected. If the result of this check is yes, the data in the information storage unit 8 is transmitted from the information transmission unit 53 in step 304. And n
If it is o, the process returns to step 301 and waits.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the portable information terminal 62 is used to take a memorandum of an idea that has occurred while out of the office, the contents can be temporarily stored in the information storage unit 7, and the transmitter 50 can be used when returning home. It is possible to realize a message information organizing device which can receive the signal and confirm the contents using the information organizing terminal 74.

[0034]

The first means of the present invention is an information input section for inputting a message, an information storage section for storing the input message, a human body sensor for detecting the movement of a person, and the information storage. An information processing unit that manages message data stored in a unit and that receives a signal from the human body sensor to instruct reproduction of the message data; a voice synthesis unit that reproduces the stored message; and a voice output unit that outputs a voice signal. As a configuration equipped with, a message information organizing device that automatically reads a message when entering the room or room without looking at the message whiteboard when returning home every day is realized.

The second means of the present invention is an information input section for inputting a message, an information storage section for storing the input message, and an information processing section for managing storage and deletion of the input message. And a data communication unit for transmitting a message content or a call signal or a response signal, a data communication unit for receiving a message or a call signal or a response signal, and a switch for responding As a configuration including an information output terminal including an operation unit and a voice output unit that outputs a received message, a message information organization device that automatically stores a message when a message partner is absent is realized. is there.

A third means of the present invention is a transmitter attached to a door or the like for entry of a person such as a front entrance, a signal sensor for detecting a signal from the transmitter, and an information input section for inputting a message or memo. A portable information terminal including an information storage unit that stores input information, an information processing unit that manages storage, deletion, and output of the information, and an information transmission unit that outputs the stored information to the outside, and portable information. A signal sensor of a portable information terminal includes an information receiving unit that receives information sent by a terminal, an information storage unit that stores the received information, and an information organizing terminal that includes an information processing unit that manages storage and deletion of information. If you make a note of what you think when you are out, as a configuration that sends the information in the information storage section of the mobile information terminal to the information organization terminal when you work,
This is to realize a message information organizing device that can temporarily store this content and can confirm the content that was written down when returning home.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a message information organizing device that is a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation program included in the microcomputer.

FIG. 3A is a block diagram of a calling device that constitutes a message information organizing device that is a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3B is a block diagram showing the information output terminal.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation program included in the microcomputer.

FIG. 5 (a) is a block diagram showing a transmitter which constitutes a message information organizing device according to a third embodiment of the present invention. (B) is a block diagram showing a portable information terminal. (C) is an information organizing terminal. Block diagram showing

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation program of the microcomputer.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Information Input Section 7 Information Storage Section 9 Information Processing Section 12 Voice Synthesis Section 15 Voice Output Section 18 Human Body Sensor 25 Data Communication Section 31 Calling Device 33 Switch Operation Section 34 Data Communication Section 43 Information Output Terminal 50 Transmitter 51 Information Input Section 53 Information transmission unit 62 Mobile information terminal 63 Information processing unit 68 Information receiving unit 72 Information storage unit 74 Information organization terminal

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An information input unit for inputting a message, an information storage unit for storing the input message, a human body sensor for detecting movement of a person, and message data in the information storage unit for managing the message data. The human body is provided with a message when it receives a signal from the human body sensor, which includes an information processing unit that instructs reproduction of message data, a voice synthesis unit that reproduces a stored message, and a voice output unit that outputs a voice signal. A message information organization device that informs the message by voice when it is detected. 2. An information input unit for inputting a message, an information storage unit for storing the input message, an information processing unit for managing storage and deletion of the input message, a message content and a call signal. A calling device including a data communication unit that transmits a call or a response signal, a data communication unit that receives a message or a call signal or sends a response signal, a switch operation unit for responding, and a received message An information output terminal having a voice output section for outputting the message, and a message information organizing apparatus for storing a message in the information storage section of the calling device when there is no response when the information output terminal is called from the calling device. 3. A transmitter attached to a door or the like for entry of a person such as a front entrance, a signal sensor for detecting a signal from the transmitter, an information input unit for inputting a message or memo, and information for storing the input information. A mobile information terminal including a storage unit, an information processing unit that manages storage, deletion, and output of such information, and an information transmission unit that outputs the stored information to the outside, and receives information sent by the mobile information terminal An information storage unit including an information receiving unit, an information storage unit that stores received information, and an information organizing terminal that includes an information processing unit that manages storage and deletion of information, and stores information of the portable information terminal when a signal sensor of the portable information terminal operates. A message information organization device that sends information within the department to an information organization terminal.