JPH10293595A - Information reproducing device and information recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reproduce and listen to voice information about visual information or tactile information recorded on a recording medium such as paper at an optional place as necessary by providing a signal conversion part in the supporting part of an information recording body and bringing a voice information detection means into contact with the signal conversion part. SOLUTION: A piezoelectric element 21 is provided on the inside of either cover 2 of a file 1 made of vinyl chloride so that its periphery is surrounded by a protection plate 27 made of urethane foam and having the same thickness as the element 21, and the lead wire 26 of the element 21 is attachably/ detachably connected to a driving part 10. The driving part 10 is formed to be a cylinder and coupled with the back of the file 1 through an eyelet. A dry battery 12 is internally provided as a driving power source, and the voice information detected by a bar code reader 17 connected to, jacks 11 provided at both ends of the driving part 10 is amplified by an amplifier 15 through a D/A conversion part 14 internally, provided in the driving part 10 and further impressed on the element 21 via the lead wire 26 after it is boosted by a booster coil 13.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information reproducing apparatus capable of obtaining audio information relating to non-audio information such as visual or tactile information together with non-audio information, and an information recording medium such as a book or a picture book having the information reproducing apparatus. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, books as visual information that we routinely contact are usually recorded by printing characters, and are usually collected as printed matter with illustrations and photographs.

Recently, for example, in a picture book for infants and the like, audio information such as animal crying recorded in an IC sound circuit and a reproducing apparatus for the picture information are included in a picture book together with visual information of a picture of an animal or the like. Some are built-in, and others are activated by pressing a key marked with a picture or the like and emit a sound.

[0004] However, this is an apparatus in which a sound reproducing apparatus for this information is provided separately from the visual information in a part of the picture book, but the amount of information of the reproduced sound is limited, and its use is restricted.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has been made to provide a large amount and variety of audio information related to visual information or tactile information recorded on a recording medium such as paper. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information reproducing apparatus that can be reproduced and listened to at various places as needed and as needed, and an information recording medium using the same.

[0006]

That is, according to the present invention, a first recording section in which non-speech information is recorded and a second recording section in which speech information relating to the non-speech information are recorded are provided. And audio information reproducing means for reproducing the audio information to recognize at least a part of the non-audio information, wherein the audio information detecting means for detecting the audio information outputs An information reproducing apparatus and an information recording apparatus, wherein a signal conversion unit for converting a drive signal of the information reproduction unit is provided on a support unit of the information recording body, and the audio information detection unit is connected to the signal conversion unit. It relates to a medium.

According to the information reproducing apparatus and the information recording medium of the present invention, non-voice information can be obtained from the same information recording medium, and the voice information relating to this information can be obtained by the voice information detecting means. The amount of voice information can be significantly increased, and the type and the like can be expanded.
In addition, since the audio information detecting means and the audio information reproducing means can be provided integrally on the support of the information recording medium, the apparatus is portable and can be used at any place.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An information recording medium according to the present invention comprises:
It is desirable that an information recording unit as an information reproducing device be provided.

In the information reproducing apparatus of the present invention, the non-speech information to be the subject of the speech information is not limited to the visual information such as the shape, figure, and character of the object of the printed picture or photograph, but also the braille for the blind. Tactile information and intangible information such as sense and taste.

The form of the information recording medium for recording visual information, audio information, and the like is not limited to a book described below, and may be a single sheet. For example, a binder that can be bound, such as a binder, may be used.

The audio information reproducing means is, as described later,
The piezoelectric element may be separated from the file without being integrated on the back side of the file, and the piezoelectric element is not fixed to the cover of the file as described later, for example, the piezoelectric element to which the lead wire is connected is taken out and put on the desk top etc. The system may be arbitrarily contacted each time, and the shape and material of each part can be arbitrarily selected.

As a method for recording audio information, for example, a magnetic recording method or the like can be appropriately adopted instead of a barcode described later. Therefore, various detection means such as an optical type and a magnetic type may be employed. Further, the driving power supply may be an AC power supply.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to a book on which ordinary characters and the like are printed, but it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the following embodiments.

FIG. 1 shows an information reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and is a front view of the apparatus in which some components shown in a perspective view are shown.

As shown in the figure, the information reproducing apparatus of the present embodiment
The file 1, the drive unit 10, and the detection unit 16 are roughly classified, and the file contained in the file 1 is, for example, a book in which audio information is recorded together with visual information. A piezoelectric element 21 is provided inside one cover 2 of the file 1 made of, for example, vinyl chloride and surrounded by a protective plate 27 made of, for example, urethane foam having the same thickness. The wire 26 is detachably connected to the driving unit 10 described later.

The drive unit 10 is formed in, for example, a rectangular cylindrical body, and is connected to the back of the file 1 by, for example, an eyelet. Then, for example, a dry battery 12 is internally provided as a driving power source (a power switch is not shown).
The audio information detected by the barcode reader 17 connected to the jacks 11 provided at both ends of the
The signal is amplified by an amplifier 15 via a D / A converter 14 provided inside the amplifier 0 and further boosted by a boosting coil 13, and then signaled to the piezoelectric element 21 via the lead wire 26. These signal circuits are connected by wiring (not shown).

The detecting section 16 is composed of a lead wire 18 extending from a bar code reader 17 and a plug 19 provided at the end thereof. The plug 19 is connected to the jacks 11 provided at both ends of the driving section 10 described above. It works by connecting to either one. In addition, the driving unit 1 described above
The D / A conversion section 14 provided inside the bar code reader 17 can also be provided inside the bar code reader 17.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a part of the piezoelectric element 21 in a half sectional view. As shown in the figure, the piezoelectric element 21 includes a piezoelectric body 24 made of, for example, barium titanate.
One side is an anode, and the other side is a piezoelectric element 21 used for a normal flat speaker provided with metal electrodes 22 and 23 as cathodes. However, in this embodiment, a cover 25 having a larger diameter than that of the cathode 23 is provided by bonding to the cathode 23 to form a flange 25a. A lead wire 26 is connected to each of the electrodes 22 and 23.

FIG. 3 (a) is a cross-sectional view of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III. As shown in the drawing, the piezoelectric element 21 disposed inside one cover 2 of the file 1 together with the above-described coupling structure between the file 1 and the drive unit 10 and the protection plate 27.
The state of is shown.

The protection plate 27 has its peripheral edge 27a welded to the cover 2, and the piezoelectric element 21 is provided with a flange 25a of the cover 25.
Are adhered to the protection plate 27. FIG. 3B is an enlarged view of a portion A in FIG. 3A, and shows this state. The lead wire 26 is covered with a flexible plate (not shown) and adhered to the cover 2 of the file 1.

Therefore, the protective plate 27 is only in contact with the cover 2 except for the peripheral edge 27a that is welded to the cover 2, and strictly, a minute gap is formed. With such a structure, the signal current that is converted into sound and flows to the piezoelectric element 21 resonates the cover of the file 1 via the piezoelectric element 21 to further amplify the sound. Has been raised.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing a modification of the connection between the piezoelectric element 21 and the protective plate 27 and the cover. These connections may be made as shown in FIG. That is, the protection plate 27 is embedded by digging down the main part with the cover 30 which is thicker than the cover 2, for example. Thereby, the protection plate 27 and the like are installed within the thickness of the cover 30, and this installation surface can be formed without a step.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a method of accommodating such a book 29, with a part thereof cut away.

That is, a plurality of holes 4 provided in the upper part and the lower part (not shown) of the back 3 of the file 1 are vertically opposed to each other, and for example, a string 5 previously passed through the upper and lower holes 4 is provided. This shows a state in which the strings 5 of the indicated portions are connected to each other. Therefore, as shown in the figure, the binding portion 29a of the book 29 is bound with the string 5 at a substantially middle page of the book 29, and
Can be held. It is also possible to use a rubber string in place of such a string 5, and to use a file such as a pin 7 shown by a virtual line in FIG.
It is also possible to take necessary measures on the spine 3 to support the book 29.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state of use of the information reproducing apparatus 35 of the present embodiment. As described above, the book 29 serving as a source of audio information reproduced by the information reproducing device 35 needs to record audio information together with visual information as shown in the figure.

FIG. 6 shows that the picture book 29 firstly bound when the cover 2 of the file 1 is opened relates to a Uguisu. The cover 31 of this book 29 has a Uguisu character 31 and a plum as a title. And a picture 32 of a rabbit standing on the branch is recorded as visual information, and audio information is recorded in the vicinity of the picture 32 by, for example, a barcode 33.

Accordingly, as shown in the figure, by holding the bar code reader 17 in the hand H and scanning the bar code 33 with the bar code reader 17, voice information relating to visual information is detected by the bar code reader 17, and the detected information is detected. Can resonate the cover 2 via the piezoelectric element 21 and can hear the audio information reproduced from the cover 2.

Such audio information can be provided not only on the cover of the picture book 29 but also on each page. In the case of a blind person, instead of the visual information of the character 31 and the picture 32 in FIG. 6, such information is displayed as visual information by, for example, Braille, and the position of the barcode 33 can be indicated by tactile sensation.

The recording of such audio information is not limited to a short passage, but a bar code 33 may be recorded over multiple lines for a long sentence over multiple lines by printing characters. Accordingly, recording of audio information is not limited, and various and large amounts of audio information can be recorded.

According to the above-described embodiment, the structure of each unit for reproducing the audio information is compact and integrally formed, so that it is portable, can be moved anywhere, and is not restricted by a place. Can be used. Further, visual information alone can be handled in the same manner as a normal book, and audio information can be used together as necessary. Conversely, only audio information can be heard, and various and large amounts of audio information can be recorded and reproduced for listening.

Further, not only visual information but also, for example, tactile information in Braille, by providing a voice information recording unit in the same manner as in the case of visual information, it is possible to obtain voice information relating to the tactile information.

The recording method of the audio information is not limited to the above-described bar code, and the recording can be performed by the magnetic recording method, and if the audio information detecting means corresponding thereto is provided, the audio information can be detected in the same manner as described above. it can.

[0033]

As described above, according to the present invention, the first recording section on which non-voice information is recorded and the second recording section on which voice information relating to the non-voice information is recorded are integrated in an information recording medium. Voice information reproducing means for reproducing the voice information to recognize at least a part of the non-voice information, and reproducing the voice information detected by the voice information detecting means for detecting the voice information. A signal converter for converting the drive signal of the means is provided on the support of the information recording body, and the audio information detecting means is configured to be connected to the signal converter. Along with the integrated non-speech information, speech information relating to the non-speech information can be obtained by using the speech information detection means. Therefore, for example, a large amount of various non-speech information and the corresponding speech information can be recorded, and the recorded information can be obtained as needed. Further, since the voice information detecting means and the voice information reproducing means can be provided integrally on the support of the information recording medium, the apparatus is portable and can be used in any place.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an information reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, showing perspective views of some components.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a part of a piezoelectric element used in the information reproducing apparatus in a half sectional view.

FIG. 3 shows the same information reproducing apparatus, and FIG.
FIG. 3B is a cross-sectional view taken along line III, and FIG. 3B is an enlarged cross-sectional view of part A in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of a part showing a main part of a modification of the information reproducing apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a method of accommodating a book in the information reproducing apparatus, which is partially cut away.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a use state of the information reproducing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... File 2, 30 ... Cover 3 ... Back 4 ... Hole 5 ... Binding string 7 ... Binding pin 10 ... Driving unit 11 ... Jack 12 ... Dry battery DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 ... Booster coil 14 ... D / A conversion part 15 ... Amplification part 16 ... Detection part 17 ... Reader 18, 26 ... Lead wire 19 ... Plug 21 ... Piezoelectric Element 22 Anode 23 Cathode 24 Piezoelectric body 25 Cover 25a Protective plate 27a Welding part 29 Book 29a Binding part 31 ... Character 32 ... Picture 33 ... Barcode 35 ... Information playback device H ... Hand

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A first recording unit on which non-speech information is recorded, and a second recording unit on which speech information on the non-speech information is recorded.
And a recording unit for reproducing the audio information and recognizing at least a part of the non-speech information. The audio information for detecting the speech information A signal conversion unit for converting detection information by the detection unit into a drive signal for the audio information reproduction unit is provided on the support unit of the information recording medium, and the audio information detection unit is connected to the signal conversion unit. The configured information reproducing device. 2. An information recording medium comprising the information reproducing device according to claim 1.