JPH11196186A - Communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide a communication device capable of transmitting a pager message to a specific other party without going to a code table without going outside. SOLUTION: A sender who wants to send a message to a specific pager 30 from a place away from home, etc.
, The telephone line 27 is closed to the facsimile machine 1, and the telephone number of the destination pager is input, and information to be transmitted is input by voice. Then, the voice is recognized by the voice recognition device 22, the recognized voice is converted into a corresponding pager signal, and the converted pager signal is transmitted to the input telephone number by the pager signal transmitter. Pager 3 based
Sent to 0. Thus, when going out, a message can be transmitted to a pager of a specific partner without carrying a code table or the like every time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication device, and more particularly, to a communication device having a voice recognition device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A pager for receiving a message transmitted from a telephone via a telephone line or the like has been widely used. To send a message to the pager from the telephone, the sender inputs a code corresponding to the information to be transmitted by operating a push button, and the telephone sets a pager signal (eg, a DTMF signal) corresponding to the code. Is transmitted.

[0003]

However, for example, when the user wants to send a pager message to a specific partner from a place where he / she is away, he always carries a code table or the like, and pushes the push button while looking at the code table each time. Has to be input by the above operation, and there is a problem that a message cannot be transmitted without a code table.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and a communication apparatus capable of transmitting a pager message to a specific destination from a place where the user does not need a code table. Is to provide.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, after a communication line is closed, a voice input from a calling side via the communication line is transmitted to the communication device. Speech recognition means for recognition, pager signal conversion means for converting the recognized result into a pager signal, and a destination to which the converted pager signal is inputted after the communication line is closed. And a pager signal transmitting means for transmitting based on the identification information.

According to such a configuration, for example, a sender who wants to transmit a message to a specific destination pager from a destination or the like, closes the line to the communication device of the present invention, and transmits destination identification information, that is, When the telephone number of the destination pager is input and the information to be transmitted is input by voice, the input voice is recognized by the voice recognition means, and the recognized result is output by the pager signal conversion means for the pager. The pager signal is converted to a signal, and the converted pager signal is transmitted to a specific pager based on the input destination identification information by the pager signal transmitting means. Instead of pressing the push button while looking at the code table, just input by voice, that is, speak A message corresponding to it can be transmitted to the pager of the specific person.

[0007] The invention described in claim 2 is the first invention.
In the invention described in (1), there is further provided a pager signal transmission start means for receiving the input of the destination identification information and the voice only when a predetermined code is input after the communication line is closed. . If the destination identification information and the voice are accepted only when a predetermined code is input, such a function operates only when the code is input, so that the code is known. Only one person can use such a function, and it is possible to prevent another person from using the function carelessly.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, there is further provided a voice reproducing means for reproducing a result recognized by the voice recognizing means and transmitting the result to a calling side. It is characterized by having. As described above, by reproducing the recognized result and transmitting it to the calling side, it is possible to confirm whether the input voice is correctly recognized.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, after the recognition result is reproduced by the voice reproducing means, the detecting means detects a permission / inhibition signal sent from the calling side, and the detecting means When a possible signal is detected, transmission by the pager signal transmitting means is started, and when a negative signal is detected, transmission by the pager signal transmitting means is prohibited, and again, audio is transmitted. Transmission control means for controlling input reception. According to such a control, when the caller transmits a reject signal, the voice input is accepted again. For example, if the voice recognition is not performed correctly, the reject signal is transmitted from the caller. By doing so, the voice input can be performed again.

[0010]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a facsimile apparatus as one embodiment of a communication apparatus according to the present invention. A facsimile apparatus 1 as a communication apparatus described in the present embodiment is a facsimile apparatus with a telephone function that can transmit and receive images by a facsimile communication method using a telephone line as a communication path and can communicate voice as a telephone.

This facsimile machine 1 has an exterior
The lower case 2 includes an operation panel 3 attached to a front side of the upper surface of the lower case 2 and an upper cover 4 attached to a rear side of the upper surface of the lower case 2. On the left side of the lower case 2, a handset 5 for using the facsimile machine 1 as a telephone is attached. On the right side of the lower case 2, a monitor speaker 12 for outputting transmitted / received sound as monitor sound is attached. On the front side of the lower case 2, a document discharge port 6 for discharging a document after reading the transmission image or the copy image is formed. A key input device 7 having a large number of operation keys is provided on the upper surface of the operation panel 3.
And a liquid crystal display 8 for displaying arbitrary characters and the like in a dot matrix system. A paper feed case 9 for storing unused recording paper is provided on the upper rear side of the upper cover 4. On the front side of the paper feed case 9, a recording image on which a received image or a copied image has been recorded is provided. A recording paper discharge port 10 from which paper is discharged is formed. On the front side of the upper surface of the upper cover 4, a document receiving section 11 for setting a document for reading a transmission image or a copy image is formed.

The facsimile apparatus 1 of the present embodiment
Is a voice recognition means for recognizing voice input from the calling side via the telephone line after the telephone line is closed, and a signal conversion means for a pager for converting the recognized result into a pager signal. A pager signal transmitting means for transmitting the converted pager signal based on destination identification information input after the telephone line is closed, when a predetermined code is input after the telephone line is closed. Only a pager signal transmission start means for receiving input of destination identification information and voice, a voice reproduction means for reproducing a result recognized by the voice recognition means and transmitting the result to the calling side, and a voice reproduction means. Detecting means for detecting the permission / inhibition signal sent from the calling side after the reproduction, and when the permission signal is detected by the detection means, transmission by the pager signal transmission means is performed. Is started, if not the signal has been detected prohibits transmission by signal transmitting means pagers, has again the transmission control means for controlling to accept voice input.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control system for realizing these various means. As shown in FIG. 2, the control system includes a CPU 20, a key input device 7, a microphone (hereinafter abbreviated as a microphone) 21, a voice recognition device 22, a modem 23, and a network control unit (hereinafter, referred to as an NCU) 24. , RAM25, ROM
26 and a speech synthesizer 27 are connected, and these components are configured to be controlled by the CPU 20.
The microphone 21 is provided in the handset 5 and inputs a voice of a speaker who speaks toward the handset 5. Voice recognition device 22
(Corresponding to the above voice recognition means) recognizes input voice information. The modem 23 modulates / demodulates a signal to be transmitted / received, and outputs, for example, a DTMF signal as a pager signal corresponding to a code described later. NCU
24 transmits and receives to and from a telephone 29 and a pager 30 described later via a telephone line 27. The RAM 25 is a memory for temporarily storing various data at the time of operation execution. For example, a voice storage area for recording voice input from a telephone line when the answering machine recording function is activated,
A transmission information storage area for storing codes and transmission destination identification information to be described later is allocated. The ROM 26 stores a control program executed by the CPU 20 and various data. For example, a sound conversion program (corresponding to the pager signal conversion means) described later, a sound reproduction program (corresponding to the sound reproduction means). Pager signal transmission program (corresponding to the pager signal transmission means), pager signal transmission start program (corresponding to the pager signal transmission start means), transmission control program (the detection means and transmission) And the like are stored.

With such a control system, the facsimile apparatus 1 of the present embodiment converts the voice input from the telephone 29 as an external communication device to the NCU 24 via the telephone line 27 into a pager signal. , Again NCU2
4 is a pager 3 of a specific party based on a telephone number as destination identification information input via the telephone line 27.
0 is transmitted. Hereinafter, a specific description will be given with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In FIG. 3, a sender who wants to send a message to a specific pager from a destination or the like first makes a call from the external telephone 29 to the facsimile machine 1 and connects the telephone line 27 thereto. When the telephone line 27 between the external telephone 29 and the facsimile machine 1 is closed, the sender inputs a predetermined code using the key input device 7 provided in the telephone 29 (S1). This input is stored in ROM2
6 is processed by the pager signal transmission start program. For example, when a predetermined code is input within a few seconds after the telephone line 27 is closed, the next step, that is, the destination pocket The process is executed to proceed to a step in which the telephone number of the bell 30 is input. If a predetermined code is not input within a few seconds after the telephone line 27 is closed, the normal facsimile machine 1 enters the transmission / reception state. That is, only when this code is input, the function of converting the input voice into a pager signal and transmitting it to the specific pager 30 is activated. If not, normal facsimile machine 1 performs transmission and reception. In this case, if only a specific person knows the predetermined code as a personal identification number, only the person who knows the personal identification number can use such a function. It can be prevented from being used easily.

When a predetermined code is input,
Next, the destination identification information, that is, the telephone number of the pager of the other party to be transmitted is input by the key input device 7 provided in the telephone 29 (S2). The input telephone number may be, for example, the facsimile apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, if the facsimile apparatus 1 has a function that can be operated by inputting a speed dial, the speed dial may be input as destination identification information. The input telephone number is stored in a transmission information storage area in the RAM 25. When the input of the telephone number is completed, a message to be transmitted to the pager is input by voice (S3). When the sender inputs information to be transmitted by voice, the voice is recognized by the voice recognition device 22 (S4). Here, when the voice recognition device 22 cannot recognize the voice, the input of the voice is accepted again, and the process is repeated until the voice can be recognized. When the voice is recognized, the recognized voice is converted into a code corresponding to the voice by a voice conversion program in the ROM 26, and the converted code is stored in the transmission information storage area in the RAM 25. Next, the voice synthesizing device 28 is operated by the voice reproducing program in the ROM 26, and the stored code is again synthesized into voice and reproduced, and the reproduced voice is transmitted to the telephone 29 (S5). As a result, the sender can confirm whether the input voice is correctly recognized, and can transmit the message with accurate contents. If the reproduced content is acceptable, the sender transmits an enable signal to the facsimile device 1 using the key input device 7 provided in the telephone 29. 1 is sent a no signal. When the transmission control program in the ROM 26 detects an acceptable signal, the voice recognition is terminated (S6), and the process proceeds to the step of connecting the telephone line to the pager 30 to be transmitted. If detected, the other party's pager 3
It is controlled so that it does not proceed to the step of connecting the telephone line to 0, but returns to the step of accepting a voice input again. By such control, when the voice is not correctly recognized, the voice input can be performed again, and an accurate message can be transmitted to the destination pager 30.

When the voice recognition is completed (S6), the sender hangs up the telephone (S7), and then the facsimile machine 1
Based on the telephone number of the destination stored in the transmission information storage area in the RAM 25, a pager 3 of a specific partner is transmitted by a pager signal transmission program in the ROM 26.
A pager signal is transmitted to 0. That is, when the sender hangs up (S7), the facsimile machine 1 automatically makes a call to the telephone number of the destination pager input by the sender and transmits the specified pager via the telephone line 27. The telephone line 27 is connected to 30 (S8). When the line is closed, the modem 23 outputs a DTMF signal corresponding to the code stored in the transmission information storage area in the RAM 25. The DTMF signal output from the modem 23 is transmitted from the telephone line 27 to the destination pager 30 via the NCU 24 (S9). When the transmission is completed, the telephone is automatically disconnected (S10). Regarding transmission to the pager, it does not matter whether the pager company relays the line or whether the line is directly connected to the pager.

According to such a configuration, for example, the sender calls the facsimile apparatus 1 from outside and inputs the telephone number of the destination pager and also inputs the information to be transmitted by voice. Only with this, it is possible to transmit a message to be transmitted to the pager 30 of a specific partner simply by speaking without looking at the code table and inputting with the key input device 7.

In the above embodiment, the communication apparatus of the present invention is the facsimile apparatus 1, but a telephone having no facsimile communication method may be used. In the embodiment described above, the voice and the destination identification information are input through the closed telephone line 27. For example, information to be transmitted from the microphone 21 provided in the handset 5 is input by voice, The destination identification information may be input by key input from the key input device 7.

[0020]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to input the telephone number of the destination pager and input the information to be transmitted by voice, even from outside. Since the message can be transmitted to the pager of the specific partner, the message can be transmitted to the pager of the specific partner when going out without having to carry a code table each time.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the destination identification information and the voice are accepted only when a predetermined code is input, so that only when the code is input, Since such a function operates, only a person who knows the code can use such a function. Therefore, it is possible to prevent another person from using the device carelessly.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to confirm whether or not the input voice is correctly recognized by the voice reproducing means, so that the message can be transmitted with accurate contents. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when voice recognition is not performed correctly, voice input can be performed again, so that an accurate message can be transmitted to the destination pager.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of a facsimile apparatus as one embodiment of a communication apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control system for realizing a pager signal converter, a pager signal transmitter, and the like provided in the facsimile apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure for converting a voice input from a telephone line into a pager signal and transmitting it to a specific pager in the facsimile apparatus shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 facsimile device 7 key input device 20 CPU 21 microphone 22 voice recognition device 23 modem 24 NCU 25 RAM 26 ROM 27 telephone line 28 voice synthesis device 29 telephone 30 pager

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A speech recognition means for recognizing speech input from a calling side via a communication line after the communication line is closed, and a pager for converting a recognized result into a pager signal. Signal converting means, and a pager signal transmitting means for transmitting the converted pager signal based on destination identification information inputted after the communication line is closed. ,Communication device. 2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a pager signal transmission start means for receiving the destination identification information and voice input only when a predetermined code is input after the communication line is closed. The communication device according to claim 1. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a voice reproducing unit for reproducing a result recognized by said voice recognizing unit and transmitting the result to a calling side.
The communication device according to claim 1. 4. A detecting means for detecting a permission / inhibition signal sent from a calling side after the recognition result is reproduced by the voice reproducing means, and a signal for the pager when the permission signal is detected by the detecting means. Transmission control means for starting transmission by the transmission means, prohibiting transmission by the pager signal transmission means when a negative signal is detected, and controlling again to accept voice input. The communication device according to claim 3, wherein: