JPH1139567A - Message data output device and program recording medium therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively utilize various kinds of messages in shops or the like for successively outputting them by easily and surely preparing the message data of arbitrary contents only by combining routine messages or merchandise data prepared in the case of preparing the message data for guiding merchandise information. SOLUTION: When arbitrary routine message data and merchandise are selectively designated from an input device 15, a CPU 11 combines the selected routine message data. And when a substitution part is defined for indicating the insertion of merchandise data in the routine message data, the merchandise data corresponding to the designated merchandise are read out of a PLU master file and inserted to the relevant substitution part so that a synthetic message can be prepared. Thus, the prepared synthetic message is transmitted to a voice output device 3, synthesized with voice and broadcasted in the shop.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a message data output device for guiding product information and a program recording medium for the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a voice guidance system employed in a large store is designed to output product information to be time-serviced by in-store broadcasting to guide a bargain product. The document processing apparatus prepares an input in advance, and when the time service is performed, the generated document is synthesized and output. By the way, information guided by a time service or the like is different, for example, every hour, every day, every week, and every season. Therefore, each time, a business person inputs and creates guidance information as document data. Was.

[0003]

However, in general, although the guide information has almost the same document contents except for a part, inputting and creating the guide information each time places a heavy burden on the business operator and requires a large amount of merchandise. Since the user inputs information while referring to the materials and looking at the entries, if there is an error in inputting the product name or the unit price, there is a possibility that the wrong content will be broadcast in the store. An object of the present invention is to easily and reliably create message data of any content simply by combining fixed message and product data prepared in advance when creating message data for guiding product information. Another object of the present invention is to make it possible to effectively utilize a variety of messages in a store or the like that sequentially outputs messages.

[0004]

The means of the present invention are as follows. The invention according to claim 1 is a product data storage means for storing product data for each product, and a product data reading means for reading product data corresponding to a specified product from the product data storage device when an arbitrary product is designated. Combining message storage means for storing a plurality of fixed message data, message selection means for selecting any fixed message data from the message storage means, and a plurality of fixed message data selected by the message selection means In addition, when an assignment unit indicating that product data is to be inserted is defined in the fixed message data, by inserting the product data read by the product data reading unit into the assignment unit. Message creation means for creating composite message data; In which and an output means for outputting the synthesized message data created by the. In addition, when the product data corresponding to each product is read out by specifying a plurality of products, the message creating unit converts the same fixed message data in which the substitution unit is defined by the specified number of products. Repeatedly, it is also possible to create composite message data incorporating product messages corresponding to a plurality of products by inserting and assigning the read product data sequentially to each substitution section in the repeated fixed message data. Good. Further, when a correspondence relationship between each item constituting the product data and the assignment unit into which the item data is inserted is defined, the message creating unit includes:
Which item data of each item data constituting the product data is to be inserted into which substitution unit may be determined for each substitution unit by referring to the definition of the correspondence. Further, voice input means for digitally converting the input voice, message storage means for storing voice data converted by the voice input means as fixed message data, and voice data converted by the voice input means as product data Product message storage means, and the message output means may speech-synthesize the synthesized message data created by inserting the product data into the substitution section in the fixed message data and output the synthesized message data. According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a plurality of fixed message data are arbitrarily selected from the message storage means, the selected plurality of fixed message data are combined and product data is inserted into the fixed message data. When an assignment unit indicating power should be defined, by specifying an arbitrary product, product data corresponding to the designated product read from the product data storage unit is inserted into the assignment unit, and the combined message data is The synthesized message data is created and output at a predetermined timing. Therefore, it is possible to easily and reliably create message data of any content simply by combining fixed message and product data prepared in advance when creating message data for guiding product information, and various This can be effectively used for stores and the like that output messages sequentially.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the first specifying means for specifying an assigning section into which commodity data is to be inserted at an arbitrary position in the fixed message data, and the assigning section designated by the first specifying means. Second designating means for arbitrarily designating product data to be inserted, and message creation for creating synthetic message data by inserting the product data designated by the second designating means into an assignment section in the fixed message data And output means for outputting the combined message data created by the message creation means. Voice input means for digitally converting the input voice, message storage means for storing voice data converted by the voice input means as fixed message data, and voice data converted by the voice input means as product data Product message storage means, and the message output means may speech-synthesize the synthesized message data created by inserting the product data into the substitution section in the fixed message data and output the synthesized message data. In the invention according to claim 5, when an assignment section into which the product data is to be inserted is specified at an arbitrary position of the fixed message data and the product data to be inserted into the assignment section is specified, the specified product data is converted to the fixed message. The synthesized message data is created by being inserted into the substitution part of the data, and the created synthesized message data is output at a predetermined timing. Therefore, it is possible to easily and reliably create message data of any content simply by combining fixed message and product data prepared in advance when creating message data for guiding product information, and various This can be effectively used for stores and the like that output messages sequentially.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

(First Embodiment) Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a POS (Point of Sales) system provided with a voice guidance function. In this POS system, a plurality of POS terminal devices 2 are connected to a server device 1 via a private line on the premises. And a local area network system to which a plurality of audio output devices 3 are connected. The server device 1 mainly functions as a file server and an application server, and also has a function of inputting and creating and storing and managing merchandise information (message information) broadcasted in a store. It can be sent to the output device 3 for audio output,
It has a function of transmitting product data in response to a unit price inquiry from the S terminal device 2 and collecting and storing sales data registered by the POS terminal device 2. P
The OS terminal device 2 is an electronic cash register that performs a product-specific registration process based on the input sales data. The OS terminal device 2 transmits a product code input from a barcode reader or a keyboard to the server device 1 and responds thereto. Server device 1
The product-based registration process is executed based on the normal unit price or the special sale unit price transmitted from, and the registration result is received /
Processing such as printing out to a journal or transmitting to the server device 1 is performed. The audio output device 3 is installed in the store for in-store broadcasting, and guides a time service or the like by audio output.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the server device 1. The CPU 11 operates in accordance with the various programs loaded in the RAM 12.
Is a central processing unit that controls the overall operation of the computer. The storage device 13 includes a storage medium 14 in which an operating system, various application programs, data files, character font data, and the like are stored in advance, and a drive system thereof. The storage medium 14 is fixedly provided or removably mountable, and includes a magnetic / optical storage medium such as a floppy disk, hard disk, optical disk, RAM card, or the like, and a semiconductor memory. The programs and data in the storage medium 14 are stored in the RAM 1 under the control of the CPU 11 as necessary.
2 is loaded. Further, the CPU 11 receives a program and data transmitted from another device via a communication line or the like and stores the program and data in the storage medium 14 or stores the program and data in a storage medium provided in the other device. Existing programs and data can be used via a communication line or the like. The audio output device 3, input device 15, and display device 16, which are input / output peripheral devices, are connected to the CPU 11, and the CPU 11 controls the operations according to the input / output program.

FIG. 3A shows a main configuration of the RAM 12, in which various memory areas are allocated in advance. PLU (Price Look Up)
The master file 12-1 stores merchandise data for each merchandise. As shown in FIG. 3B, the master file 12-1 corresponds to a PLU code, a merchandise name, a normal unit price, a special unit price, sales data (number / amount), a special unit price. The time and the like are stored. Here, when there is an inquiry about the unit price from the POS terminal device 2, the server device 1 sends the PLU master file 12 based on the PLU code transmitted from the POS terminal device 2.
If the special unit price is not set corresponding to this PLU code, the normal unit price is transmitted, and if set, the special unit price is transmitted to the inquiry source POS terminal device 2. The sales data in the PLU master file 12-1 is the total number and amount of sales data registered by each POS terminal device 2 collected for each product. Further, the CPU 11 constantly monitors the special sale time set for each product in the PLU master file 12-1.
The system time and the special sale time are compared, and when the special sale time arrives, the contents of the combined message file 12-2 are read out, transmitted to each audio output device 3, and output as audio. The combined message file 12-2 is the PLU master file 12
-1 is stored as a character string code by combining the product data (product name, unit price, unit price) with the fixed message data set in the fixed message file 12-3. It is a text file, and the synthesized message data is voice-synthesized and broadcast in a store.

The fixed message file 12-3 fixedly stores fixed message data that is a component of a composite message broadcasted in a store. FIG. 4A shows the specific contents of the fixed message file 12-3. Is shown. In other words, the fixed message file 12-3 stores fixed message data (fixed phrase) corresponding to each key. The fixed phrase is "welcome" in the key No. "001", and the fixed phrase is data in the key No. "002". The phrase “Today's special sale is.”... The key phrase “100” stores the fixed phrase “$ 1 句 2 yen is $ 3 yen”. Here, "＄ 1, ＄
"2, $ 3" is an identifier that defines an assignment unit (variable length) indicating that product data should be inserted into the fixed message data. Numerical values 1, 2, and 3 attached to the identifier $ are the types of the assignment unit. That is, the variable definition table 12-4 shows the correspondence between each item constituting the product data and the assignment unit into which the item data is inserted, and the variable definition table 12-4 is a table showing this correspondence. (B) shows the contents of the table, in which case it is defined that the product name should be inserted into the substitution part indicated by the identifier “$ 1”.
The substitution unit indicated by the identifier “$ 2” has a unit price and “$
It is defined that a special sale unit price is to be inserted into the substitution section indicated by 3 ". The specification file 12-5 is a PLU.
Master file 12-1 and fixed message file 1
When the combined message data is created by combining the contents of 2-3, the creation specification instructed by the operator is temporarily stored. The server apparatus 1 converts the combined message data based on the contents of the specification file 12-5. Automatically generated and stored in the synthesized message file 12-2. The work memory 12-6 is a work area for temporarily storing programs, intermediate results of data processing, and the like.

Next, the operation of the server device 1 will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. Here, a program for realizing each function described in these flowcharts is stored in a storage medium 14 in the form of a program code readable by the CPU 11, and its contents are stored in a work memory 12- 6 is loaded. FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 following FIG. 5 are flowcharts showing the operation when the server device 1 inputs and creates message data. First, when a message creation is instructed, a message setting screen and a fixed form selection window are displayed on the display device 16 (step A1). FIG. 8A shows a setting screen in this case, and the setting screen is divided into upper, middle, and lower areas. Note that an intermediate area between the header section and the footer section in the setting screen is hereinafter referred to as a master data section. The fixed form candidate selection window screen displays a list of fixed form message data set in the fixed form message file 12-3, and the contents thereof are arbitrarily scrolled.

When the cursor is designated as an input target on the setting screen by a mouse operation (step A2), the display contents of the template selection window are visually checked to select arbitrary template message data. When an arbitrary item position on the template candidate selection window is designated by a cursor (step A3), the selected template message item is read from the template message file 12-3 and displayed and output in the header area of the setting screen. The item key corresponding to the fixed message data is read from the fixed message file 12-3 and set in the work memory 12-6 (step A).
4). The display example of FIG. 8A is the item key “001”.
And the case where the fixed message data “002” is selected as the fixed message item of the header part. Next, the user designates the cursor with the master data portion as an input target (step A5), and designates an arbitrary item position on the template selection window with the cursor (step A5).
6) The selected fixed form candidate selection window is displayed and output in the master data area, the item key is set in the work memory 12-6 (step A7), and the product name in the PLU master file 12-1 is further displayed. Is displayed in a window (step A8). When an item position is designated by a cursor to select an arbitrary product name from the product name window screen (step A9), the PLU master file 12-1 is searched based on the selected product, and the corresponding product is selected. A PLU record to be read is read (step A10), the product name, unit price, and bargain unit price are displayed and output in the specification area of the master data section on the setting screen, and these are set as output items, and the PLU code is set as output data. The key is set in the work memory 12-6 (step A11). Now, the display example shown in FIG. 8A is a case where the fixed form message data “¥ 1 ¥ 2 yen is $ 3 yen” corresponding to the item key “100” is selected.
Also, a case where "1 liter of milk" and "8 slices of bread" are selected as commodities is shown.

Next, the cursor is designated as the input object of the footer section (step A12), and an arbitrary item position on the template selection window is designated by the cursor (step A13). And the item key is set in the work memory 12-6 (step A1).
4). The display example shown in FIG. 8A is a case where the fixed message data of the item keys “200” and “201” is selected as the fixed message item of the footer portion. next,
The process proceeds to step A15, where the message creation is completed, and it is checked whether or not the confirmation is instructed. If there is no confirmation instruction, the process returns to step A2 and the above-described operation is repeated. here,
When the message creation is completed and the determination is instructed, a process of automatically creating the specification file 12-5 based on the contents of the work memory 12-6 is performed (step A1).
6). FIG. 8B specifically shows the contents of the specification file 12-5, and corresponds to the setting screen of FIG. 8A. A composite message file 12-2 is automatically created based on the contents of the specification file 12-5. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the process of creating the composite message file 12-2.

First, the contents of the specification file 12-5 are read and analyzed (step A17). Here, each item key of the header part and the master data part is extracted from the specification file 12-5, the standard message file 12-3 is searched based on the extracted key, the standard message data corresponding to this key is read out, and they are combined. Is written into the composite message file 12-2 (step A18). Then, with reference to the variable definition table 12-4, identifiers {1, # 2,} for defining the assignment part included in the fixed message data of the master data part
No. 3 is extracted, the type of each identifier is determined (step A19), and the item data in the PLU record corresponding to the type is inserted into the assignment unit (step A19).
20). In this case, the standard message data of the master data section is "$ 1 $ 2 is $ 3," and the identifier "$ 1" that appears first is inserted with the product name "1 liter of milk". The unit price “200” is inserted in “$ 2”,
In the last “$ 3”, the special sale unit price “100” is inserted, and thereby “100 yen for 200 yen per liter of milk” is created in the composite message file 12-2 as message data for the product. Then, the process proceeds to step A21, where it is checked whether or not there is another PLU code as an output data key in the specification file 12-5. If there is, the fixed message data "{1}" in the master data portion
"2 yen is 3 yen," is copied to the fixed message file 12-3 (step A22). Thereafter, the process returns to step A19 to create message data of a product corresponding to the PLU code, and the above-described operation is repeated. As a result, the message data "180 yen for eight slices of bread" is created in the composite message file 12-2. When the message data for all the commodities has been created, the process proceeds to step A23, where the fixed message data corresponding to each item key of the footer section is combined to form a combined message file 12-2.
Write to. FIG. 8C shows the contents of the synthesized message file 12-2 created in this way.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the server device 1 when outputting a composite message. First, when the special sale unit price is set in the PLU master file 12-1, the special sale time is read from the record, the special sale time is compared with the system time (current time), and it is determined whether the special sale unit price has reached the special sale time. Judgment is made for each set product (step B1). If none of the products have reached the special sale time, this flow is terminated. However, when the special sale time is reached, the message data of the product is held as it is. And the message data of other products (products that have not reached the special sale time)
-2 and edit its contents again (step B
2). Then, the content of the synthesized message file 12-2 is transmitted to the audio output device 3, whereby the content of the synthesized message file 12-2 is synthesized and broadcast in the store (steps B3 and B4).

As described above, in the server device 1, the standard message data set in the standard message file 12-3 should be arbitrarily selected and combined, and the product data should be inserted into the standard message data. If the substitution section is defined to indicate that the message data is arbitrarily specified, the product data is arbitrarily inserted into the substitution section to create the composite message data. Therefore, the operator simply selects the fixed message data and the commodity data. And any message data can be easily created. In particular, when the fixed message data is selected, it is divided into a header part, a master data part, and a footer part.
Since the product data is read from the U master file 12-1 and inserted into the assignment part of the fixed message data, the message data is created more accurately than in the conventional case where the product information is key-inputted one character at a time. can do. When a plurality of products are specified in the specification area of the master data portion, the fixed message data of the master data portion is copied for the specified number of products, and the product data corresponding to the substitution portion of each fixed message data is inserted. Therefore, the operator need only specify a plurality of products, and can easily obtain message data for each product. Further, even if a plurality of substitution units are defined in the standard message data, it is automatically determined which item data of the product record is to be inserted into which substitution unit by referring to the contents of the variable definition table 12-4. Therefore, a more complicated product message can be easily obtained using the fixed message data. Further, at the time of message output, if a product message corresponding to a plurality of products is incorporated in the combined message file 12-2, the message of the product that has reached the special sale time is held, and the message of the product that has not reached the special sale time is held. Is deleted and the content of the composite message file 12-2 is re-edited, so that even a single composite message data can output a plurality of messages having different product contents.

(Second Embodiment) A second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In the first embodiment described above, fixed message data prepared in advance as text data is arbitrarily selected,
Although the composite message data is created by arbitrarily selecting the product in the LU master file,
In the second embodiment, the user digitally records standard message data and product data by voice input, and creates the composite message data by arbitrarily selecting the recorded content. FIG.
(A) is a block diagram of a server device 21 in the second embodiment, and (B) is a diagram showing a main structure of a RAM 12. Since the server device 21 has substantially the same configuration as that of FIG. 2 described above, basically the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.
The voice input device 22 and the voice output device 23 are built in the server device 21. The voice input device 22 converts the input voice into a digital signal. The CPU 11 converts the voice data input from the voice input device 22 into a fixed message. The data is fetched as data and recorded in a fixed message file 12-7 in the RAM 12, or is fetched as product data and recorded in a product data file 12-8 in the RAM 12. Here, at the time of recording to the fixed message file 12-7, the operator inputs and designates an assignment section indicating that the product data should be inserted at an arbitrary position in the fixed message data. Whether the operator records the product name as product data when recording to the product data file 12-8,
Record product data while specifying whether to record the unit price. Then, the fixed message file 12-7
When the synthesized message is created by arbitrarily selecting the recording contents of the product data file 12-8 and the synthesized message, the created synthesized message is stored in the voice synthesis memory 12-9. At that time, arbitrarily designated product data is inserted into the substitution section of the fixed message data. The content of the voice synthesis memory 12-9 is transmitted to the voice output device 3, voice-synthesized, and broadcast in the store.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation when registering the standard message data by voice. First, a message name is entered by key and registered in the fixed message file 12-7 (step C1). When the standard message data is input by voice from the voice input device 22 (step C2), the voice data converted from analog to digital by the voice input device 22 is captured (step C2).
3) Write it to the current position of the fixed message file 12-7 (step C4). During the voice input, when an assignment unit indicating what type of product data is to be inserted at an arbitrary position in the fixed message data is input and designated (step C5), the type of the designated assignment unit is determined. If the product name substituting unit is specified (step C6), "$ 1" defining the product name substituting unit is written at the current position of the fixed message file 12-7 (step C7), and the unit price substituting unit specifies the product name substituting unit. If so, "$ 2" defining the unit price substitution unit is written (step C8). Now, FIG. 13B shows the registered contents of the fixed message file 12-7, in which "come home. Today's special merchandise" is input by voice and then the merchandise name substitution section "$ 1" is specified. . Then, the process returns to step C2 until the end of registration is instructed in step C9.
After inputting "1 pack" by voice, specify the unit price substitution unit "$ 2", and then "yen". "Can be input by voice.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the product data voice registration process. First, when the type of product data to be input by voice is specified, the type is determined (step D1).
8 (step D2), and if it is a unit price, the unit price area of the product data file 12-8 is accessed (step D3), and a voice input wait state is set (step D4). In this state, when a voice is input, the voice data digitally converted by the voice input device 22 is taken in, a record No. (series No.) is added thereto, and the product name area /
The data is written in the unit price area (steps D5 and D6). Until the end of registration in the product name area or the unit price area is instructed (step D7), the apparatus is in a state of waiting for voice input (step D4), and thereafter, the same operation is repeated.
FIG. 13A shows the registered contents of the product data file 12-8. In the product name area, a record No. is added to an identifier # 1 defining a product name substituting unit, and audio data (product name) is added. Are sequentially registered, and in the unit price area, an audio data (unit price) is sequentially registered with a record No. added to an identifier # 2 defining a unit price substitution unit.

FIG. 12 shows a fixed message file 12-7.
10 is a flowchart showing an operation in the case where a composite message is created by arbitrarily selecting the recorded content of the product data file 12-8. First, the fixed message file 12
All the message names in -7 are read out and displayed in a list (step E1). When an arbitrary message name is selected from the list, the standard message data corresponding to the selected message name is read out, and the message name is read out. (Step E)
2) Extract the substitution part defined in the fixed message data from the beginning (step E3). Here, when a plurality of substitution parts are defined in the fixed message data, it is checked whether or not all of the substitution parts have been extracted (step E4). First, the leading substitution part in the fixed message data is extracted. Step E5
To determine the type of the assignment unit. Here, if the substitution unit identifier is “$”, the audio data for one record is read from the head of the product name area in the product data file 12-8, and the audio output device 23 built in the server device 21 is read.
And the product name is reproduced and output (step E
6). Here, the operator confirms the content of the reproduction, and if the product name is desired, operates the selection key (step E).
7) If you listen to it when it is not the desired product name,
The next product name is reproduced and output (step E8). Now
When the selection key is operated, the selected product data (product name) is inserted into the substitution section and the speech synthesis memory 12-9 is entered.
Is written to. Then, returning to step E3, the next substitution section is extracted, and if the substitution section is not completed (step E3).
4), the type of the substitution unit is determined (step E)
5). Here, if the substitution unit identifier is “$ 2”, the audio data for one record from the head of the unit price area in the product data file 12-8 is read out and given to the audio output device 23 built in the server device 21. The unit price is reproduced and output (step E9). In this case, until the selection key is operated (step E10), the audio data in the unit price area is sequentially reproduced for each record. If it is assumed that the selection key has been operated, the process proceeds to step E8 and the selection is made. The product data (unit price) is inserted into the substitution section and written into the speech synthesis memory 12-9. Then, the process returns to step E3, and the above operation is repeated until the assignment unit ends.

In the state where the synthesized message in which the product data is incorporated in the substitution section of the fixed message data is created and written in the voice synthesis memory 12-9, when the content is broadcast in a store, the voice synthesis memory is used. A list of message names stored in 12-9 is displayed, and when an arbitrary message name is selected from the list, the corresponding synthesized message data is sent to the in-store broadcast audio output device 3 and is output as audio. . In this case, if the special sale time is set in advance for each synthesized message in the voice synthesis memory 12-9, the synthesized message data is monitored by monitoring the special sale time in the same manner as in FIG. 7 described in the first embodiment. Can be automatically broadcast in the store.

As described above, in the second embodiment, the fixed message data and the commodity data can be recorded by voice input, and the substitution unit for inserting the commodity data into an arbitrary position of the recorded fixed message data. Is defined, it is possible to obtain synthesized message data in which the product data is incorporated in the substitution section of the fixed message data. Therefore, the standard message data and product data can be easily registered by voice input, and the message broadcasted in the store is not a machine sound but a content recorded directly by a broadcaster or the like. The message content can be easily changed simply by rearranging.

In each of the embodiments described above, the composite message is broadcast in the store, but the message may be displayed on a bulletin board. Further, a message of the next special sale information may be printed on a receipt issued on the POS terminal device 2 side, or the special sale information may be printed on a flyer or the like. Further, the message data is not limited to the one that guides the time service, but may be any one that guides product information. In the above-described second embodiment, the standard message data and the product data are input by voice and recorded in advance. However, the standard message data is input by voice, and the voice is recognized, and the recognition result ( (Character string code) may be registered as fixed message data. In this case, if a discrete generation method by a specific speaker is adopted as the speech recognition device and the number of recognition words is limited to some extent, it can be realized by a simple speech recognition device. In this case, if the product name and unit price are called from the PLU master file and incorporated into the fixed message data, it is not necessary to input the product data by voice, and the voice recognition is not required.

[0022]

According to the present invention, message data of arbitrary contents can be easily and reliably formed by combining a fixed message or product data prepared in advance when creating message data for guiding product information. It can be created and can be effectively used for stores and the like that sequentially output various messages.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a POS system having a voice guidance function.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the server device 1.

FIG. 3A is a main configuration diagram of a RAM 12, and FIG.
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an LU master file 12-1.

FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating the contents of a variable definition table 12-4 without illustrating the contents of a combined message file 12-2.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a part of the operation when creating a composite message.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a message creation operation following FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation when a composite message is output.

FIG. 8A is a diagram showing a message setting screen when a composite message is created, and FIG. 8B is a specification file 12 generated based on the contents of the message setting screen.
FIG. 5C is a diagram showing the contents of a composite message file 12-2 generated based on the contents of the specification file 12-5.

FIG. 9A is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a server device 21 according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure which showed the main structure of AM12.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation when a fixed message is registered by voice input in the second embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an operation when registering product data by voice input in the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an operation when a combined message is generated by combining fixed message data and product data in the second embodiment.

FIG. 13A shows a fixed message file 12-7,
FIG. 9B is a diagram illustrating contents registered in a product data file 12-8.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 21 Server device 3, 23 Audio output device 11 CPU 12 RAM 12-1 PLU master file 12-2 Synthetic message file 12-3, 12-7 Fixed message file 12-4 Variable definition table 12-8 Product data file 12 -9 Voice synthesis memory 13 Storage device 14 Storage medium 15 Input device 22 Voice input device

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[Claims] A product data storage means for storing product data for each product; a product data reading means for reading product data corresponding to a specified product from the product data storage device when an arbitrary product is designated; Message storage means for storing the fixed message data of the above, message selection means for selecting any fixed message data from the message storage means, and combining the plurality of fixed message data selected by the message selection means, When an assignment unit indicating that product data should be inserted is defined in the fixed message data, the synthesized message data is inserted by inserting the product data read by the product data reading unit into the assignment unit. Message creating means for creating the That and an output means for outputting the synthesized message data created Te message data output apparatus according to claim. 2. When a plurality of products are designated and product data corresponding to each product is read out,
The message creating means repeats the same fixed message data in which the substitution section is defined for the designated number of products, and inserts the read commodity data in each of the repeated fixed message data while sequentially assigning the read commodity data. 2. The message data output device according to claim 1, wherein the composite message data incorporating the commodity messages corresponding to the plurality of commodities is created. 3. When the correspondence between each item constituting the product data and the assigning section into which the item data is inserted is defined, the message creating means sets each item data constituting the product data. 2. The message data output device according to claim 1, wherein the item data to be inserted into which substitution section is determined for each substitution section by referring to the definition of the correspondence. 4. A monitoring means for monitoring an output timing of a product message for each product when a product message corresponding to a plurality of products is included in the composite message data created by the message creating means. Reorganization means for retaining the message of the commodity which has reached the output timing by this monitoring means, and reorganizing the composite message data by deleting the message of the commodity which has not reached the output timing; 2. The message data output device according to claim 1, wherein the composite message data rearranged by the means is output. 5. A first designating means for designating an assigning section into which merchandise data is to be inserted at an arbitrary position in the fixed message data, and merchandise data inserted into the assigning section designated by the first designating means. Second designating means for arbitrarily designating, message creating means for creating the composite message data by inserting the commodity data designated by the second designating means into an assignment section in the fixed message data, Output means for outputting the composite message data created by the means. 6. A voice input means for converting an input voice into a digital signal, a message storage means for storing voice data converted by the voice input means as fixed message data, and a voice data converted by the voice input means as a product Product data storage means for storing the data as data, wherein the message output means voice-synthesizes and outputs synthesized message data created by inserting the product data into the assignment section in the fixed message data. 6. The message data output device according to claim 5, wherein: 7. A function for reading out product data corresponding to a specified product from product data storage means for storing product data for each product when an arbitrary product is specified to a computer; A function of selecting arbitrary message data from the message storage means for storing a plurality of fixed message data, and an assigning unit indicating that merchandise data should be inserted into the fixed message data Is defined, a program for realizing a function of creating composite message data by inserting the read product data into the assignment unit and a function of outputting the created composite message data are provided. The recording medium on which it was recorded. 8. A function for designating an assignment unit into which product data is to be inserted at an arbitrary position in the fixed message data, a function for designating product data to be inserted into the designated assignment unit, A recording medium on which a program for realizing a function of creating synthesized message data by inserting the created product data into an assignment section in the fixed form message data and a function of outputting the generated synthesized message data is recorded.