JPS58195951A - Operator guidance controlling system by voice - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute utterance in accordance with the degree of skillfulness of an operator, by inhibiting the utterance of an operator guidance from the next time, when the operator guidance is stopped forcibly within a set time. CONSTITUTION:When an operator guidance starts to sound from a loud-speaker 8, and an operator turns on an optional key of a key input part within a set time, a forced stop signal is outputted and is applied to a voice guidance control part 5 and a voice synthesizing part 7. In accordance with the result, the voice synthesizing part 7 stops its utterance, and in the voice guidance control part 5, the timer is reset. The output of the forced stop signal is stored by setting a stop flag to a voice synthesizing data storage part 6. Therefore, in the next time and thereafter, read-out of its voice guidance data is inhibited and no utterance is executed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (υ Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a voice-based operator guidance control method for electronic equipment such as an office computer, MAN (electronic cash register), and 1MUX (facsimile). .

(2) Background of the Invention Conventionally, electronic equipment such as office computers has been put into practical use that outputs operator guidance in the form of voice to give instructions for the next operation to inexperienced operators who are unaccustomed to manual key operations. There is. Moreover, for convenience's sake, there have been some machines that repeatedly utter the operator guidance "m-" until the next key operation or the like is performed. Many of these devices are convenient until you get used to operating them, but once you get used to them, they are rather noisy and a nuisance. Also, the 0N10IFIF outputs and stops the operator guidance voice.
There are some that can be specially equipped with a switch, but it is also cumbersome to create 4 0N10FF switches each time.

(8) Purpose of the present invention The present invention was developed against the backdrop of the above-mentioned concerns.The purpose of the present invention is to solve the following problems: To provide a sound-based operator guidance control force type that automatically stops outputting operator guidance.

(4) According to the present invention, a one-hour means for timing the occurrence time of the operator guidance, and a stop means for forcibly stopping the operator guidance being uttered by a key-in signal of an arbitrary key provided in the key-powered device. and a control means for prohibiting the utterance of the operator guidance from the next time when the time measured from the start of utterance of the operator guidance until the stop by the stop means is within a predetermined time. Power formula.

(5) Embodiments of the present invention Hereinafter, embodiments in which the present invention is applied to a personal computer will be described with reference to □□□. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of the personal computer. The input unit IK is equipped with keys for inputting numbers, Japanese (Katakana), English (alphabet, etc.), and function keys. One of the function keys is the mode key for switching between the registration mode, which presets the keywords of the program in memory to start the program by voice, which will be described later, and the start mode, which starts the program by voice. Each mode switching signal of the registration mode and start mode is provided to the voice-tolerant start control section 3. Also, the key mechanical data for each key is l;l)!
bii 4, G-ga 4 dance system (4 each seen in ILiI do 5. During the 10-minute eastward journey of moxibustion, Operator Kaidance gave 9 vocal shots, and the specialist-human power city 1-no-suke.) When any one of the keys is operated, the key operation signal is output as a forced stop 11!l''j for forcibly stopping the operator guidance that is being uttered, and is given to the voice guidance control section 5 and the f-voice synthesis section 7.

It #g # Beni 2 contains the conventional and well-known Honsei, and the microphone (
1) is inputted from 1) into the corresponding digital cover recognition/disapproval data and returns to i/voice line start 匍J#M3. Makun-Ken-Start system Part 3 is df calculation stock shop 4
While being addressed by tii1. In the recording mode, the keyword of the phyllogram and its start address are entered into the memory (correspondence table) by voice, and on the other hand, in the start mode, the 9 keywords inputted by voice are transposed from the above corresponding program and the The starting line (number) is its machine I! A! S4 to start the program start by voice.

t1'# Machine part 4 is a new CPU (central processing unit),
Controls all operations of this personal computer. Then, the voice synthesis data storage unit 6 is sent an fP output command [v
o I Data indicating the symbols and characters to be uttered by OJ, signal to turn ON or OFF the voice utterance of commands and characters in this way 'VOIC'IL ON, signal V
ow:01 0F11', the cadence number (number) to be output when the operator cadence is uttered, and guidance designation data and signals are output and given respectively. Further, the above-mentioned Kaidan designation signal is also given to the audio Kaidan system # section 5.

The voice guidance control unit 5 inputs A (lumba) designation data indicating operator guidance, which is provided with six items, for example, from the voice synthesis data storage unit and a cadence designation signal from the total unit 4. The time in the trench that is stopped by the forced stop signal is measured from the start of operator guidance utterance, and if the measured time is within one fixed time, a flag is set in the color to prohibit the operator guidance from being uttered from the next time. The reset data is sent to the speech synthesis data storage section 6. For this reason, &+:
It has a timer that is started by the guidance designation signal and reset by the forced stop signal.

The speech synthesis data storage unit 6 stores data as described above,
In response to the signal, it outputs sound data 1 for voice-outputting operator cadence, program list, and program statements, and supplies it to the voice synthesis section 7. The speech synthesis section 7t'i is a conventionally well-known device for synthesizing sound based on this speech data, and emits the synthesized speech from the speaker 8. Also, when a forced stop signal is input, the speech synthesis operation is stopped.

Note that a CRT display device (not shown) is attached to the main unit 4.

Figure 2 shows the bond circuit of the 111 machine section 4. Arithmetic control unit 1
1 is a 9 ROM (read only memory) that stores performance circuits, arithmetic registers, address counters, and control programs.
The program memory 13 includes, for example, i+mjl.
A plurality of types of programs are preset using lot words, and the programs are loaded and read out under the control of the arithmetic control section 11. Then, when the start line is input from the program memory 13 to the arithmetic control unit 11 and the corresponding Shuken programs are started, the program data is sequentially input to the instruction decoder 14 and each command is executed. Deciphered, the above-mentioned friend data, signal V
O-work amON1 signal VO-work as oyy, guidance system, and guidance W1 constant are output, respectively. The instruction decoder 14 outputs the address data of the next successive program data and provides it to the control 1 section 11.

FIG. 1) shows details of the speech synthesis data storage section 6. As shown in FIG.

Audio output command [VO comJ is a signal to output each statement of the program being input as a voice vO 0K ON% signal VO 01 OFF is 8R#M flip-flop 230, respectively. The set output signal (Q) is inputted to the set input terminal 8 or the input terminal 8, and the set output signal (Q) thereof is also inputted to the designation circuit 24, 25 and the selector 26KfltlJ.

At the specified time, codes for issuing the commands "GOTO", "νORJ, etc., respectively, used in the BAR-ON- program are inputted as data to the designated circuit 24, and to the designated circuit 25, for example, the Japanese code " Codes representing characters such as ``vertical'', ``horizontal'', and ``takasa'' are input as data. Then, the above-specified 1 code is input to the 1 sweetfish 24, and the 9 code is applied to the voice command data storage &27 as address data, and the f door command data il[l! Voice command data corresponding to the line part 27, i.e., the above command)'
Data such as "GOTO" and IFORJ are read out and output as audio data via the selector 26. Further, the code input to the h inverse circuit 25 is applied as address data to the single note data storage 81S28. This single note data record t
Jito 28 includes the Japanese single sounds "a", "i", "tsu",
. . is stored, and the single sound data that is successively produced is output as audio data via the selector 26.

10,000, the guidance designation signal is input to both the designation circuit 29 and the selector 26 as a control signal. Guidance data is input to the designation circuit 29. Therefore, the guidance system data input to this designation circuit 29 is 6.
The signals applied to the flag memory 3G and the voice guidance memory 31 each consisting of a bit register are outputted as program designation data and sent to the voice guidance control s5.

The flag memory 30 is composed of a 6-bit storage/υ register as described above corresponding to the 96 operator guidance items described above, and stores the flag at a position specified by the above program specification data and corresponding to the 9 operator guidance. The flag is also set by flag set/reset data generated by outputting a forced stop signal. Similarly, the acoustic guidance memory 31 stores one piece of audio guidance data in each area corresponding to the flag memory 3o, and is addressed by the above-mentioned mu designation data and the flag of the corresponding bit of the flag memory 30, respectively. The output voice guidance data is outputted as voice data via the selector 26. However, the case where 7 lags are set in the flag memory 30 is defined as oyν, and therefore the utterance of the operator guidance is prohibited.
On the other hand, if the flag is not set in the flag memory 30, it is turned ON, and therefore the prohibition of uttering the voice guidance is canceled. That is, flag memory 3 in this implementation false
A flag of 0 is an audio stop flag.

Figure 4 shows details of the voice guidance control section 5.

The timer 35 starts its timing operation when the guidance designation signal is input, and is reset when the forced stop signal is output. The time data is then stored in the comparator circuit 3.
Enter 6. - 10,000, the comparison circuit 36 is t nine key human power s
The time data set in the back 737 is input by manual operation of the No. 1 key. And compared to 'jt 1g
I Ayu 36 compared the Aya data and found -1kf! The i number is given to the discrimination circuit 38. The discrimination circuit 38 also receives a guidance designation signal, a program designation signal, and a forced stop signal, respectively, and the timer clock data reaches the running time data set in the buffer 37, and a matching signal is detected in the comparison path 3.
When a forced stop signal is input before being output from 6, a circuit determines 7-sig/reset data to set a stop flag at a corresponding position in the flag memory 3o corresponding to the operator guidance. 3
8 has an output function.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained. Deep trench, calculation 1m part 4
It is assumed that a predetermined program is written in the programmable switch 13 in the keypad 13 by the keypad 1 in, for example, BA810 100 words. 9. The predetermined 61st L voice guidance data associated with the execution of this program is commanded to the voice guidance data memory 31.
To be.

For example, if a forced stop is made within 3 seconds of the voice operator guidance starting to be uttered, the operator considers the operator guidance to be unnecessary, then manually input the time data of 13 seconds.
Set it to buffer 37.

When execution of the program is started from the above state, the timer 35 is reset at the beginning, and the flag memory 30 is also reset. When the operator guidance for one item is uttered and becomes K, the computer section 4 outputs the data of the guidance system and applies it to the designated circuit 29.
At the same time, the guidance designation signal is output and applied to the constant Igl sweetfish 29, selector 26, timer 35, and discrimination circuit 38, respectively. As a result, first, the designation circuit 29 and the selector are both opened, and at the same time, the timer 35 starts timing operation. In addition, the designation circuit 29 outputs program designation data, and the flag memory 30 and audio guidance data 31. The signals are respectively applied to the discrimination circuit 38.

Therefore, the voice guidance memory 31 is addressed to the voice guidance data of the first item, but at this time, since the flag is not set in the corresponding bit position of the flag memory 30, the voice guidance data of the first item is The data is read out, outputted from the selector 26, and supplied to the speech synthesis section 7 as speech data. Therefore, the first item of operator guidance begins to be emitted from the speaker 8. When the operator turns on any key of the key input section 1 within 3 seconds after hearing this, a forced stop signal is output and applied to the voice guidance control s5 and the voice synthesis section 7. In response to this, the voice synthesis unit 7 immediately stops speaking the operator guidance for one item, and in the voice guidance control E5, the timer 35 is reset. Then, in the discrimination circuit, the guidance designation signal, grave, and designation data for the first input item are uttered as voice guidance from the 9 non-active (10'') match signal and the active (@l') forced stop signal. Determine that a forced stop signal has been output within 3 seconds from the start [, flag memory 3]
Outputs flag set/reset data that sets a stop flag in the first bit of 0. Therefore, even if the first operator guidance voice request is received from next time onwards, rC will be rounded to the point where the stop flag of the first bit of the flag memory 30 is set, and the 1st bit from the voice guidance data memory 31 will be read from the voice guidance data memory 31. When the voice guidance data for the first time is displayed, the voice guidance data will not be uttered.

Next, the operation of audio output using the audio output command [vozczJ will be briefly explained. The voice output command ``voowl'' is a command specially expressed in this personal computer to output voice. And, for example, now, from the key human power department 1, input VO engineering CE I'vertical, calculation 4 fill S4 is the signal ■ 0 engineering O
EON', the 7 lip 70 horn 23 in the speech synthesis data storage section 6 is set, and the set output causes the finger to activate the edit 1 path 24.25 and the selector 26Jk. - Also, the sister unit 4t outputs each data indicating the code of the sound "me" and "1-te" and applies it to the designation circuit 24.25. "Yu" from this rounded single note data storage part 2,
“Te” 4! The r base sound data is read out and sent to the speech synthesis section 7 via the selector 26. As a result, the sound "shi [vertical]" is emitted according to the key force. Similarly, if you input 1 VOIOICPR IJ'r ``Takasa'', the voice output ``Takasa'' will be obtained in the same manner as described above, but the ORT display device (not shown) will display ``TAKA8m''.
is displayed.

In the case of inputting VO ENGINEERING CI O LID, the data of the program to be input thereafter is applied to the designated circuit 24 and 25, and the commands in each statement are responded to from the voice command data storage unit 27. Voice command data is read out and inputted to the selector 26, and character data corresponding to the characters in the statement (statement) is successively read out from the monophonic data storage section 28 and inputted to the selector 26, and that one statement is inputted into the selector 26. Audio is output for each input. It is also displayed on the ORT display device. Other power, ■ 0 engineering (: KO?
is output and the flip 70 knob 23 is reset. Therefore, the designated circuits 24, 25 and the selector 26 are closed,
The audio output for each l-statement input of the above-mentioned program is now displayed.

Although the present invention was applied to a personal computer in the above embodiment, the present invention may also be applied to other computers such as an office computer, or to an electronic wrinkle machine to which a voice storage device can be connected. Applicable. Tables regarding the types and number of operator guidance programs as well as the types and number of operator guidance programs are also optional. Furthermore, Bmu 8 engineering α
Not limited to government theory! You may use prefixes such as OR1°RAN and assembler. Further, the time data set in the buffer 37 in the above embodiment is arbitrary.

(6) Effects of the present invention As explained above, the present invention measures the time when operator guidance occurs, and the operator guidance is forcibly stopped by stop life/killing before the operator guidance is established. Occasionally, from the next step onward, the operator's kaidansu is uttered, and since the voice-based operator guidance control system is provided, the same operator guidance is not repeated and becomes noisy, and especially for experienced operators. This is practical for operators who have done this because the operator kaidan will no longer be uttered during automatic fishing without any special operations. Also, when there is an operator guidance that is a disaster, only the operator guidance that has been completely memorized will no longer be uttered, which is extremely effective.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

@ltm is a system configuration diagram of an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a personal computer, and FIG. 2 shows a specific configuration of the computer unit 4. FIG. 4 is a specific configuration diagram of the voice guidance control 1i1s5. 1...Key human resources department, 2...It voice magazine k
k, 3-----・-audio magazine star) TolJ1+41
Embarrassing, 4...Ne 1 calculation - 8m, 5...Voice guidance control i41 part, 6...Voice 1 formation Teitaki regret part, 7... ...IT voice synthesis section, 8...
・Speaker, 11... Arithmetic control 41I! Mu, 1
3...7' ROM memory, A3...
Furisofu flop, 27...1tp7 mandote memory section, 28...single note memory section, 3
0...Flag memory, 31...Voice guidance data memo 1c 35...Timer, 3
7...Buffer, 38...Discrimination circuit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] (1) In an electronic 411 device that utters voice operator guidance, a clock means for timing the utterance time of the operator guidance, and a stop means for forcibly stopping the operator guidance that is being uttered;
Determine whether or not the time measured by the timing means in the trench stopped by the stop means from the start of uttering the operator guidance is within a predetermined time, and determine that the time is within the predetermined time; (2) The above-mentioned stop means is an optional voice-based operator guidance control system that is equipped with a control means that prohibits the utterance of the above-mentioned operator guidance from the bow. % #! The operator guidance control method according to claim 1 or 2] JI, wherein both the means and the control means operate individually for a plurality of the operator guidances.