JPS58205251A - Electronic computer utilizing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To output a normal sound synchronously with the operation of an electronic computer by repeating such the operation as reducing a next mute part which continues to detection standby state by longer than specific length, before a normal sound signal part on a magnetic tape ends. CONSTITUTION:The electronic computer advances a program while making a check on an input from a normal sound part 11 repeatedly. In this state, the computer reaches a nonsound part 9 while detecting the input being a sound part. The length of the nonsound part 9 is counted over a check on the nonsound part and once it is recognized that the nonsound part is a ''mute part longer than the specific length'', the computer starts displaying characters etc., on a display. The input from the magnetic tape is checked again after said operation and sounding is carried on until a next ''nonsound part longer than the specific length'' 9' is inputted after operation corresponding to the contents of the sound signal part 11'.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a computer system in which normal audio accompanies the operations in synchronization with the operations thereof.

In recent years, with the rapid progress of electronics technology such as integrated circuits, electronic computers have become smaller and cheaper. With the expansion of the applications of electronic computers, the use of computers has become more widespread than before.
The need to add voice input/output functions to electronic computer systems is increasing in many fields, and the need is particularly high for the above-mentioned applications called personal computers. In other words, unlike conventional specialized operators and programmers, in most cases it is handled by a single general person, and operations are performed interactively using text information as a medium on a monitor television (CRT) screen. Therefore, it would be extremely easy to understand and convenient if instructions on how to imitate a computer system could be given to the operator by voice in synchronization with the operation of the CRT screen and other peripheral equipment.

Furthermore, in these personal and home uses, computer systems are being used for various purposes such as games and learning, but even in these cases, the effectiveness and usefulness of voice explanations and instructions would be immeasurable. There is something 1,
However, although various researches have been conducted on speech recognition devices and speech synthesis devices, there are significant technical and economic constraints for use in personal computers, and they have not yet reached a stage where they can be fully utilized.

The present invention provides an inexpensive and simple system that meets these conventional needs.

In recent years, in the above-mentioned non-personal computer systems, audio tape recorders have been widely used as inexpensive and simple external storage devices, and audio recording magnetic tapes have also been widely used as storage media. In this case, the digital signal from the computer is converted into an audio frequency signal (hereinafter referred to as a digital signal) by the computer's output device, and recorded as an audio signal on the magnetic tape. When reading data from a tape into a computer, the data is converted in the opposite way and is input into the computer as a digital signal. In this pigeon house, the audio No. 16 on the magnetic tape is supplied as an analog signal to the submeter -7, which is the electronic meter (transformer) 1.
The present inventor (the inventor of the present invention) has arrived at the present invention by paying attention to this point.

That is, the present invention uses a cassette recorder body that can detect audio signals recorded on a magnetic tape via a tape recorder, and simultaneously generates the Niu signal from the head of the cheap recorder as audio through a speaker. , a tape is run on the same track of a magnetic tape on which silent parts of a certain length or longer and the length of a normal voice signal are recorded alternately, in a state that can be detected by a computer. A program stored in advance in the electronic meter roofing machine detects a silent portion of a certain length or more and starts an operation of the computer, such as display, printing, or recording. Repeating the process of making the playback time of the normal audio signal portion shorter than the next one, and placing the computer in a waiting state for detecting the next silent portion of a certain length or more before the normal audio signal portion ends. Another feature is that the back door normally accompanies the operation in synchronization with the operation of the electronic meter by using the audible digital signal as a synchronization signal.

In a preferred implementation of the present invention, by inserting silent portions of a certain length or more into the tape at appropriate intervals, sufficiently accurate synchronization can be achieved even with fluctuations in the feed speed of the tape recorder. .

The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawing (l). 1 is a computer main body, and the computer main body 1 is equipped with a central control arithmetic unit, an internal storage device, an input/output control device, etc. 2
1 is a tape recorder, a signal output device from a 3Q size magnetic tape, 4 is a speaker, and 5 is an external output terminal. 6 is a group of peripheral devices other than the f9, including 9, a CRT, a printer, a disk recorder/transfer device, etc. Signal output from the signal output device of the magnetic tape 3 is made to be simultaneously output to the speaker 4 and the external terminal 5, and an audible sound is generated so that it can be outputted to electronic calculations (even at random). Normally, in a tape recorder in which the output of the speaker 4 is automatically disconnected by 11ζ when the input terminal of the main body is connected to the external output terminal 5, it is necessary to prevent such disconnection by internal modification or an adapter.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the magnetic tape 7, and 8 is a track on one side thereof. 9 is a no-f part of a certain length or more provided for the trigger, 10 is a silent part of a certain length or less, 11.11
', 11'' is the normal audio signal part.The signal arrangement is p
As a rule, a blank space of 1/9 of a certain length or more is inserted before a normal audio signal corresponding to a specific operation of a computer to synchronize the audio.

When running a magnetic tape adjusted as shown in Fig. 2 on a computer system connected and transposed as shown in Fig. 1, the computer first uses a program stored in the computer to run a normal audio recording of 13 minutes and 11 minutes. Continue checking the input from ≠Yu et al. In this state, the user does not know that this y1 minute is a sound part, and reaches the silent part of 9. If the electronic computer is controlled by a program to check the input with a certain short time supplementary rule, it will check and input the silent part of 9, count its length, and calculate that this silent part is " Recognize that it is a "backless part of a certain length or more." Based on the recognition, the computer starts operations such as displaying characters, drawings, etc. on a display or printer, or storing and reading data on a floppy disk device, and If the playback time of the next normal audio portion 11' is made shorter than the reproduction time of the next normal audio portion 11', and furthermore, the input from the magnetic tape is checked again after the nuclear operation, the audio signal portion 11' on tape 7. ′
After performing the action corresponding to the content of , sounding continues until the next "silent part of a certain length or more"9' is input. The most difficult part here is the audio signal part 1.
1' may also have a "silent part of a certain length or less", but the child computer counts the length and converts it to "
The process proceeds until the next "silent part of a certain length or more" is detected. On the other hand, the "fixed length" setting Vr mentioned here should just be longer than any silent part included in the audio signal part. As long as this condition is satisfied, the length of the "fixed promise" may be arbitrary as long as it is longer than the period at which the computer checks input from the tape. If you are a tape woodcutter like the one mentioned above, use an electronic meter J4. (tf) Waits until the next silent part 9' of a certain length or more is input, and when this silent part 9' of a certain length or more is input, it is synchronized and the next normal audio part is synchronized. I agree with you and go 1.

It goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned examples, but can be modified in many ways. .

For example, in the case of an electronic device having an analog input terminal other than an input terminal for a tape recorder, the analog input terminal can also be used to implement the present invention. Furthermore, if the electronic computer has the ability to control ON10FF of the motor of the tape recorder, the present invention can be more preferably carried out by arbitrarily stopping and feeding the tape. Furthermore, for example, the electronic meter J! Depending on the signal from a program pre-stored in the computer via a part of the computer's external input/output device, it is at the discretion of the program to install an intrusion that turns the speakers that output normal sound 0N10FF. It is also possible to prevent sounds that are no longer necessary for the progress of the program from being generated as external VC audible sounds.Furthermore, in some cases, the operation of the computer may be put on standby in a silent section, so that normal sound input is not possible. In such a case, a method may be adopted in which the operations of the electronic computers are made to be the same.

By using the system and magnetic tape according to the above-mentioned invention, interaction with a computer, which conventionally used only textual information such as explanations on CRT screens and manuals, can now be performed in an easier-to-understand format by using audio. , can bring great convenience to various fields.

According to the system and tape of the present invention, extremely natural sound can be obtained without any accompanying signal sound.Furthermore, according to the system and tape of the present invention, the tape recorder is of a single head. The equipment is simple and inexpensive, and in order to mass produce tapes, a process of adjusting the master tape and copying is necessary. However, the tape used in the present invention is exactly the same as a normal audio tape, so the process is simple. The block diagram for the electronic computer that runs the tape can also be stored on the tape as a series of digital audio signals, so a part of the same track or one track on the opposite track of the tape can be stored as a series of digital audio signals on the tape. It is easy and convenient to store programs in the computer.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a recording pattern on a magnetic tape applied to the system of the present invention. Code 1... Computer main body 2111 Ten recorder 3... Magnetic tape etc. signal output device 4... Heater 5... External power supply terminal 6... Other external devices Group 711・”kjJki Tape 8・1111 Tape Track 9.9′... Non-IT machine over a certain length 6 minutes 10...
Silence part below a certain length 1'1.11', 11"1... #e... Ordinary audio signal part Patent applicant Jun Sugiyama Representative patent attorney Mikio Segawa

Claims (1)

[Claims] Using a computer main body that can detect blue and white signals recorded on a magnetic tape via a tape recorder, the playback signal from the head of the tape recorder is generated as sound by a speaker, and at the same time it can be detected by the computer. In this state, when running a tape in which silent parts of a certain length or more and normal audio signal parts are sequentially recorded on the same track of a magnetic tape, a program carefully stored in the computer is used to run a tape with a certain length of silence recorded alternately on the same track of the magnetic tape. For example, the display of the electronic computer,
An operation such as printing or recording is started, and the time of the operation is made shorter than the reproduction time of the next normal audio signal portion, and 1. is started before the normal audio signal portion ends. By repeating the process of putting the child computer into a waiting state for detecting the next silent part of a certain length or more, normal sound accompanies the operation in synchronization with the operation of the computer using the silent part of a certain length or more as a synchronization signal. An electronic computer utilization system characterized by: