JPS6192489A - Electronic illustrated book device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To retrieve specified information from a large quantity of information, and to output it as an image, a character and a voice by outputting the information designated by an input means, by using managing information, pranching it in accordance with an attribute, and processing each information. CONSTITUTION:Image information, character information, voice information and managing information are recorded together with its attribute in a storage means 1. When a control means 3 is operated so that an input means 2 outputs specified information, the control means 3 detects a place in the storage means 1 of the information to be outputted, by using the managing information in the storage means 1, and outputs the information concerned together with its attribute. Subsequently, for instance, an attribute of the image information is detected, a contact C of a switch of a selecting circuit 4 is closed, necessary processing is executed by an image information processing means 5, and an image is outputted to an image information output means 8. The character information and the voice information are also outputted in the same way by a character information processing means 6 and a character information output means 9, and a voice information processing means 7 and a voice information output means 10 through the selecting means 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to an electronic encyclopedia device that searches for specific information from a large amount of information and outputs the information in the form of images, text, audio, etc.

The configuration of conventional examples and their problems In recent years, as the information society has become known, we are surrounded by
A lot of information in various forms! It exists on the island.

One of the factors that created this situation is the remarkable development of computers. In addition to the development of computer central processing units, storage devices that store information have also developed dramatically. As an external auxiliary storage medium, in addition to conventional magnetic tape devices and magnetic disk devices, floppy disk devices have become smaller and cheaper, and optical disks have also begun to be put into practical use. In addition to selecting a storage device for large amounts of information, it is also a problem how to search for and output specific information from the large amount of information.

Due to the situation 1' mentioned in ``2'', the existing large F
7Y: Illustrated books as information sources, such as animal encyclopedias, plant encyclopedias, etc., are added with voice information to add explanations to the two-character information, stored in a storage device, and electrically searched, 11
The realization of an electronic encyclopedia device that can output a large amount of information is T.
JJ Nohtonakida.

Here, it is important to understand how to replace the electronic encyclopedia device with a conventional computer system. A floppy disk will be used as an external storage means for a personal computer to handle information from various illustrated books. Currently, the amount of information that can be stored on a single floppy disk is at most 1 megabyte (1 byte).
8 bits). On the other hand, the image information per screen requires several tens of kilobytes when displaying eight colors, and several hundred kilobytes when the color resolution is increased, which cannot be stored on a single floppy disk to constitute an illustrated encyclopedia. In addition, regarding audio information, assuming a quantization bit number of 8 pits and a standardization frequency of 10 kilohertz, 30 kilobytes of information is required for three seconds of sound production, and the total amount of information for the encyclopedia device as a whole is several hundred megabytes). The amount of information that a flop disk device cannot handle is comparable to that which can be handled by a fixed disk device.Furthermore, regarding audio information, in addition to the problem of the amount of information, it is necessary to output it in real time. In this case, a storage circuit for time axis correction is required at the input.

Due to the above-mentioned problems, it is impossible to realize an electronic encyclopedia device by combining a floppy disk, a personal computer, and a personal computer. Furthermore, if we try to implement this using the current Combita system, it will become an expensive and large-scale system, and it will be far from a system that can be easily handled like a published encyclopedia.

Purpose of the Invention The purpose of the present invention is to search and output specific information from a large amount of information consisting of images, characters, sounds, etc.
An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic encyclopedia device that provides f-enabled functions.

Composition of the invention The electronic encyclopedia device of the present invention has one-page image information and two-character information.

storage means for recording voice information and management information indicating the location where these information is stored together with its attributes; input means for specifying information to be output from the outside; Record.

A control means for outputting from the +jtI storage means using management information, a selection means for branching the outputted information according to rrQ storage stability, an information processing means for processing each piece of information, and an information processing means for processing each piece of information. It is composed of an output means for outputting, and is thereby capable of outputting specific information from a large amount of information as an image, text, or sound.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS The general structure of an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. 1, and then a specific example of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the general configuration of an electronic encyclopedia device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1st [〆: in 1
2 is a storage means, 2 is an input means, 3 is a Ruri drawing means, 4 is a selection means, 6 is an image information processing means, 6 is a character information output means,
Reference numeral 7 designates an intrusion information processing means, 8 designates a picture information outputting means, 9 designates a text information outputting means, and 10' designates an audio information outputting means.

The operation of the electronic encyclopedia device of this embodiment constructed as described above will be described below. In the storage means 1, four types of information are recorded: image information, one character information, audio information, and management information indicating the location where these information is stored, together with their storage properties. When the input means 2 acts on the control means 3 to output specific information in the storage means 1, the control means 3 uses the management information in the storage means 1 to determine the location (in the storage means 1) of the information to be output. address) and storage means 1
control and output the corresponding information along with the integrity. The selection means 4 performs the operation of determining the attributes and sending the information to the processing means where the information is to be processed.

For example, if it is image information, the task is detected, the contact C of the switch of the selection circuit 4 is closed, and the image information processing means 5 carries out necessary processing, for example, according to the data arrangement, the information is stored in the image output storage circuit. The image is then output to the image information output means 8, for example, a cathode ray tube. Similarly, for text information and audio information, the information from the selection means 4 is outputted by the text information processing means 6, the text information output means 9, the audio (-r information processing means 7 and the audio information output means 10). I can do it.

As described above, according to this embodiment, by recording information in the storage means together with its attributes, the electronic encyclopedia device is configured to turn off the tσJ quotient corresponding to the attributes. There is.

Next, a specific example of this embodiment will be shown below and explained in more detail. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the electronic illustrated book device in this specific example. In FIG. 2, 11 is a digital audio disk (hereinafter referred to as DAD), and 12 is DAD.
13 is a control circuit, 14 is a selection circuit, 15 is a digital-to-analog converter (hereinafter referred to as DA converter), 16 is a personal computer, 17 is a light bench, 18 is a monitor television, 19 is an image The processing circuit 20 is a speaker.

The operation of the electronic encyclopedia device of this specific example configured as described above will be described. First, it will be shown to which part of the composition elements shown in FIG. 2 the six prongs of the general configuration shown in FIG. 1 correspond. Storage means 1 is DADll and its player 1
2. The control means 3 is realized by a DAD player 12, a control circuit 13 built into the player, and a personal computer 16, and the input means 2 is realized by a light bench 17 connected to the personal computer 16 and a monitor television 18.

1, the selection means 4 is a selection circuit 14 built in the DAD player 12, the image information processing means 5 is an image processing circuit 19,
The text information processing means 6 is a personal computer 16, and the audio information processing means 7 is a DAD built in the DAD player.
The A converter 15, the image information output means 8, and the character information output means 9 are all realized by a monitor television 18, and the audio information output means 10 is realized by a speaker 20. Next, the explanation will be continued assuming that it operates as an animal picture book. Image information 1-character information for configuring μa animal encyclopedia in DADll.

Audio information and management information are recorded together with attributes.

At this time, since DADll is originally a medium for continuously recording digitized acoustic information, it is necessary to structure and record the above-mentioned information in order to record it.

That is, each piece of information is recorded together with a special signal for synchronization and a signal containing address information. At this time, due to the richness of information, it is possible to set this structuring independently. For example, the information that can be recorded between two consecutive alumni signals is 2 kilobytes for image information, 1 kilobyte for text information, and 3 kilobytes for audio information.
It can be set to 0 kilobytes. This bat information j,) is 1 each
This is the minimum eye position that can be accessed for all four sexes. Next, personal computer 16 and lightben 17,
From the input means inputted from the monitor television 18,
Enter the name of the animal to be output. For example, the selection information outputted to the monitor television L can be input by specifying it with the light ben 17. Recognizing the name m1 of the small object to be output, the personal computer 16 of the controller 16 sends the address where the corresponding information is stored to DAD1.
1. While referring to the management information in 1. At this time, the personal computer controls the DAD player 12 via the Lully control circuit 13, and stores the management information in the DAD 11 via the selection circuit 14. The personal computer 16 controls the DAD player 12 via the control circuit 13 using the address of the information to be output next. As a result, the packing information from DAD11 is output together with its attributes,
The selection circuit 14 is entered. The selection circuit 14 controls the destination of information according to the attribute. Here, image information is sent to an image processing circuit 19, text information to a personal computer 16, and audio information to a DA converter 15 in the DAD player 12. The image information is stored in a frame memory device in the image processing circuit 19 and displayed on the monitor television 18.For character information, a character generation memory element is used in the personal computer 16, and a character pattern is stored in the display memory circuit. The audio information can be output as audio by connecting the output of the DAi converter 15 to a speaker.In the above manner, one page image information one character information An electronic encyclopedia device capable of outputting audio information that provides explanations can be realized.

Although DAD is used as the storage means in the above specific example, any recording medium that can record audio signals as digital signals may be used. When recording information on a recording medium together with attributes, it is also possible to record different types of information for each channel.

For example, it is possible to record the audio recording song "or t" for the DAD channel as voice information, and the 1'Φ9 character information to be recorded in the audio first recording area for the left channel.At this time, the selection circuit operates for each channel, and the audio Outputting the output and image/character output at the same time is 11 functions.

Next, in the above specific example, the input means was configured with a personal computer, a light pen, and a monitor television, but the input means are not limited to these, and any device such as a keyboard, touch panel, joystick, tablet, etc. can be used. Furthermore, although we used an ODA converter built into the DAD player as an audio information processing means, it is also possible to connect it to the outside of the DAD player, so that the J? The number of quantization bits and the number of sampling waves can be set freely.

Furthermore, it is also possible to perform preprocessing on various types of information in advance and record it in the storage means so that each processing means can easily carry out the processing. It is also possible to record control information as a program for making a personal computer in advance in the storage means together with the attributes.

In addition, although the above specific example shows an example of an illustrated animal encyclopedia, other (
The present invention can be applied to many illustrated books, and can be implemented as an electronic illustrated book device that outputs specific information from dog information.

Effect of the invention As is clear from the above description, the present invention relates to images.

Text and audio information and their management information are recorded together with attributes in the storage means, so when information to be output is specified by the input means, the corresponding information is output along with the attributes using the management information, and the attributes are can be used to configure an electronic encyclopedia device that can directly send the output information of the storage means to the respective information processing means.
By processing the information in two steps and recording it in the storage means, excellent young fruits can be obtained in which only four complex processes are required in each processing means.

Further, as a storage means, a recording medium capable of recording and reproducing acoustic signals as digital symbols is used, and a structure is created in which synchronization signals, address signals, etc. are inserted into the area where the acoustic signal is to be recorded. Set the time interval for each attribute,
By using FihW to record various information,
The effect is that audio information can be output for a long time without requiring a memory circuit for time axis correction for output.

Furthermore, by recording information with different attributes for each channel in a plurality of channels, it is possible to obtain the effect that audio information and image/text information can be output simultaneously.

Furthermore, the control information of six means of the electronic encyclopedia device is stored in one recorder.
The fruit of this approach is that a variety of electronic encyclopedia devices can be realized by replacing only the self-recording medium used as a recording means.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic encyclopedia device according to the example of Kikuchi Elf-1, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a more specific example of the electronic encyclopedia device. 1...Memorization means, 2...Manpower effort, 3.
... Control means, 4... Selection means, 5...
... both (elephant information processing means, 6... character b'j information processing means, 7... voice information processing means, 8...
...(+1 month elephant fi42 report output means, 9...Character information output means, 10...Weighing information output means, 11
...Digital audio disc, 12...
...Digital audio disc player, 13
... Control circuit, 14 ... Selection circuit, 16
...Digital Analog 1j Ta, 17...Light pen, 18...Monitor TV, 19...Itlj 1 Elephant information spoon circuit, 20... speaker.

Claims (6)

[Claims] (1) storage means for recording image information, text information, audio information, and management information indicating the location where these information is stored together with their attributes; input means for specifying information to be output from the outside; a control means for outputting the information specified by the input means from the storage means using the management information; a selection means for branching the outputted information according to the attributes; and an information processing means for processing each piece of information. , an electronic encyclopedia device comprising output means for outputting each of the above information. (2) Image information, character information, and audio information are recorded in storage means after being subjected to processing to be performed by specific information processing means in advance as pre-processing. The electronic encyclopedia device described. (3) Use a recording medium that can record and reproduce audio signals as digital signals as the storage means, and store image information, text information, audio information, management information, and their attributes in the area where the audio signals are to be recorded, including synchronization signals, An electronic pictorial book device according to claim 1, characterized in that the electronic pictorial book device is recorded together with an address signal. (4) When recording the synchronization signal and the address signal, the time interval between the synchronization signal and the address signal can be freely set depending on the attributes of the information. Electronic encyclopedia device. (5) A recording medium capable of recording and reproducing audio signals in a plurality of channels is used, and image information, text information, audio information, management information, and their attributes are recorded for each channel. The electronic encyclopedia device described in paragraph 3. (6) Claim 1, characterized in that control information necessary for operating at least one of the control means, the information processing means, and the output means is recorded in the storage means together with its attributes. electronic encyclopedia device.