JPS62232246A - Voice information communication system using personal computer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform information from a terminal side to a host side by audible information by transmitting/receiving the information of voice or pushbutton signal through a telephone line between a pushbutton type telephone set and a personal computer. CONSTITUTION:When a telephone subscriber requiring information calls a telephone set 6 by pushbutton operation from a telephone set 7, the inputted voice signal is converted into a digital signal by an A/D conversion circuit 16, the signal is outputted at prescribed timing by a first-in first-out memory FiFo 17 and it is written on a magnetic disk 11 by a personal computer 1. Then the personal computer 1 reads data corresponding to the information request from the magnetic disk 11 and inputs it to the FiFo 14. The data subjected to timing adjustment is inputted to a D/A conversion circuit 13, outputted from a speaker as an analog voice signal and inputted to the telephone set 7 through the telephone set 6 and a telephone line.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Field of Industrial Application> The present invention relates to a voice information communication system using a personal computer used to obtain commercial or educational information services through a telephone line.

<Prior Art> Conventionally, using a personal computer, data specified by keystrokes or coordinate input is written between the memory of the personal computer and a terminal device, and read out, and the data is stored in the form of visual information. An exchange is being carried out.

In contrast, information communication systems that receive information services online from a telephone terminal to a host computer that has service information using auditory information (voice, etc.) from the host side are being used within industries such as finance or within companies. It is reaching.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, the information that can be exchanged in such conventional information communication systems is provided only through visual information or auditory information (voice, etc.) limited to one direction from the host side to the terminal side. It has been.

However, the provision of information from the host side to the terminal side using auditory information (voice, etc.) is limited to those using a general-purpose computer as the host, and the provision of information communication systems using auditory information (voice, etc.) using a personal computer as the host is limited. It hasn't been done.

This invention was made by focusing on such conventional problems, and has changed the information exchange using auditory information (voice, etc.) from one-way information provision from the host side to the terminal side to one-way information provision from the terminal side to the host side. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an information communication method using auditory information (voice, etc.) using a personal computer as a host machine.

Means for Solving the Problems> The information communication system according to the present invention is one in which information is exchanged between a push-button telephone and a personal computer through a telephone line by voice or push-button signals. It is.

<Operation> The information communication system using auditory information using a personal computer as a host device according to the present invention provides the necessary information by voice from the host personal computer in response to a request by voice signal and information input by voice from the terminal side. Or entered from the terminal to the host's personal computer? Store edge information and make it reusable.

<Embodiments of the invention> An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block connection diagram of an information communication system. In the figure, 1 is a commercially available personal computer as a host computer, which outputs auditory information (sound, etc.) stored in memory according to an output request, and outputs auditory information (voice, etc.) stored in memory according to an output request. Store information (sound, etc.) in memory. 2 is a digital/analog conversion circuit (hereinafter referred to as a D/A conversion circuit) and an analog/digital conversion circuit (hereinafter referred to as A
/D conversion circuit).

3 is a mixing circuit that mixes an audio signal with the above-mentioned information from the telephone signal input or the personal computer 1; a microphone 4 that inputs the audio signal; A telephone 6 has a built-in modem and is equipped with a speaker 5 for outputting an audio signal, and 6 is connected to the mixing circuit 3.

These personal computer 1, board 2, mixing 3, and telephone 6 are provided on the host side in this implementation. Reference numeral 7 denotes a telephone subscriber's telephone connected to the telephone 6 via a telephone line, and a public telephone can be used if necessary.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic hardware circuit diagram on the information provider side, where 11 is a magnetic disk device which is the memory provided in the personal computer 1, and 12 is a dial read from the magnetic disk device 11. A push-button signal output device outputs a call signal (piporapara signal) to a telephone line according to the data, and a D/A 13 converts audio data obtained from the magnetic disk device 11 into digital/analog via a first-in/first-out memory 14. A conversion circuit 15 sends out the calling signal (Pippolapara signal) from the telephone 7 as dial data, and also sends out the call signal (Pipporapara signal) from the telephone 7 as dial data, and also sends out the call signal (Pipporapara signal) from the telephone 7 as dial data, and also sends out the call signal (Pippolapara signal) from the telephone 7 as dial data.
A push-button signal input device 16 converts audio data from the telephone 7 from analog to digital.
/D conversion circuit 17 is a first-in/first-out memory that sends out the digital signals thus converted at a predetermined timing in the order in which they are input, and writes them onto the magnetic disk 11, and these first-in/first-out memories 14. 17 functions to perform each signal conversion at an arbitrary timing, independently and stably.

Next, the operation of this circuit will be explained.

First, a telephone subscriber who requires information calls the information provider's telephone [6] from the telephone 7 by operating a push button, and the voice signal input through the telephone 6 is converted into a digital signal by the A/D conversion circuit 16. This signal is outputted at a constant timing by the first-in/first-out memory 17, and written to the magnetic disk 11 by the personal computer 1.

Next, the personal computer 1 reads data corresponding to the above information request from the magnetic disk 11,
This is input into the first-in/first-out memory 14. The above data whose timing has been adjusted is D
The signal is input to the /A conversion circuit 13, outputted from the speaker as an analog audio signal, and is also inputted to the telephone 7 through the telephone 6 and the telephone line.

The above has described the case in which voice information is provided in response to a request by voice signal.
It is also possible for the computer 1 to automatically make a telephone call.

In other words, the push-button signal input device receives the Pippolapara signal from the telephone 7! ! 15 receives the information, it outputs information on the pressed push button to the personal computer 1. The personal computer 1 executes arithmetic processing based on this information, reads necessary information from the magnetic disk drive 11 in the same manner as described above, and sends dial data to the push button signal output device ra12. This push button signal output device 12 outputs a call signal which is a piporapara signal corresponding to the dial data. This calling signal and the above-mentioned read information are outputted through the above-mentioned speaker and also outputted to the telephone set 7 through the telephone set 6 and the telephone line.

In this way, the information provider's personal computer 1
By connecting a push-button telephone 7 as a terminal device with a telephone line, voice mail, voice bulletin board, and other information services can be performed by voice by selecting a menu using the push buttons of this telephone 7 or by voice. Become. Therefore, it can also be used for purposes such as event information for department stores, sales information for trains, and hotel reservation information.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, according to this invention, the push button type ? ! ! By using a configuration that allows information to be exchanged between the talking machine and the Sonal computer via voice or push-button signals through a telephone line, you can freely access an external personal computer using your home telephone and transmit information by voice. This provides practical effects that can be obtained immediately.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block connection diagram of an information communication system that implements the information communication system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic circuit diagram of the main hardware. 1...Personal computer, 6,7...Telephone, 1
1...Magnetic disk, 12...Push button signal output device, 13...D/A conversion circuit, 14.17...First-in/first-out memory, 15...Push button signal input device, 16...A/ D exchange circuit. Patent applicant: Patent attorney representing Baitulhikuma Co., Ltd.
Sakai - Kanesaka
Naoma Kanesaka Shigeru1...
Personal combination, -Taro, 7...Telephone 11...Magnetic disk 12...Push button signal output device 13...D/A conversion circuit 14.17...First toilet/first out memory 15...Push button signal output device 16... A/D conversion circuit diagram 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] In an information communication system that exchanges information between a personal computer and a terminal device, a push-button telephone is used as the terminal device, and information is exchanged between the telephone and the personal computer by voice or push-button signals. A voice information communication system using a personal computer, characterized in that the system performs the following functions.