JPS6285546A - Reporting system for voice information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To report the voice information freely with a low rental fee of a line and without requiring no specific person at a transmission terminal, by sending the report information containing character codes through the transmission terminal, converting the report information into voices by a center device and sending the converted voice information to a prescribed reception terminal for reproduction. CONSTITUTION:A single transmission terminal 1 and plural reception terminals 31-3n are connected to an exchange 6 serving as a center device of a system via the communication lines 4 and 51-5n. The report information containing character codes is supplied to a terminal main body 11 of the terminal 1 from a character code input part 12 and then applied to the exchange 6. The report information is stored in a storing part 62 under the control of a control part 64 of the exchange 6. Then the report information converted into voices are synthesized at a voice synthesizing part 63 and sent to the prescribed terminal equipments 31-3n. The report information is reproduced by the reproducing functions of the equipments 31-3n. Thus it is possible to send freely the voice information to the terminal 1 without using any specific person.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to an improvement in an audio information broadcasting method for audioly broadcasting information from a transmitting terminal to a plurality of receiving terminals.

[Technical background of the invention]

In recent years, various information transmission methods have been proposed due to the diversification of information communication, and among them, for example, there is a system in which guidance information, advertising information, etc. is announced by voice from a transmitting terminal to a large number of receiving terminals using a switching network. There is something called voice mail. In this type of system, for example, an anallancer sends broadcast information by voice from a transmitting terminal, and the voice information is sent from an exchange serving as a center device to each predetermined receiving terminal, and these receiving terminals reproduce and output the information as is. It is configured to broadcast information to each subscriber by recording or by recording information.Such a notification method can be used as a general "telephone" without adding any special equipment to each receiving terminal. Alternatively, it can be realized by simply adding an answering machine function to it, so it has the advantage of being easily applicable to a large number of terminals.

(Problems in the background art) However, this type of conventional method requires a specific anallancer to input audio information to the transmitting terminal, which causes inconveniences such as limited broadcast times and broadcast information intervals. It was not possible to increase efficiency.

Additionally, voice information generally involves a large amount of communication information and requires a long transmission time, which has the disadvantage of increasing line usage charges.

[Purpose of the invention]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a voice information broadcasting system that can freely broadcast information by voice without requiring a specific person at a transmitting terminal and at a low line usage fee.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a character code transmitting means in a transmitting terminal, a character code storing means, a voice synthesis means, and a high voice information transmitting means in a center device, and also provides a character code transmitting means in a center device, and a plurality of receiving terminals. Each of them is provided with a voice reproduction means, and broadcast information consisting of a character code is sent from a transmitting terminal, and this information is converted into an R voice by a voice synthesis means via a storage means of the center device, and is also converted into this voice. The received notification information is sent to each predetermined receiving terminal by the audio sending means, and this information is reproduced and outputted by the audio reproducing means of the receiving terminal.

[Embodiments of the invention]

FIG. 1 does not show the configuration of a system to which a voice information notification method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, and this system connects one transmitting terminal 1 and a plurality of receiving terminals 31 to 3n through communication lines 4. It is connected to an exchange 6 as a center device via lines 51 to 5n. The transmitting terminal 1 is comprised of a terminal main body 11 and a character code input section 12 into which broadcast information consisting of character codes is input.

Each of the receiving terminals 31 to 3n is, for example, a telephone (2) having an audio reproduction function. On the other hand, the exchange 8316 is the exchange circuit 6
1, a storage section 62 that accumulates broadcast information consisting of character codes sent from the transmitting terminal 1, a regular voice synthesis section 63 that converts the broadcast information consisting of the character codes into voice, and a control section 64 that controls these. It consists of Of these, the control unit 64 normally performs control to exchange and connect terminals in response to call requests from the transmitting terminal 1 and each receiving terminal 31 to 3n, but in addition to this control, it also performs information broadcasting. It has the following control capabilities.

In other words, its functions include, as shown in FIG. A voice conversion control means 64b reads out the broadcast information and converts it into voice by the rule speech synthesis unit 63, and a voice conversion control means 64b which calls the notification destination specified from the transmitting terminal 1 and converts the notification information into voice by the rule voice synthesis unit 63. and broadcast information transmission control means 64c for transmitting information to the receiving terminals 31 to 3n.

Next, the h re-information notification system of this embodiment will be explained based on the above configuration. When broadcasting information, the operator of the transmitting terminal 1 first calls the exchange 6 using the telephone in the terminal body 11.
is called, and in this state, notification information previously created using, for example, a word processor or the like is input into the input section 12 in the form of a character code, and sent to the exchange 116. In addition, before sending out the above-mentioned notification information, the operator these days needs to provide information on the destination of the receiving terminal to which the notification is to be sent, as well as internal data for voice conversion, such as whether the notification voice should be a male voice, a female voice, or a voice that resembles a specific person. and send out.

Now, when a notification request arrives from the transmitting terminal 1, the control section 64 of the exchange 6 first performs step 3a as shown in FIG.
In step 3b, the transmitting terminal 1 detects the notification request.
Then, in step 3C, character code notification information is input, and this notification information is stored as a character code in the storage section 62 in step 3d. Then, in step 3e, it is determined whether or not the input of the character code has been completed. The corresponding receiving terminals are sequentially called based on the destination information, and each time one receiving terminal is called, in step 3Q, the rule speech synthesis section 63 converts the character code broadcast information into voice according to the internal data, and the character code notification information is converted into voice. The broadcast information is sent to the receiving terminal in step 3h. Then, in step 31, the transmission of the broadcast information is monitored, and after the transmission is completed, it is determined in step 3j whether or not the transmission to all receiving terminals has been completed. If the notification has not been completed, the process returns to step 3f and repeats the calling of untransmitted receiving terminals and the transmission of the high-pitched notification information.Thus, the notification to all receiving terminals specified by the sending terminal 1 is completed. Then, the process returns to the initial state from step 3j, and the series of notification controls ends.

On the other hand, the subscriber of each receiving terminal 31 to 3n responds to the call from the exchange by, for example, picking up the handset, and listens to the voice notification information sent from the exchange in the same way as a normal phone call. You can know the contents of

In this way, with the method of this embodiment, the transmitting terminal 1 can send the broadcast information in the form of a character code, so there is no need for a specific analyte code as in the past, and as a result, the broadcast information can be sent at any time. Furthermore, any amount of information can be sent, which increases the flexibility of broadcasting. Furthermore, by transmitting broadcast information in character code, the transmission time can be significantly shortened compared to transmitting it in voice, thereby increasing the efficiency of line usage.
Usage fees can be reduced.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For example, in the above embodiment, the receiving terminals 31 to 3n are general telephones, but in consideration of times when the receiving terminals are not available, telephones with an answering machine function may be used. In this way, the broadcast information can be recorded, so the subscriber can listen to the broadcast information at any desired time. In addition, in the above embodiment, the transmission of broadcast information from the exchange to each receiving terminal is as follows:
Although this is done by calling the receiving terminals one after another, it may also be done by calling the receiving terminals all at once. Furthermore, a personal computer or the like may be used as the character code input means of the transmitting terminal, and the control functions and control procedures of the center device, the contents of the third group, etc. may be varied without departing from the gist of the present invention. It can be modified and implemented.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As detailed above, according to the present invention, the transmitting terminal is provided with the character code sending means, the center device is provided with the character code storage means, the voice synthesis means, and the voice information sending means, and each of the plurality of receiving terminals is A voice reproduction means is provided to send out notification information consisting of a character code from a transmitting terminal, convert this information into voice by a voice synthesis means via a storage means of the center device, and then generate a notification converted into voice. By transmitting information to each predetermined receiving terminal using the audio transmitting means, and reproducing and outputting this information using the audio reproducing means of the receiving terminal, it is possible to freely and inexpensively do not require a specific person at the transmitting terminal. Therefore, it is possible to provide an audio information notification system that allows information to be announced in a high voice at a reasonable line usage fee.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figures are for explaining the voice information notification system in one embodiment of the present invention. Figure 1 is a block diagram showing the schematic configuration of a system to which the system is applied, and Figure 2 is a control M111 of the control unit of the exchange. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the functions and a flowchart showing the control procedure and control contents of the control section of the exchange. 1... Sending terminal, container 11... Terminal body, 12...
・Character code input section, 31 to 3n...Receiving terminal, 4.51 to 5n...Communication line, 6...Switching machine, 6
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Switching circuit, 62... Accumulating unit for accumulating character code broadcast information, 63... Ruled speech synthesis unit for converting broadcast information into voice, 64... Control unit, 64a ...Character code accumulation control means, 64b
. . . Voice conversion control means, 64c . . . Notification information transmission 1
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Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In a communication system consisting of a center device, at least one transmitting terminal and a plurality of receiving terminals connected to the center device, a character code that inputs broadcast information consisting of a character code to the transmitting terminal and sends it out. a code sending means, a storage means for storing notification information consisting of a character code sent from the transmission terminal in the center device, a voice synthesis means for converting the notification information read from the storage means into voice; A means is provided for transmitting broadcast information consisting of the voice generated by the voice synthesis means to a predetermined receiving terminal, and an audio reproduction means is provided for reproducing and outputting the broadcast information consisting of the voice sent from the center device to each receiving terminal. An audio information notification method is characterized in that information is announced by voice from a transmitting terminal to a predetermined receiving terminal. (2) The audio information notification system according to claim (1), wherein the center device is comprised of a switching equipment.