KR100224121B1 - Language information processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a language information processing apparatus and a language information processing system capable of recognizing the situation on the receiving side before transmitting a message and enabling communication with the counterpart in an appropriate manner.

In the configuration, the CPU 21 transmits the voice confirmation message of the other party and the other party confirmation signal (tone OBh) in voice from the DTMF generator 27 to the other party. When the receiving side is a telephone (person), a predetermined operation is performed in response to the other party's confirmation voice message, and therefore, tone O1h is transmitted, for example. When the receiving side is the language information processing apparatus, the tone BBh is automatically transmitted in response to the counterpart confirmation signal. The tone signal from the receiving side is received by the DTMF receiver. The CPU 21 indicates that the display 12 is connected to the telephone when the tone is O1h, and indicates that the display 12 is connected to the language information processing apparatus when the tone is BBh.

Description

Language Information Processing System and Language Information Processing System

The present invention is a language information processing apparatus suitable for use in an electronic translator such as a portable translation apparatus that displays a phrase in a predetermined language such as Japanese, English, Korean, or the like, or outputs it as a voice output. And a language information processing system.

Conventionally, as a language information processing apparatus, a sentence selected by a user from among prepared sentences (for example, Japanese) prepared in advance is translated into a predetermined other language (for example, English), and the translated sentences are displayed on the display device in that language. And electronic translators such as portable translators for uttering.

In recent years, however, it has been proposed that communication is possible by exchanging and receiving literary information between the above-described language information processing apparatus and another apparatus at a remote location. This means that the called party presses a pushbutton based on a correspondence between a predetermined sentence and a number to generate a DTMF signal, and the receiving side converts the received DTMF signal into the above number, based on the correspondence between the sentence and the number. By displaying, for example, the telephone call between deaf people is enabled.

However, in the conventional language information processing apparatus, it is not possible to know whether or not it is preferable to use voice or tone to promote communication with the other party. In addition, in the case of tone communication, there is a problem that there is no method for synchronizing communication between devices.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a language information processing apparatus and a language information processing system capable of recognizing a situation on a receiving side before transmitting a message and enabling communication with a counterpart in an appropriate manner. For the purpose of

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a language information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a schematic diagram showing an operation panel surface of a language information processing apparatus.

3 is a flowchart for explaining an operation of a counterpart confirmation process;

4 is a conceptual diagram showing a first counterpart confirmation process example;

5 is a conceptual diagram showing a second counterpart confirmation process example;

6 is a conceptual diagram showing a third counterpart confirmation processing example;

7 is a conceptual diagram showing a fourth counterpart confirmation process.

8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of information generation, transmission, and response confirmation of a message.

9 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of transmitting and receiving a first message.

10 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a second message transmission and reception example.

11 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a third message transmission and reception example.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the invention of claim 1, there is provided a voice message generating means for generating a counterpart confirmation voice message of voice information to be sent to a receiving side of a remote site, and the counterpart identification voice generated by the voice message generating means. Output means for sending a message to the receiving side, receiving means for receiving a confirmation signal generated by an operation performed by an operator on the receiving side in response to the counterpart confirmation voice message generated by the voice message generating means; And recognizing means for recognizing whether or not voice confirmation is possible on the basis of the confirmation signal received by the receiving means, and display means for displaying the recognition result by the recognizing means.

In the invention according to claim 2, in the language information processing apparatus according to claim 1, there is provided a memory means for storing phrases of a plurality of languages, and language indicating means for instructing a predetermined language among the plurality of languages. The display means is characterized in that from the storage means reads out and displays the confirmation information expressed in the language indicated by the language indicating means.

In the invention according to claim 3, in the language information processing apparatus according to claim 1, there is provided a memory means for storing a plurality of phrases, voice information conversion means for converting phrases stored in the memory means into voice information, and the recognition means. And voice information output means for outputting a phrase, which is converted into voice information by the voice information converting means, to the receiving side when the receiving side recognizes that the voice can be confirmed by the voice.

In the invention according to claim 4, in the language information processing apparatus according to claim 1, the output means outputs a short-circuit code of a constant tone in addition to the counterpart identification voice message.

The invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that the language information processing apparatus according to claim 1 is provided with transmission and reception means for transmitting and receiving information by wire or wirelessly with at least a receiving side of a remote location in accordance with a circuit medium and a protocol. .

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the invention of claim 6, the message generating means for generating the other party confirmation message to be sent to the receiving party of the remote site, and the other party confirmation message generated by the confirmation message generating means is sent to the receiving side. On the basis of output means for sending out, receiving means for receiving an acknowledgment signal output from the receiving side in response to the counterpart acknowledgment message generated by the acknowledgment message generating means, and on the basis of the acknowledgment signal received by the receiving means And recognizing means for recognizing whether the receiving side can receive the tone signal, and display means for displaying the recognition result by the recognizing means.

In the invention according to claim 7, in the language information processing apparatus according to claim 6, there is provided a memory information for storing a plurality of phrases and voice information for converting predetermined phrases into voice information among the plurality of phrases stored in the storage means. And a converting means, wherein said confirming message generating means sends out the phrase converted into the speech information by said sound information converting means to said output means as said counterpart confirmation message.

In the invention according to claim 8, in the language information processing apparatus according to claim 7, the confirmation message generating means generates a paragraph code of a constant tone in addition to the phrase converted into voice information by the voice information converting means, And transmits to the output means as the counterpart confirmation message.

In the invention as set forth in claim 9, in the language information processing apparatus as set forth in claim 8, the recognizing means is based on a tone signal output by the receiving end in response to the short circuit code generated by the confirmation message generating means. It is characterized in that the receiving side recognizes whether or not the tone signal can be received.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the invention described in claim 10, there is provided a message generating means for generating a message to be sent to a receiving side of a remote location for each phrase, and sending the message generated by the message generating means to the receiving side. The receiving means for receiving an acknowledgment signal generated by an output means, an operation performed by an operator on the receiving side in response to a message output from the output means, and based on the acknowledgment signal received by the receiving means, And recognizing means for recognizing whether or not the receiving end has finished reading the message, and display means for displaying the recognition result by the recognizing means.

In the invention according to claim 11, in the language information processing apparatus according to claim 10, there is provided a memory means for storing phrases of a plurality of languages, and language indicating means for instructing a predetermined language among the plurality of languages. The display means is characterized in that from the storage means reads out and displays the confirmation information expressed in the language indicated by the language indicating means.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the invention described in claim 12, in the language information processing system for transmitting and receiving a message between a transmitting side and a receiving side via a communication line by wire or wireless, the transmitting side stores a plurality of messages. Selecting a specific message from the message memory, and extracting the voice information corresponding to the specific message from the voice memory in which the voice information corresponding to each of the plurality of messages is stored, and predetermined to the voice information. The identification signal is sent, and the receiving side receives the voice information and the identification signal sent from the transmitting side, and if the speech information is recognizable, the first confirmation signal generated by an operation performed by the operator is performed. Second confirmation if the identification signal is transmitted to the transmitting side and the identification signal can be recognized. Sending a call, and is characterized in that displayed on the display means by reading a predetermined message from the message memory on the basis of the transmission cheukeu confirmation signal or confirmation signal of the second of the first.

In the invention according to claim 13, in the language information processing system according to claim 12, when the transmitting end receives the first confirmation signal, the transmitter extracts the voice information corresponding to the subsequent message from the voice memory, and the voice information. And transmit the subsequent message as a code signal corresponding to the message when the second confirmation signal is received.

According to the invention of claim 1, the voice message generating means generates the other party's confirmation voice message which is the voice information to be sent to the receiving side of the remote place. The other party confirming voice message is sent to the receiving side by the output means. The receiving means then receives a confirmation signal generated by an operation performed by an operator on the receiving side in response to the other party's confirmation voice message. The recognizing means recognizes whether the receiving side can recognize the voice based on the confirmation signal received by the receiving means. The display means displays whether or not the receiver is capable of speech recognition in accordance with the recognition result by the recognition means. Therefore, before the message is transmitted, it is possible to recognize whether the receiving side can receive the voice information or the code signal, so that communication with the counterpart can be achieved in an appropriate manner.

According to the invention of claim 6, the confirmation message generating means generates the other party confirmation message to be sent to the receiving side of the remote site. The other party's acknowledgment message is sent to the receiving side by the output means. The receiving means receives an acknowledgment signal that the receiving end outputs in response to the other party acknowledgment message. The recognizing means recognizes whether the receiving side can receive the tone signal based on the confirmation signal received by the receiving means. The display means displays the recognition result by the recognition means. Therefore, before the message is transmitted, the receiving side can recognize whether the code signal can be received, and can communicate with the counterpart in an appropriate manner.

According to the invention of claim 10, the message generating means generates a message for each phrase to be sent to the receiving side of the remote place. The message is sent to the receiving side by the output means. The receiving means then receives a confirmation signal generated by an operation performed by an operator on the receiving side in response to the message. The recognition means recognizes whether or not the receiving end has finished reading the message based on the confirmation signal received by the reception means. The display means displays whether the receiving end has finished reading the message in accordance with the recognition result by the recognition means. Therefore, after the message is transmitted, the receiving side can confirm that the message has been read and can communicate with the counterpart in an appropriate manner.

According to the invention described in claim 12, the transmitting side selects a specific message from the message memory, extracts the voice information corresponding to the specific message from the voice memory, and attaches the voice signal to the voice information to transmit the voice information. do. The receiving side receives the voice signal and the identification signal, and when the voice information can be recognized, sends a first confirmation signal generated by an operation performed by the operator to the transmitting side. If the identification signal can be recognized, the second confirmation signal is sent. On the other hand, the transmitting side indicates on the display means that the receiving side can receive voice information when the first acknowledgment signal is received, and indicates that the code signal can be received when the second acknowledgment signal is received. Mark on. Therefore, before the message is transmitted, the receiving side can recognize which of the voice information or the code signal can be received, thereby enabling communication with the counterpart in an appropriate manner.

Example

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

A. Configuration of Examples

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a language information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the drawing, this language information processing device 11 is a device developed for communication between different languages, and stores a set of phrases (phrases) in Japanese, English, Chinese, etc., and is disposed on the main body by a designated language. The literary case specified on the display 12 can be displayed. If necessary, the speaker 31 can output audio in a designated language.

The language information processing device 11 has a CPU (central processing device) 21 for performing the central functions of various controls. The CPU 21 stores a phrase number for instructing a specific sentence from various kinds of sentences stored in a ROM (lead only memory) 23 to be described later, and a RAM (random access memory) for performing various kinds of arithmetic processing. Has 33). The CPU 21 also connects the ROM 23, the display driver 24, the button input device 25, the speech IC 26, the DTMF generator 27, and the DTMF receiver 28 via the system bus 22. It is connected with each.

The ROM 23 is a read-only memory that stores a program for controlling the language information processing apparatus 11, various phrases, voice data for voice output, and the like. In the present embodiment, since the language information processing apparatus is a Japanese-English translator, the phrase is stored in a Japanese phrase and an English phrase corresponding to the Japanese phrase. Japanese phrases and English phrases are designed to read English phrases from Japanese phrases or to read Japanese phrases from English phrases by simple addressing. The phrase has a phrase number for specifying the phrase, and in a process of transmitting the phrase to another language information processing device via a telephone line (described later), the phrase number is code-converted and the converted code is transmitted as a tone signal. It is supposed to.

The display driver 24 is a drive circuit for displaying texts or other predetermined data in Japanese, English, Chinese, or the like on the liquid crystal display 12. The button input device 25 includes a set button 13-1, a menu button 13-2, a cursor button 13-3, a language change button 13-4, and a voice button 13-5 which will be described later. ), Register / change button (13-6), replace button (13-7), front page button (13-8), slow voice button (13-9), continuous voice button (13-10), send button ( 13-11), a circuit for receiving input data from a key button 13 composed of various switches such as a response request button 13-12, a power switch 13-13, and a setting button 13-14.

The speech IC 26 is an integrated circuit for outputting an audio signal based on audio data stored in a part of the ROM 23 in correspondence with each case. The audio signal from the speech IC 26 is amplified by the amplifier 32 and output from the speaker 31.

In addition, in the case where it is desired to communicate with a remote party by voice, the voice output from the speaker 31 is directly connected to the handset of the telephone, thereby enabling smooth communication. The DTMF generator 27 is a circuit for converting the code created by association from the address number corresponding to each case of the ROM 23 into a push tone and outputting it. The push tone from the DTMF generator 27 is connected to the earphone jack of a telephone (not shown) via the earphone jack 29 and is sent to the receiver.

The DTMF receiver 28 is a circuit which receives a push tone from the earphone jack 29 through a telephone (not shown), converts it into a code, and outputs it to the system bus 22. It is converted to a phrase number corresponding to the sentence.

B. Operation Panel

2 is a schematic diagram showing an operation panel surface of the language information processing apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the part corresponding to FIG. 1, and description is abbreviate | omitted. In the main body, key buttons 13 composed of various switches and buttons are arranged. As the key buttons 13, the set button 13-1, the menu button 13-2, the up, down, left and right cursor buttons 13-3, the language change button 13-4, and the voice button 13-5. , Register / change button (13-6), replace button (13-7), front page button (13-8), slow voice button (13-9), continuous voice button (13-10), send button (13 -11), response request button 13-12, power switch 13-13, and setting button 13-14 are arranged. The detailed functions of these buttons will be described later.

C. Operation of the Embodiment

Next, the operation of the language information processing apparatus according to the embodiment described above will be described.

C-1. Counterparty verification

3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the counterpart identification processing by the language information processing apparatus described above. First, prior to execution of the counterpart identification process, the language information processing apparatus 11 is connected to the telephone via the earphone jack 29. When the user presses the response request button 13-12 on a screen, first, the partner confirms voice message information through the earphone jack 29 at step SP1 shown in FIG. 3, and at step SP2, confirms the counterpart confirmation signal (this embodiment). Outputs tone OBh).

The other party's confirmation voice message assumes a case where the other party is a telephone (person), and blurs a message (voice information) by voice, in order to know that the line is connected by the telephone. (In this case, pressing the numeric key 1) is prompted. The other party identification signal (tone OBh: identification signal) is a signal for automatically establishing a line connection when the other party is a telephone, and automatically generates a tone BBh in response to the tone OBh when the other party is a language information processing device. I will reply. In this way, the line can be connected without knowing whether the other party is a telephone or a language information processing device. In the case where the other party does not need to transmit the other party's confirmation voice message, the other party's confirmation voice message may be removed and only the tone OBh (the other party's confirmation signal) may be transmitted.

In step SP3, it is determined whether there is a tone input from the other party. If there is no tone input, it is determined in step SP4 whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed. If the predetermined time has not elapsed, the process returns to step SP3. This state continues until a predetermined time has elapsed. If a tone is input in this period, the process proceeds to step SP7.

Steps SP7 and SP8 described below are processes for analyzing the reception tone to determine whether the other party is a telephone, a language information processing device, or other. First, in step SP7, the reception tone is O1h (h is a hexadecimal number). It is determined whether or not the first confirmation signal). If the reception tone is O1h, the caller proceeds to step SP9 because the other party is a telephone. The message R) is connected to the telephone is displayed on the display 12. The process ends.

On the other hand, if the reception tone is not O1h, the flow advances to step SP8 to determine whether the reception tone is BBh. If the reception tone is BBh (second confirmation signal), since the other party is a language information processing device, the process proceeds to step SP10 to display on the display 12 a message indicating that the connection is connected to R) XX, and the processing ends. And XX in the message is the device name.

If the received tone is neither O1h nor BBh, there is an error, so the flow advances to step SP11 to display an error on the display 12 and to terminate the processing.

If a tone is not received even after a predetermined time has elapsed in the tone standby state described above, the process proceeds from step SP4 to step SP5 to determine whether a key input exists. If there is no key input, the process proceeds to step SP6, and it is determined whether or not the predetermined number of times of the counterpart confirmation operation has been performed. On the other hand, if the counterpart confirmation operation has ended a predetermined number of times, the processing ends. In addition, when a key is input to something before the counterpart confirmation operation is executed a predetermined number of times, the process is terminated and a process (not shown) corresponding to the input key is executed.

(1) First counterparty confirmation processing example

4 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a screen display as an example of the counterpart confirmation processing described above. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, when the user presses the response request button 13-12 on the menu screen, the other party's confirmation message is displayed on the display 12, and then the other party's voice message and the other party's confirmation signal are received from the earphone jack 29 ) Is transmitted to the other party through a telephone line or a telephone line. For example, the other party's voice message is delivered using XX as shown. Pick up the phone and press 1. Subsequent to confirmation of the other party's voice message, the other party's confirmation signal (tone OBh) is transmitted.

As shown in Fig. 4, when the other party is a telephone (person), the other party presses the numeric key 1 of the telephone in response to the other party's confirmation voice message, and the push tone O1h of the numeric key 1 pressed is transmitted from the telephone. In the language information processing apparatus on the side, it is input to the DTMF receiver 28 through the earphone jack 29. The language information processing apparatus 11 on the transmitting side analyzes the received tone and displays on the display 12 that it is connected to the R) telephone when the tone is found to be O1h.

(2) Second Party Confirmation Processing Example

5 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of screen display when the display language is in English by pressing the language conversion button 13-4. In this case, when the user presses the language conversion button 13-4 prior to the counterpart confirmation processing, the counterpart confirmation message displayed on the display 12 and the counterpart confirmation voice message sent to the counterpart are translated to the destination language (in this case, English). Is translated into voice information and transmitted to the other party as voice information. The telephone on the receiving side outputs the other party's confirmation message by voice. When the language information processing apparatus on the transmitting side receives the tone O1h from the receiving side, a message indicating that the telephone line is connected is also displayed in English.

(3) Third Party Confirmation Processing Example

6 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of screen display when the other party is the same language information processing apparatus as the transmitting side. In the following description, when the other party is also a language information processing device, for convenience of explanation, the language information processing device on the sending side is 11a and the language information processing device on the receiving side is 11b. Subscripts a, distinguish by b. In this case, since the receiving side is the language information processing apparatus 11b, it automatically responds to the counterpart confirmation signal O Bh and transmits the tone BBh as a response signal. This tone is input to the DTMF receiver 28 through the earphone jack 29 of the language information processing device 11a on the transmitting side. The language information processing unit 11a on the transmitting side analyzes the received tone and, upon recognizing that the tone is BBh, displays on the display 12 that it is connected to R) XX.

(4) Fourth counterparty confirmation processing example

7 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a screen display when the other party is a language information processing device and the language conversion button 13-4 is pressed before the other party confirmation processing. In this case, when the user presses the language conversion button 13-4 prior to the counterpart confirmation processing, the counterpart confirmation message displayed on the display 12a and the counterpart confirmation voice message transmitted to the counterpart are translated to a destination language (in this case, English). It is translated into, and displayed on the display 12a and then sent to the other party. The language information processing apparatus 11b on the receiving side displays the counterpart confirmation message in the set display language. In this case, since the display language is set to Japanese in the language information processing apparatus 11b on the receiving side, it is converted to Japanese in the language information processing apparatus 11b and displayed on the display 12b. When the transmitting language information processing apparatus 11a receives the tone BB h from the receiving language information processing apparatus 11b, a message indicating that the telephone line is connected to the telephone line is displayed in English on the display 12a.

C-2. Message information generation, transmission and response confirmation work

Next, after the circuit is established between the transmitting side and the receiving side by the above-described processing, the operation of generating, transmitting and confirming the response of the message information transmitted from the transmitting side will be described. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of generating message information, transmitting the message, and confirming the response thereof. First, in the message information generating operation, the user selects a phrase to be transmitted by a predetermined operation, displays it on the display 12, and presses the send button 13-11. When the send button 13-11 is pressed, the transmission code is calculated based on the phrase number of the phrase displayed in step SP20 in Fig. 8 to create a standard format. The phrase number is information for specifying a phrase and is common to the language information processing apparatus. In other words, if the phrase number is specified, the same phrase can be obtained by any language information processing apparatus.

Next, in step SP21, it is determined whether or not the selected phrase is a phrase having additional information. If the selected phrase is not a phrase having additional information, the process proceeds to a transmission operation (step SP25) described later. The additional information is a letter or word input by the user, and is information added to a predetermined position of a phrase previously stored.

On the other hand, in the case of a phrase having additional information, the process proceeds to step SP22. In step SP22, it is determined whether the additional information is of fixed length, and if it is of fixed length, the process proceeds to step SP23, and the added transmission code is calculated to prepare a fixed length additional information format. On the other hand, if the additional information is of variable length, the flow advances to step SP24 to calculate the added transmission code to create a variable length additional format. The process then proceeds to the transmission operation (step SP25).

Next, in the transmission operation, in step SP25, if there is no additional information, the transmission code is tone output in a standard format, and if there is additional information, the transmission code is fixed-length additional information format or variable length additional information format depending on whether it is fixed length or variable length. Tone output code. The transmission code is transmitted to the telephone and the telephone line through the earphone jack 29.

The language information processing apparatus on the receiving side displays the received phrase on the display 12 if the data can be received normally after receiving and analyzing the transmission code. In addition, in the language information processing apparatus on the receiving side, a predetermined mark (in this case, R) is added to the head of the received phrase in order to distinguish between the phrase searched and displayed on its own. When the user of the receiving side confirms the contents of the phrase received, the user presses a predetermined button to inform the transmitting side of the meaning of confirming the contents. In this embodiment, the front page button 13-8 for returning to the display screen before reception is used as a button for confirmation. When the front page button 13-8 is pressed, the tone ODh (response confirmation signal) is returned from the language information processing apparatus on the receiving side to the transmitting side.

As a response confirmation operation, the transmitting language information processing apparatus first determines whether any tone signal is received in step SP26 and waits until the tone signal is received. If any tone signal is received, the flow advances to step SP27 to determine whether the received tone signal is ODh (response confirmation signal). If the received tone signal is ODh, it means that the transmission message has been read at the reception side. Therefore, the flow advances to step SP28 to indicate that the message R) has been read on the display 12, and the processing ends. On the other hand, if the received tone signal is other than the ODh (response confirmation signal), the transmission message may not be read at the reception side. Therefore, the flow advances to step SP29 to display an error on the display 12 and terminate the processing.

(1) First message transmission / reception example

9 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of screen display as an example of the above-described message information generation, transmission, and response confirmation operation. As shown in Fig. 9, in the language information processing apparatus 11a on the transmitting side, a user selects a phrase to be transmitted from a menu screen by a predetermined operation and displays it on the display 12a, and the user transmits the button 13-11. Is pressed, the transmission code is calculated based on the phrase number of the phrase displayed on the display 12a. This transmission code is transmitted as a tone signal to the language information processing apparatus of the other party through the earphone jack 29, the telephone and the telephone line. The language information processing device 11b on the receiving side interprets the received transmission code, reads the corresponding phrase from the ROM 23b, and displays it on the display 12b. At this time, a mark (R in this case) is added to the head of the received phrase to distinguish the retrieved phrase from the received phrase.

In the language information processing apparatus 11b on the receiving side, after reading the phrase received by the user and pressing the front page button 13-8 to return to the state before reception, the tone ODh (response confirmation signal) is returned to the earphone jack 29 To the telephone line. On the other hand, upon receiving the tone ODh (response confirmation signal), the transmitting language information processing apparatus 11a displays a message on the display 12a that the other party has read the message.

(2) Second message transmission / reception example

Next, Fig. 10 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of screen display when the display language is in English by pressing the language conversion button 13-4 on the receiving side prior to the above-described message transmission and reception. In this case, if the user on the receiving side sets the display language to English by pressing the language conversion button 13-4 prior to sending and receiving the message, the receiving phrase is translated into a translation destination language (in this case, English) and displayed on the display 12b. ) Is displayed. Specifically, the received transmission code is analyzed, and the English phrase stored in the Japanese phrase corresponding to the transmission code is read out from the ROM 23b and displayed on the display 12b.

(3) Third message transmission / reception example

Next, FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram showing a screen display example of message transmission and reception in the case of transmitting and receiving a plurality of phrases. In this case, the language information processing apparatus 11 can store a plurality of phrases in advance as phrases to be transmitted. A plurality of phrases are selected by a predetermined operation prior to transmission and stored in, for example, the RAM 33 of the CPU 21. In FIG. 11, when the user of the language information processing apparatus 11a presses the send button 13-11 on the screen on which a phrase is displayed, a plurality of phrases selected in advance are displayed on the display 12a, and each phrase is displayed. The transmission code is calculated based on the phrase number. This transmission code is continuously transmitted to the other party's language information processing apparatus 11b via the earphone jack 29, the telephone and the telephone line as a tone signal.

Although not shown in the drawing, in practice, each time the transmission code for one phrase is transmitted / received between the language information processing apparatuses 11a and 11b of the transmitting side and the receiving side, the language information processing apparatus 11b of the receiving side. May transmit an ACK signal indicating that the reception was successful, and the language information processing apparatus 11a on the transmitting side may transmit a transmission code for the next phrase when receiving the ACK signal.

Each time the receiving language code processing apparatus 11b receives the transmission code, it analyzes the received transmission code, reads the corresponding phrase from the ROM 23b, and displays it sequentially on the display 12b. After reading all the phrases received by the user and pressing the front page button 13-8 to return to the state before reception, the tone ODh (response confirmation signal) is output to the telephone line through the earphone jack 29. On the other hand, upon receiving the tone ODh (response confirmation signal), the transmitting language information processing apparatus 11a displays a message on the display 12a that the other party has read the message.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the language information processing apparatus 11 is connected to the telephone via the earphone jack 29, and transmits and receives a phrase using a push button, but is not limited thereto. It may be built-in to transmit and receive a phrase. It is also possible to transmit / receive wirelessly by having a wireless transceiver not limited to the telephone line.

As described above, according to the invention of claim 1, the other party confirms the voice message which becomes the voice information to be sent to the remote receiving side by the voice message generating means, and sends it to the receiving side by the output means. In response to the voice message, an acknowledgment signal generated by an operation performed by an operator on the receiving side is received by the receiving means, and on the basis of this acknowledgment signal, the recognition means recognizes whether the receiving side can recognize the audio on the receiving side. Since the result is displayed on the display means, it is possible to recognize which of the voice information or the code signal can be received by the receiving side before transmitting the message, thereby obtaining the advantage of enabling communication with the counterpart in an appropriate manner. .

According to the invention described in claim 6, a confirmation message generating means generates a counterpart confirmation message to be sent to a receiving party at a remote location, and outputs the counterpart confirmation message to a receiving side by an output means, which is then output in response to the counterpart confirmation message. Receiving a confirmation signal by the receiving means, and on the basis of this confirmation signal, the recognition means recognizes whether or not the receiving tone signal can be received, and displays this recognition result on the display means. It is possible to recognize whether the receiving side can receive the code signal, thereby obtaining the advantage of enabling communication with the counterpart in an appropriate manner.

According to the invention of claim 10, a message generating means generates a message for each phrase to be sent to a receiving side of a remote place, and sends it to the receiving side by an output means, which is then executed by an operator at the receiving side in response to the message. Since the receiving means receives the confirmation signal generated by the operation by the receiving means, the receiving means recognizes whether or not the message has been read by the recognition means based on this confirmation signal, and displays the recognition result by the recognition means on the display means. After the message is transmitted, the receiving side can recognize that the message has been read, thereby obtaining the advantage of enabling communication with the counterpart in an appropriate manner.

According to the invention as set forth in claim 12, the transmitting side selects a specific message from the message memory, extracts the voice information corresponding to the specific message from the voice memory, attaches a predetermined identification signal to the voice information, and sends the same. And the receiving side receives the voice information and the identification signal, and when the voice information can be recognized, sends a first confirmation signal generated by an operation performed by the operator to the transmitting side, and when the identification signal can be recognized. In response to the second acknowledgment signal, the transmitting side indicates on the display means that the receiving side can receive voice information when the first acknowledgment signal is received, and when the second acknowledgment signal is received. Since the display means indicates that the code signal can be received, the receiving side transmits the voice information or code code before transmitting the message. To be able to recognize which one of the possible reception is obtained the advantage of reduced communication with the other by an appropriate method.

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Voice message generating means for generating a counterpart confirmation voice message of voice information to be sent to a receiving end of a remote site; Output means for transmitting the other party confirming voice message generated by the voice message generating means to the receiving side; Receiving means for receiving a confirmation signal generated by an operation performed by an operator at the receiving side in response to the other party confirming voice message generated by the voice message generating means; Recognizing means for recognizing whether the receiving side can confirm the voice on the basis of the confirmation signal received by the receiving means; Display means for displaying the recognition result by the recognition means Language information processing apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 1, Memory means for storing phrases in a plurality of languages; Language indicating means for indicating a predetermined language among the plurality of languages, And said display means reads out from and displays confirmation information expressed in the language indicated by said language indicating means from said storage means. The method of claim 1, Memory means for storing a plurality of phrases; Speech information converting means for converting a phrase stored in said memory means into speech information; Voice information output means for voice outputting the phrase converted into voice information by the voice information converting means to the receiving side when the receiving side recognizes that the receiving side can recognize the voice. Language information processing apparatus comprising a. 2. The language information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said output means outputs a paragraph code of a predetermined tone in addition to the counterpart identification voice message. 2. The language information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising transmitting and receiving means for transmitting and receiving information by wire or wirelessly with a receiving side of a remote place according to at least a line medium and a protocol. Acknowledgment message generating means for generating a counterpart acknowledgment message to be sent to the receiving end of the remote place; Output means for transmitting the counterpart acknowledgment message generated by the acknowledgment message generating means to the receiving side; Receiving means for receiving an acknowledgment signal output from the receiving side in response to the counterpart acknowledgment message generated by the acknowledgment message generating means; Recognizing means for recognizing whether the receiving side can receive a tone signal based on the confirmation signal received by the receiving means; Display means for displaying the recognition result by the recognition means Language information processing apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 6, Memory means for storing a plurality of phrases; Speech information converting means for converting a predetermined phrase into speech information from among the plurality of phrases stored in the storage means; And said confirmation message generating means sends out the phrase converted into voice information by said voice information converting means to said output means as said counterpart confirmation message. 8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the confirmation message generating means generates a short-circuit code of a predetermined tone in addition to the phrase converted into the voice information by the voice information converting means, and sends the short-circuit code to the output means as the counterpart confirmation message. Language information processing apparatus characterized by. 9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the recognizing means recognizes whether or not the receiving side can receive the tone signal based on the tone signal output by the receiving side in response to the short circuit code generated by the confirmation message generating means. Language information processing apparatus, characterized in that. Message generating means for generating a message for each phrase to be sent to a receiving side of a remote place; Output means for sending the message generated by the message generating means to the receiving side; Receiving means for receiving a confirmation signal generated by an operation performed by an operator on the receiving side in response to a message output from the output means; Recognizing means for recognizing whether the receiving end has read the message based on the confirmation signal received by the receiving means; Display means for displaying the recognition result by the recognition means Language information processing apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 10, Storage means for storing phrases in a plurality of languages, and language indicating means for instructing a predetermined language among the plurality of phrases, And said display means reads out from and displays confirmation information expressed in the language indicated by said language indicating means from said storage means. In a language information processing system for sending and receiving messages between a transmitting side and a receiving side through a wired or wireless communication line, The transmitting side selects a specific message from a message memory in which a plurality of messages are stored, and simultaneously obtains voice information corresponding to the specific message from a voice memory in which voice information corresponding to each of the plurality of messages is stored. Extract the audio signal with a predetermined identification signal, The receiving side receives the voice information and the identification signal transmitted from the transmitting side, and if the recognition of the voice information is possible, sends the first confirmation signal generated by the operation performed by the operator to the transmitting side, and When the identification signal can be recognized, a second confirmation signal is sent. And said transmitting side reads a predetermined message from said message memory on the basis of said first confirmation signal or said second confirmation signal and displays it on the display means. The method of claim 12, When the transmitting side receives the first confirmation signal, the transmitting side extracts the voice information corresponding to the subsequent message from the voice memory, and transmits the voice information. And when the second confirmation signal is received, transmits a subsequent message as a code signal corresponding to the message.

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