KR100281923B1 - Voice approval system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a voice electronic payment system that can create drafts and payment opinions using voices or sounds as well as texts or symbols. A user interface for entering a command; Text input means for inputting a list of characters; Voice input means for inputting a voice signal; Voice output means for outputting a voice signal; A codec for encoding a voice signal input by the voice input means into digital voice data and decoding the digital voice data into a signal output by the voice output means; Display means for displaying to the user a screen, a text document, a command input by the user, and a process of the command provided by the user interface; Storage means; And a file server for storing the character list input by the text input means and the voice data encoded by the codec as a file in the storage means.

According to the present invention, it is possible to express clearly the intention of the drafter and the payer, quickly and conveniently create a document, and easily implement the authentication function by using the voice of the individual as the settlement seal.

Description

Voice electronic approval system {Voice approval system}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic payment system, and more particularly, to a voice electronic payment system configured to enable drafting and drafting using not only letters or symbols but also voices or sounds.

1 illustrates an electronic payment process according to the related art.

According to the electronic payment system according to the related art, a drafter prepares a draft by using a letter, a picture, etc. in one of a plurality of computers connected by a network, and sends the draft draft 100 to the person who wants to pay. The electronic payment system manages the sent drafts in the database 110. Then, the payer reads and confirms the draft document prepared in the database 110, and attaches the settlement or withholding statement 120 written in letters and stores the draft document again in the database 110. The approver is then notified of the settlement or rejection by the approver and the settlement process is completed.

By the way, in the electronic payment system according to the prior art, the drafter's draft book and the biller's opinion are both written in the form of a file composed of letters or pictures, so that a person unfamiliar with the text expression can present realistic information or express his or her feelings. It is difficult to express properly.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and the drafter or approver writes or attaches a draft or payment opinion using not only a text or a picture but also a voice or a pre-assigned sound, thereby providing a clear indication of the drafter and the approver. It is an object of the present invention to provide a voice electronic payment system and a method thereof, which are capable of quick and convenient document preparation, and easy to implement an authentication function by using an individual voice as a payment seal.

1 illustrates an electronic payment process according to the related art.

2 illustrates a computer system environment for an electronic payment system.

3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the voice electronic payment system according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a voice electronic payment process according to the present invention.

5 illustrates a screen for creating a voice document according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 illustrates a screen for voice playback according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In order to achieve the above object, a voice electronic payment system for storing drafts or payment opinions electronically prepared by a drafter or a biller according to the present invention, and sending them to the other party, reproduces a voice document created and created from the drafter or biller. A user interface for inputting a command for doing so; Text input means for receiving a text input command from the drafter or the creditor through the user interface and inputting a character list; Voice input means for receiving a voice input command from the originator or the payer through the user interface and inputting a voice signal; Voice output means for receiving a voice output command from the drafter or the payer through the user interface and outputting a voice signal; A codec for encoding a voice signal input by the voice input means into digital voice data and decoding the digital voice data into a signal output by the voice output means; Display means for displaying a screen, a text document, a command input by a user, and a process of processing the command provided by the user interface to a user; Storage means; And a file server configured to receive a file storage command from the drafter or the creditor through the user interface, and to store the character list input by the text input means and the voice data encoded by the codec as a file in the storage means. It is characterized by.

In order to achieve the above another object, a method for voice electronic payment of an electronic document by using a plurality of computers connected by a network according to the present invention, in the first of the plurality of computers, the electronic document consisting of text or pictures Creating a first step; Creating, on the first computer, a voice file; A third step of creating a comprehensive document file in which the electronic document created in the first step and the voice file created in the second step are arranged in the first computer; A fourth step of informing, in the first computer, that a comprehensive document file created in the third step is present to a settlement right holder, and storing the comprehensive document file; In a second computer among the plurality of computers, the settlement rights holder includes a fifth step of checking the comprehensive document file stored in the fourth step, and attaching the written opinions written in text or voice to the comprehensive document file and storing it. It features.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 illustrates a computer system environment for an electronic payment system.

The drafter and the payer prepare a draft document using computer systems 200 and 210 connected by a network 220 such as a LAN, respectively, and attach a settlement opinion. Then, the draft document prepared by the drafter or appended with the settlement opinion is managed by the database 230 of the server system.

According to FIG. 3, the voice electronic payment system according to the present invention includes a user interface 300, a file server 370, a text input unit, a voice input unit, a display unit, a voice output unit, a codec 350, and a duplexer 360. And storage means.

The user interface 300 displays a screen for creating a voice document and a screen for reproducing voice on the display means, and inputs a user command by text input means or a mouse.

The voice electronic payment system according to the present invention includes not only text input means for receiving a text list but also voice input means for receiving a voice signal. In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the text input means is a keyboard 310, and the voice input means is a microphone or a text to speech (TTS) device 320.

The voice electronic payment system according to the present invention includes not only display means for displaying a screen, a text document, a user input command, a process of processing the command, etc. provided by the user interface 300, but also a voice. And a voice output means for outputting a draft opinion or a settlement opinion made of voice. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the display means is a CRT display (Cathode Ray Tube display) 330, the audio output means is a speaker 340.

The codec (Codec-Decoder) 350 encodes the voice signal input by the microphone or the TTS 320 into digital voice data, and decodes the coded digital voice data to be output by the speaker 340. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the codec 350 includes compressors 352 having various compression ratios, so that the user can select different compressors according to the importance or storage period of the file. In addition, the codec 350 has reconstructors 354 corresponding to compressors 352 having different compression ratios, respectively, to reconstruct the compressed voice file.

The demodulator 360 scrambles the text list input by the keyboard 310 and the digital voice data encoded by the codec 350, and copies the scrambled text list and the digital voice data.

When the file server 370 receives a file storing command from the drafter or the payer through the user interface 300, the file server 370 stores the text list and the digital voice data secreted by the decompressor 360 to the database 380 in a predetermined storage means. Save it.

According to Figure 4, the voice electronic payment process according to the present invention is as follows.

In a method of voice electronic payment of an electronic document using a plurality of computers connected by a network, first, an electronic document composed of text or pictures is created using a first computer among a plurality of computers (step 400).

Next, a voice file is created in the first computer (step 410).

A voice file creation process will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5. First, when a voice file is to be created, the recording button 560 is selected to start recording, and the stop button 550 is selected to end the recording. Next, select the play button 530 to check whether the recording is properly. At this time, the recorded digital voice data file is automatically stored in untitled.raw. Next, the write to file 520 button may be selected and stored under a desired file name. Next, the compression button 500 is selected to attempt compression of the digital voice data file.

On the other hand, if you want to compress the already recorded digital voice data file, select the read button 510 from the file to select the desired file, select the play button 530 to check whether or not the desired file, the compression button ( 500) to try compression. Here, the pause button 540 is a button for temporarily stopping the playback process by the playback button 530, the volume control 570 is for adjusting the volume of the voice or sound generated during the playback process.

In the compression process, compression and secretion are simultaneously performed, and the user can select one of several compression methods.

The voice file may be obtained by directly recording the user's voice as described above, but may be configured by combining various TTS sounds.

Next, the first computer creates a comprehensive document file in which the electronic document created in step 500 and the voice file created in step 510 are disposed (step 520).

In operation 530, the first computer notifies the settlement right holder that the comprehensive document file created in step 520 exists, and stores the comprehensive document file as a database.

Next, the billing holder reads the workbook file stored in the database to check the workbook file stored in step 530 on the second computer among the plurality of computers. At this time, the authority to confirm the comprehensive document file is given by confirming the characteristics of the voice of the settlement right holder.

The voice reproduction process will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 6. When the compressed file is to be restored, the read button 600 is selected from the file to select the desired file, and the play button 610 is selected to check the reproduced voice. That is, the selected voice file is output as voice by the speaker 340 via the decompressor 360 and the codec 350.

After confirming the voice file by the above-described process, the settlement right holder writes the settlement opinion written in text or voice in step 510 and attaches it to the comprehensive document file (step 440).

In step 440, the comprehensive document file to which the settlement opinion is attached is classified into a short-term database and a long-term database according to its importance (step 450). The drafter reads the database and checks the payment result.

According to the present invention, the following effects are obtained.

First, it is convenient to use a recording method as well as a typing method in drafting a draft or a settlement opinion.

Second, the voice of the appraiser can make a payment opinion by a live voice, so the intention is clear.

Third, even when documents are stored for a long time, the situation or feeling at the time of payment is easily received, and the effect of memory reproduction is excellent.

Fourth, it is easy to implement the authentication (Authentication) function by using the voice of the person as the approval seal.

Claims (10)

In the electronic settlement system that stores drafts or settlement opinions drafted by the drafter or the settlement agent electronically and sent to the other party, A user interface for inputting a command for reproducing a voice document and reproducing the created voice document from the originator or the payer, and inputting and outputting a text list and a voice signal; Text input means for receiving a list of characters from the drafter or the payer through the user interface; Voice input means for receiving a voice signal from the drafter or the payer through the user interface; Voice output means for outputting a voice signal to the drafter or the payer through the user interface; A codec which encodes a voice signal input by the voice input means into digital voice data, decodes the digital voice data into a signal output by the voice output means; Display means for displaying a screen, a text document, a command input by a user, and a process of processing the command provided by the user interface to a user; Storage means; And And a file server for storing the character list input by the text input means and the digital voice data encoded by the codec as a file in the storage means. The method of claim 1, And a demodulator for parsing the text list input by the text input means and the digital voice data encoded by the codec, and decoding the decoded text list and the decoded digital voice data. The file server stores the encrypted text list and the encrypted digital voice data in a file. The method of claim 1, Further includes a mouse, The user interface is And a user command is input by the text input means or the mouse by displaying a voice document creation screen and a voice reproduction screen on the display means. The method of claim 1, wherein the voice input means Voice payment system, characterized in that the microphone. The method of claim 1, wherein the voice input means Voice payment system, characterized in that the TTS device. The method of claim 1, wherein the audio output means Voice payment system, characterized in that the speaker. The method of claim 1, wherein the codec is A compressor for compressing the encoded digital voice data at a compression rate determined by a user, among various compression rates; And And a decompressor for restoring the digital voice data compressed by the compressor. In a method for electronic payment of electronic documents using a plurality of computers connected by a network, A first step of creating an electronic document consisting of text or pictures on a first of the plurality of computers; Creating, on the first computer, a voice file; A third step of creating a comprehensive document file in which the electronic document created in the first step and the voice file created in the second step are arranged in the first computer; A fourth step of informing, in the first computer, that a comprehensive document file created in the third step is present to a settlement right holder, and storing the comprehensive document file; In a second computer among the plurality of computers, the settlement rights holder includes a fifth step of checking the comprehensive document file stored in the fourth step, and attaching the written opinions written in text or voice to the comprehensive document file and storing it. Voice electronic payment method characterized in that. The method of claim 8, wherein the fifth step And confirming the comprehensive document file by the settlement right holder by confirming the characteristics of the voice of the settlement right owner. The method of claim 8, wherein the fifth step Voice electronic payment method, characterized in that divided into the short-term and long-term database according to the importance of the comprehensive document file attached to the payment opinion.

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