KR101091340B1 - A method and a apparatus of voice communication with mobile phone for speech impediment - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a text message input to a mobile terminal and converts and outputs a voice message so that the speech-impaired person communicates with a voice level signal. The voice storage unit records and stores the generated voice level message signal at a designated address; A control unit for connecting to the voice storage unit, converting a text message into a voice level signal, recording and storing the same at a designated address; Titiwai unit for converting and outputting the text message input by the control of the control unit to the voice level signal; And a keyboard unit for inputting a text message, a control command, and a dialing signal connected to the control unit. Also, when the mobile terminal is set to a voice signal editing mode, a text message is input and converted into a voice signal. Editing process; A recording process of designating and storing an address address when the voice signal edited in the above process is corrected, the process is repeated to the above process, and the process is repeated; A call process for making a call connection when the mobile terminal of the process wants to perform voice level communication with the counterpart; A general process of determining whether to communicate with the other party connected in the call mode or the normal mode, and operating the keyboard unit in a DMP state when communicating in the normal mode; In the above process, if it is determined that the call mode communication, the voice communication process of setting the keyboard unit to the address address state and communicating with the voice signal of the selected address address has an industrial use effect of communicating with the voice level signal.

Description

A communication device and method for speech impairment of mobile terminal {A METHOD AND A APPARATUS OF VOICE COMMUNICATION WITH MOBILE PHONE FOR SPEECH IMPEDIMENT}

1 is a functional configuration diagram of a general mobile communication system,

2 is a flowchart of a communication method of a portable terminal according to the prior art;

Figure 3 is a functional diagram of a speech impaired call device of a mobile terminal according to the present invention,

4 is a flowchart illustrating a call method for a handicapped person of a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

** Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawing **

100: wireless unit 110: control unit 120: memory unit

130: motion sickness 140: keyboard portion 150: Titiwaibu

160: voice storage unit

The present invention is to enable a language-disabled person to communicate with the other party using a mobile terminal, in particular, a text message is input and converted into a voice message, recorded and stored at the assigned address, and the language disabled person is connected using the stored voice message. The present invention relates to a communication device and a method for speech impaired of a mobile terminal for communicating with a counterpart using a voice level signal.

The mobile terminal for mobile communication (MS: MOBILE STATION) moves freely in a service area formed by a registered base station or a corresponding base station (RAN: RADIO ACCESS NETWORK) of the mobile communication network (NETWORK). It is a high-tech wireless communication device that allows an individual to carry it anywhere and always carry it by wirelessly communicating with the desired party anytime, anywhere through the communication path established by monitoring, control and switching of the mobile switching center. .

The mobile terminal (MS) is to increase the utilization rate and to increase the applicability and convenience of real life, various additional services have been developed and provided.

The additional services include those developed and provided by a mobile communication service provider and those developed and provided by a mobile terminal producer. For example, the additional services developed and provided by the producer include a camera, a Bluetooth, a wireless LAN, a radio, Games, electronic calculators, calendars, and the like, which are developed and provided by mobile communication service providers, include text messages, video messages, online games, wireless internet, caller identification, and the like. Is added.

In general, since communication equipment using a voice level signal is a basic communication method, a speech impaired person who does not speak cannot communicate using a voice level signal, and communicates using a text message.

Equipment for allowing the speech impaired person to communicate with the other party using a voice level signal, and there is a TTY (TELE TYPE TERMINAL), and when the TTY inputs a message by text, it is converted into a voice level message signal and outputted. Equipment that communicates using signals.

Since the TTY function is implemented in the portable terminal, there is a need to develop a technology for communicating with the other party using a voice level signal.

Hereinafter, a communication method of a mobile terminal according to the prior art will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a functional configuration diagram of a general mobile communication system, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a communication method of a mobile terminal according to the prior art.

Referring to FIG. 1, a functional configuration of a general mobile communication system will be described. A mobile station (MS) 10 is freely moved in a service area formed by a base station (RAN) 20 and connected to a call. Communicate with the other party.

The base station 20 wirelessly receives a call connection request signal transmitted by the mobile terminal 10 and transmits it to a mobile switching center (MSC) 30, and the mobile switching center 30 analyzes the input call connection request signal. The communication path is set by the switching process.

The mobile terminal 10 performs wireless communication while moving with the other party connected to the communication path set by the mobile switching center 30.

The portable terminal 10 communicates with the other party to which the call is connected, using a voice level signal, a text message, and a multimedia communication method including a video signal.                         

When the mobile terminal 10 intends to communicate with the other party using a voice level signal, the mobile terminal 10 uses only a voice level signal, and performs a text message communication when a text message communication using numbers, letters and symbols is performed. When the video signal is included in the audio signal and the text message signal, the multimedia communication is performed.

When the user of the mobile terminal has a speech impairment, there is a method of transmitting a message of his or her intention by using a text message, but there is a problem such as being rejected by the other party and slowing down the communication speed.

Hereinafter, a communication method of a mobile terminal according to the prior art will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

When communicating with the other party using the mobile terminal 10 for mobile communication (S10), a dialing (DIALING) of a unique number (ID) designating the other party is inputted and called, thereby making a call connection process for establishing a communication path (S20).

When the portable terminal 10 intends to communicate with the called party by a voice level signal (S30), the voice terminal generates a voice level signal and transmits the signal to the other party, thereby communicating (S40), and a text signal with the connected party. If you want to communicate using (S50), and generates a text message containing a number, letters and symbols, and transmits to the other party to communicate with the text message (S60).

In the method of communicating a text message, a very long time is required to deliver a certain content of the intention, and thus there is a problem in that a rejection is generated from the other party and communication is not smooth.                         

In addition, in the case of a speech impaired, even if a speech level signal can be heard, a speech level signal for communication cannot be generated, and there is a problem in that a text message must be prepared and delivered for the user's expression.

In particular, in order to use a voice recognition technology (Patent Publication No. 1020020052004, Utility Model Publication No. 2019970015521, etc.) that are widely applied to a mobile terminal, a voice level signal should be generated, and in order to generate the voice level signal, a TTY ( TELE TYPE TERMINAL) Equipment should be used.

However, in order to generate a voice level signal, the TTY device generates and inputs a text message, converts the input text message into a voice signal, and outputs the voice message. The TTY device is expensive, bulky, and difficult to carry. At the same time, there are still problems such as taking time to communicate directly with the other party.

The present invention adds a function for converting and managing text messages into voice level signals in a mobile terminal, recording the voice level signals frequently used in a conversation at a specified address, and corresponding voices of the address address input from the keyboard unit in a call mode. It is an object of the present invention to provide a speech impaired communication device and method of a mobile terminal in which a speech impaired person communicates with a counterpart using a speech signal.

The present invention has been made in order to achieve the above object, the voice storage unit for recording and storing the written voice message message at a specified address; A control unit for connecting to the voice storage unit, converting a text message into a voice level signal, recording and storing the same at a designated address; A teewai unit for converting and outputting a text message input by a control of the controller into a corresponding voice level signal; And a keyboard unit connected to the controller for inputting a text message, a control command, and a dialing signal.

In addition, the present invention has been made in order to achieve the above object, the process of inputting a text message when the mobile terminal is set to the audio signal editing mode, and converting and confirming the voice signal; A recording process of designating and storing an address address when the voice signal edited in the above process is corrected, and the process is repeated after the process is repeated; A call process for making a call connection when a voice level communication with the other party is performed by the portable terminal of the process; A general process of determining whether to communicate with the other party connected in the call mode or the normal mode, and operating the keyboard unit in a DMP state when communicating in the normal mode; If it is determined that the call mode communication in the above process, it is characterized in that the voice call process of setting the keyboard to the address address state and communicating with the voice signal of the selected address.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In order to explain the present invention, FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of a speech impaired call device of a mobile terminal according to the present invention, and FIG.

Referring to FIG. 3, the communication device for the speech impaired of the mobile terminal according to the present invention will be described. The wireless communication with the base station RAN under the control of the control unit 110 provided in the mobile terminal for mobile communication and the communication signal Wireless unit 100 for wireless transmission and reception,

It connects to the wireless unit 100, converts a text message into a voice level signal, records and stores it at a designated address, and outputs it. The control command applied from the keyboard unit 140 is analyzed and the edit mode, the call mode, and general Set and operate the mode, and in the edit mode, the text message applied from the keyboard unit 140 is applied to the voice generating unit 150 (hereinafter referred to as 'Titiwai') and converted into a corresponding voice level signal and outputted. Record and store the converted voice level signal at a predetermined address of the voice storage unit 160. In the call mode, an address address applied from the keyboard unit 140 is recognized as a corresponding address of the voice storage unit 160. And a control unit 110 for retrieving and outputting a voice level signal, and recognizing and processing a signal applied from the keyboard unit 140 as a corresponding DMF (DUAL TONE MULTI FREQUENCY) signal in a normal mode,

A memory unit 120 connected to the controller 110 to record and output an operation program and data;

A motion sickness unit 130 which is connected to the control unit 110 and inputs and outputs an audio signal, a text message signal and a video signal according to the control;

It is connected to the control unit 110 and inputs a text message, a control command and a dialing signal. In a call mode, a keyboard input unit selects and inputs an address address in which a voice level signal is recorded, and inputs a DFM signal in a normal mode. 140,

The text message input by the control of the control unit 110 is converted into the corresponding voice level signal and outputted, and the text message applied from the keyboard unit 140 is input by the control signal of the control unit 110 and the corresponding voice level. Titiwai unit 150 to convert the signal to output;

Recording and storing the voice level message signal generated by the control of the control unit 110 at the designated address, and outputting the voice level signal generated by the TTY Y unit 150 to the address address designated by the control of the control unit 110. A voice storage unit 160 for recording, storing, and outputting the data is included.

Hereinafter, according to the present invention having the above-described configuration, it will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, the communication device for the speech impaired of the mobile terminal.

The mobile terminal can hear a voice level signal, but a speech impaired person who cannot speak can communicate with the other party using a voice level signal, and integrally inputs a signal written in a text message through the keyboard 140. The tee Y unit 150 is configured to convert the voice signal into a voice level signal, and records and stores the same at a predetermined address of the voice storage unit 160.

In general, in the case of communication using a voice level signal, a word or expression that is frequently used is known, for example, by about 10 or so by statistics, and the voice storage unit 160 of the present invention has a plurality of voices. Sufficient capacity is allocated for storing emergency signals.                     

When the operating power is first applied, the control unit 110 reads an operation program and data from the memory unit 120, and enters a standby state for operating a mobile communication function and an additional service provided by the mobile terminal MS. In particular, according to the present invention, a function of allowing a speech-impaired person to make a call using a voice level signal is set.

The control unit 110 in the above state monitors the keyboard unit 140, inputs a text message, converts it into a voice level signal, and selects an editing mode for recording and storing it at a designated address, or at the address. Searching and outputting the recorded voice level signal to determine whether the call mode for communicating with the other party with the voice level signal is selected, or whether the normal mode for directly inputting the voice level signal is selected.

In the determination of the controller 110, if a control command for selecting an edit mode is applied from the keyboard unit 140, the text message input from the keyboard unit 140 is operated by operating the edit mode. It applies to, and controls the Titiwai unit 150 to convert a text message to a voice level signal.

As described above, the voice-level signal converted by the TTY Y unit 150 is recorded and stored in the voice storage unit 160 as a corresponding address address value by the address address input from the keyboard unit 140.

The controller 110 analyzes a control command input from the keyboard 140, and when it is determined that the mobile terminal MS is operated in the general mode, sets the keyboard 140 to a DMP state. When each key button is input, the corresponding dual tone frequency is generated.                     

When the control unit 110 monitors the keyboard unit 140 and inputs a corresponding control command to set a call mode, the controller 110 sets the keyboard unit 140 to an address address state and is applied from the keyboard unit 140. The signal is recognized as a signal designating a predetermined address, and outputs a voice level signal recorded and stored at the address, so as to communicate with the called party.

In addition, the controller 110 monitors the keyboard unit 140 and when a unique number (ID) is dialed and input for voice level communication with a designated counterpart, the controller 110 accesses the base station through the wireless unit 100 and establishes a call connection. As requested, the communication path with the designated counterpart is connected.

As described above, when the communication path is established by the call connection with the other party, and the user wants to communicate in the call mode, the language-disabled person enters, for example, the first key button of the keyboard unit 140, the control unit 110 The voice level signal recorded at address 1 of the voice storage unit 160 by the control, the voice level signal "Hello, anything" is wirelessly transmitted to the other party, and the other party who recognizes the voice level signal If the response is output through the motion sickness, the language impaired is audible state, so check the other party's reply, and repeats the process of inputting the address where the voice level signal to be transmitted in the next order, the voice with the other party Communicate quickly using grade signals.

Therefore, the speech-impaired person who can hear but cannot speak has an advantage of communicating with the called party using a pre-edited voice level signal.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying Figure 4, by way of the present invention, it will be described in the speech method of the handicapped handset.

When the mobile communication terminal (MS) is set to the voice signal editing mode, the user inputs a text message and converts and confirms it into a voice signal. Process (S100); Writing and inputting a text message through the keyboard unit when the editing mode is operated in step S100; An editing process of converting and confirming the text message input in the step S110 into a voice signal by the T-ty unit 150 and checking it (S120);

In the case of modifying the voice signal edited in the editing process, it is fed back to the editing process, and if it is not corrected, the address address is designated and stored, and it is determined whether to check and correct the voice signal converted in the editing process. Process (S130); If it is determined in the step (S130) and corrected, the process is repeated to return to the editing process (S110), and if not corrected, the recording comprising the step of recording and storing the identified voice signal at a specified address (S140) Process,

A step of making a call connection when a voice level communication with the other party is performed by the portable terminal MS of the recording process, and determining whether to communicate with the other party using a voice signal (S150); In the process (S150), if you want to communicate with the other party using a voice signal, the calling process comprises the step (S160) of setting a communication path because the call connection request by dialing (DIALING) the other party's unique number (ID);

In the calling process, it is determined whether the communication with the connected party is in the call mode or the normal mode, and when the communication is conducted in the normal mode, the keyboard unit is operated in a DTP state, and the voice signal stored in the address with the connected party is used. Determining whether to communicate in a call mode or a normal mode in which a voice level signal is directly input (S170); When the communication in the normal mode in the step (S170) and the keyboard unit 140 is set to the DTMF state (DTMF) state and the general process consisting of directly inputting the voice level signal (S210),

In the general process, if the communication mode communication is determined, the keyboard unit 140 is set to the address address state and the voice signal of the selected address is communicated. In the communication mode, the keyboard unit 140 is the address address state. Setting to S180; Outputting a voice signal of an address address selected and input from the keyboard unit 140 in step S180 and transmitting the same to a counterpart at step S190; If it is determined whether to continue the communication of the process (S190) and continues, it consists of a voice call process consisting of the process of repeating the process (S200).

Hereinafter, according to the present invention having the above-described configuration, it will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, a method for calling a handicapped person of a mobile terminal.

When the control command for monitoring the keyboard 140 and setting an edit mode is input (S100), the controller 110 of the mobile terminal MS inputs a text message from the keyboard 140 (S110). ), The input text message is converted into a voice level signal by controlling the TTY unit 150 and checks the contents of the converted voice level signal (S120).

It is determined whether or not to modify the contents of the voice level signal confirmed as described above (S130), and if the contents are changed and modified in the determination (S130), it is returned to the editing process (S110) and repeated to correct, If the modification is completed or does not correct, the recording is stored in the designated address of the voice storage unit 160 by the address address applied from the keyboard unit 140 (S140).

If the control unit 110 monitors the keyboard unit 140 and determines that a control command for communicating with a designated party with a voice level signal is input (S150), the control unit 110 transmits the input dialing signal and the call connection request signal to the wireless unit ( Since it is transmitted to the base station RAN through 100), it is applied to the mobile switching center (MSC), and the communication path is set by the switching process of the mobile switching center (MSC), so that the communication path setting with the designated counterpart is completed. (S160).

As described above, it is determined whether to communicate with the other party connected to the communication path set by the call connection in the communication mode or the general mode (S170), and in the determination (S170), directly input the voice level signal. In the case of communication with the controller, the keyboard unit 140 is set to the DTMF state to perform communication (S210).

When the control unit 110 determines that the call mode operation state in the general process (S170), the keyboard unit 140 is set to an address address state (S180), which is input through the keyboard unit 140. The address is applied to the voice storage unit 160, and the voice-level signal recorded and stored at the address address is output from the voice storage unit 160 and transmitted to the other party connected through the wireless unit 100 to communicate. In step S190, if the communication using the voice level signal is continued, the above process is repeated, and thus, the voice level signal communication for the speech impaired is continued, otherwise, the process ends (S200).                     

According to the present invention, the text message is inputted, converted into a voice level signal, recorded and stored in a designated address, and the corresponding address is outputted when communicating with the other party. There is an advantage that can communicate by using a class signal.

In the present invention, since the text message is inputted to the mobile terminal and processed by the user, the voice signal is converted into a voice signal, stored in a designated address, and output during communication with the other party. There is.

In addition, since the text message is converted into a voice signal in the mobile terminal, there is a convenient effect of distributing expensive Titi and this function at a low cost.

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A keyboard unit for receiving a text message; A voice generation unit for converting a content of a text message input through the keyboard unit into a voice signal; A voice storage unit for storing the voice signal converted by the voice generator at a designated address; And And a control unit for storing an address address where the voice signal is stored and outputting a voice signal stored at an address address corresponding to a number input in a call mode. The method according to claim 1, Motion sickness unit for inputting and outputting audio signal, text message signal and video signal under the control of the control unit; A memory unit connected to the control unit to record and output an operation program and data; And a wireless unit for wirelessly connecting to the base station and wirelessly transmitting and receiving a communication signal under the control of the control unit. delete delete delete The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit, Analyzing the control command applied from the keyboard unit and setting and operating an edit mode, a call mode and a normal mode, in the edit mode, a text message applied from the keyboard unit is applied to the voice generating unit and converted into a corresponding voice signal and outputted, The converted and output voice signal is stored in a predetermined address of the voice storage unit, and in a call mode, an address address applied from the keyboard unit is recognized as a corresponding address of the voice storage unit, and the corresponding voice signal is searched and outputted for communication. In the normal mode, a speech impaired communication device of a mobile terminal, characterized in that for processing the signal applied from the keyboard unit to recognize the DMP signal. An editing process of receiving a text message and converting a content corresponding to the input text message into a voice signal when the voice signal editing mode is executed; A recording process of storing the converted voice signal at a designated address; When a call mode using the voice signal is set during voice communication with the other party, And a step of outputting a voice signal stored at an address address corresponding to a number input on a keyboard to the counterpart. The method of claim 7, wherein the editing process, Determining whether to operate an edit mode for inputting a text message into a mobile terminal and converting the voice signal into a voice signal; Writing and inputting a text message through the keyboard unit when the editing mode is operated; And a method for converting the input text message into a voice signal by the voice generator and checking the input text message. The method of claim 7, wherein the recording process, Determining whether to correct and correct the converted voice signal in the editing process; In the case of modifying the converted voice signal, the process returns to the editing process and repeats. If the converted voice signal is not modified, the confirmed voice signal is recorded and stored at a designated address. How to speak a language-enabled person with a mobile terminal. delete delete delete

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