KR101919453B1 - Wireless Terminal and Information Processing Method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless terminal, an information processing method and a recording medium, and a wireless terminal according to the present invention is a wireless terminal that confirms whether the wireless terminal is located in a vehicle based on a communication device and a short- When the wireless terminal is located in the vehicle, the character information received through one of the first to Nth applications for transmitting and receiving character information included in the wireless terminal, And activates the handsfree apparatus or the vehicle communication apparatus when the handsfree apparatus or the vehicle communication apparatus is inactivated after confirming whether or not the handsfree apparatus or the vehicle communication apparatus connected via the short distance communication with the wireless terminal is activated, And transmits the converted voice information to the hands-free device or the vehicle communication Processes such that the audio information output via the value.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to a wireless terminal and a wireless terminal,

The present invention confirms that the position of the wireless terminal is located in the vehicle, converts the character information received by the wireless terminal into voice information, and outputs the voice information.

2. Description of the Related Art [0002] In recent years, with the spread of mobile messenger, various IM (Instant Messenger) applications such as a conventional email application and a short message service (SMS) application, But also various types of character information receiving means instead of two.

However, many of the character information receiving means, when the user is in operation, occasionally receive the character information, and thus the driver's gaze is dispersed, which may cause a risk factor when driving the vehicle.

On the other hand, with the development of a TTS (Text to Speech) engine that converts character information into voice information, users can output character information received by a wireless terminal as voice information.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-2002-0094988 (a speech synthesis method and a speech synthesis apparatus implementing the same) describes an apparatus and a method capable of synthesizing a specific sentence with an arbitrary speech.

However, even if such a TTS engine is provided in the wireless terminal, in the case of receiving character information, the user must operate the corresponding TTS engine, and if the TTS engine is forgotten to operate while driving the vehicle, Only.

It is an object of the present invention to overcome the above-mentioned problem, and it is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile terminal, Through a communication device of a vehicle or a hands-free device connected through a local communication channel, the user is required to directly operate the TTS engine to get on the vehicle, and at the same time, forgetting to operate the TTS engine during operation, There is provided a wireless terminal capable of blocking a dangerous situation in which a driver's gaze and behavior are pointed at a wireless terminal at the time of information reception, and a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for executing information processing and information processing in a wireless terminal .

The wireless terminal according to the present invention includes a confirmation unit for confirming whether the wireless terminal is located in a vehicle based on a communication device and a short distance communication channel connection information provided in the vehicle, The mobile terminal converts the character information received through one of the first to Nth applications for transmitting and receiving character information into the voice information into voice information and transmits the voice information to the mobile terminal via the hands- Wherein the controller controls the handsfree device or the vehicle communication device to transmit the converted voice information to the activated handsfree device or the vehicular communication device through a local communication channel after confirming whether the device or the vehicular communication device is activated, And outputs the voice information.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a wireless terminal including: a local area communication unit for connecting a communication device provided in a vehicle with a local area communication channel; and a local area communication unit, When the wireless terminal is located in the vehicle, the character information received through one of the first to the Nth applications for transmitting and receiving character information included in the wireless terminal, And a processing unit for transmitting the voice information converted by the conversion unit through the short-range communication channel connected through the short-range communication unit to process the voice information to be outputted through the hands-free device or the vehicle communication device Respectively.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the confirming unit receives short-range communication connection information between the wireless terminal and the communication device from a communication device provided in the vehicle, or when the wireless terminal logs in to the communication device, The Bluetooth device provided in the vehicle and the Bluetooth device provided in the wireless terminal are paired with each other or the vehicle boarding information of the wireless terminal is received directly from the communication device, The wireless terminal may be connected to a power supply unit provided in the vehicle to confirm whether the wireless terminal is located in the vehicle.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the wireless terminal includes an interface unit for providing an interface for selecting at least one of a first application to Nth (N = 2, 3, ... N) applications for transmitting and receiving character information, A registration unit for storing and registering information of at least one application for transmitting and receiving a character information selected by the user of the wireless terminal through the interface unit; and a control unit for, when the character information is received by the first to Nth applications for transmitting and receiving the character information, If the application for sending and receiving the character information for receiving the character information is an application for sending and receiving registered character information already stored in the memory, extracting the character information received by the registered character information transmitting / receiving application, And an extracting unit for receiving the character information transmitted through the application for transmitting and receiving character information All.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the interface unit may include at least one application selecting function among the first to Nth (N = 2, 3, ... N) applications for transmitting and receiving character information, And the registering unit further associates the item information selected or inputted through the interface with the application information for transmitting and receiving the selected character information and further stores and registers the item information in the memory And the extraction unit may extract or receive only the character information corresponding to the item information from the character information after confirming the item information connected to the application information for transmitting and receiving the character information on the memory, , The item information indicates that the application is a Short Message Service (SMS) In the case of a message transmission / reception application including at least one of LMS (Long Message Service) and MMS (Multimedia Message Services), it may include at least one item information of message sender information and message content information.

A method of processing information in a wireless terminal according to the present invention includes a connection step of connecting a communication device provided in a vehicle with a local communication channel and a local communication channel connection information through the connection step, When the wireless terminal is located in the vehicle, it is determined that the wireless terminal is received through one of the first through the Nth applications for transmitting and receiving character information included in the wireless terminal A voice information conversion step of converting the character information into voice information; a voice information conversion step of converting the voice information to a hands-free device or a vehicle communication device connected to the wireless terminal through short- And processing the voice information to be outputted through the communication device The.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the checking step may include receiving short-range communication connection information between the wireless terminal and the communication device from a communication device provided in the vehicle, or, when the wireless terminal is logged into the communication device, A Bluetooth device provided in the vehicle and a Bluetooth device provided in the wireless terminal are paired with each other or the vehicle boarding information of the wireless terminal is received directly from the communication device, The wireless terminal is connected to a power supply unit provided in the vehicle, and the wireless terminal is located in the vehicle.

According to another aspect, an information processing method in the wireless terminal includes an interface for selecting one or more of a first application to Nth (N = 2, 3, ... N) applications for transmitting and receiving character information, A registration step of storing and registering information of at least one application for transmitting and receiving a character information selected by a user of the wireless terminal via the interface; When the character information transmission / reception application for receiving the character information is an application for transmitting / receiving registered character information in the memory, the application is stored in the memory, and the registered character information transmission / Extracts the character information or transmits it through the application for transmitting and receiving the character information It may further include an extraction step.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the providing of the interface may include selecting at least one application among the first to Nth (N = 2, 3, ... N) applications for transmitting and receiving character information, And the item information selected or input through the interface is connected to the selected text information transmitting / receiving application information and is further stored in the memory, And the extracting step can select and extract only the character information corresponding to the item information from the character information after confirming the item information linked with the character information transmitting / receiving application information on the memory .

According to the present invention, there is also provided a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the respective steps.

According to the present invention, the application for transmitting and receiving the character information includes a message transmission / reception application including at least one of SMS (Short Message Service), LMS (Long Message Service) and MMS (Multimedia Message Services) An instant messenger application, and a social networking service (SNS) application. When the application is a message transmission / reception application including one or more SMS, LMS, and MMS, the character information may include message sender information and message content Mail application information, an email title information, and an email message content information when the application is an email messaging application, and when the application is an instant messenger application, the messenger user information and the messenger content information To Or it may include more.

According to the present invention, it is possible to solve the inconvenience that users need to directly operate the TTS engine by directly operating the TTS engine by checking whether or not the wireless terminal is located in the vehicle, and at the same time, And it has the effect of blocking the dangerous situation in which the driver's gaze and action are focused on the wireless terminal at the time of receiving the character information.

Further, the converted voice information is outputted through a hands-free device or a communication device provided in the vehicle, not by the wireless terminal speaker, and the user's reply voice information is inputted through a hands-free device or a communication device provided in the vehicle other than the wireless terminal microphone Accordingly, it is possible to provide a smooth service even when the wireless terminal is placed in a clothes pocket, and the quality of service can be greatly improved by using a speaker or a microphone which is superior to the performance of a wireless terminal speaker or a microphone.

In addition, the user of the wireless terminal can set and register the application for converting the received character information into the voice information among the various types of applications for transmitting and receiving character information and the voice information conversion target item information through a single UI (User Interface) When the wireless terminal is located in the vehicle, it is possible to more easily and conveniently use the voice information conversion output service of the character information, and it is possible to provide an economical .

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and form a part of the specification, illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention and, together with the description of the invention given above, serve to further the understanding of the technical idea of the invention. And should not be construed as interpretation.
1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an overall communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a user wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a UI (User Interface) according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a process of converting character information into voice information and outputting the voice information after confirming whether the wireless terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention is located in the vehicle.
5 is a diagram illustrating a process for checking whether a wireless terminal is located in a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram showing a process of extracting character information corresponding to pre-registered application information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram showing a process of converting character information corresponding to previously registered application and item information into voice information and outputting it according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a view illustrating a process of converting the verbal information of the user according to the method of the present invention into character information and transmitting the information.
9 is an embodiment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The operation principle of the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and description. It should be understood, however, that the drawings and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. The terms used below are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, which may vary depending on the user, intention or custom of the operator. Therefore, the definition should be based on the contents throughout the present invention.

As a result, the technical idea of the present invention is determined by the claims, and the following embodiments are merely means for effectively explaining the technical idea of the present invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs Only.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an overall communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 shows one or more character information relay servers 110 connected to a character information relay server 110 corresponding to a plurality of character information transmission / reception applications provided in the wireless terminal 100 via a communication network, Receives the character information transmitted through the information transmission / reception terminal 120 and confirms whether the wireless terminal 100 is located in the vehicle through a local communication channel connection with the vehicle communication device 130 connected via the local area network, And outputting the converted voice information through the vehicle communication device 130 connected through the local area network.

The character information relay server 110 according to the present invention relays character information transmitted through the character information transmission / reception terminal 120 to the user wireless terminal 100, and transmits characters transmitted through the user wireless terminal 100 And transmits the information to the character information transmission / reception terminal 120 through the relay.

According to the present invention, the character information relay server 110 may be configured such that the character information transmission / reception application provided in the user wireless terminal 100 is a Short Message Service (SMS), a Long Message Service (LMS), a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) Receiving application including the at least one character information transmitting / receiving application, and the character information transmitting / receiving application provided in the user wireless terminal 100 may be an e-mail application, the e-mail relay server 110 And when the character information transmission / reception application provided in the user wireless terminal 100 is an instant messenger application, it may be a relay server 110 for supplying and operating each messenger application, and the user wireless terminal 100 When the provided character information transmission / reception application is an SNS (Social Networking Service) application, Each of the SNS application can be a relay server (110) that supplies and operations.

The character information transmitting and receiving terminal 120 according to the present invention transmits a message or an email including one or more SMS, LMS, and MMS to the user wireless terminal 100, or transmits the message, And includes all terminals capable of transmitting and receiving characters such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a tablet PC, a PC, and a telematics.

The user wireless terminal 100 according to the present invention receives short-range communication connection information between the wireless terminal 100 and the communication device 130 from the communication device 130 provided in the vehicle, Receives a signal corresponding to the login information of the wireless terminal 100 from the communication device 130 when logging into the communication device 130 or transmits the signal corresponding to the login information to the Bluetooth device and the wireless terminal 100 The Bluetooth device may be paired or directly receive the boarding information of the wireless terminal 100 from the communication device 130 or may be connected to the wireless terminal 100 on the power supply device provided in the vehicle through the communication device 130. [ When the wireless terminal 100 is located in the vehicle after receiving information on the charging terminal 100 connected to the wireless terminal 100 and confirming that the wireless terminal 100 is located in the vehicle, First to Nth Converts the character information received through one of the applications into voice information, and transmits the converted voice information to the vehicle communication device 130 (navigation device, telematics device , A hands-free device, and the like).

If the reply voice information of the user of the wireless terminal 100 is received through the vehicle communication device 130 connected to the wireless terminal 100 via the local communication channel, the received voice information is converted into character information And the converted character information is transmitted to the character information transmission / reception terminal which has transmitted the character information to the wireless terminal 100 through the character information transmission / reception application.

The wireless terminal 100 also provides the user with an interface for selecting one or more of the first to Nth (N = 2, 3, ..., N) applications for transmitting and receiving character information included in the wireless terminal 100 And stores information of at least one character information transmission / reception application selected by the user of the wireless terminal 100 in advance in the memory 220 via the interface, and determines whether or not the wireless terminal 100 is located in the vehicle And determines whether to activate or deactivate the extraction function of the character information received through the registered character information transmission / reception application in accordance with the result of the verification, N application, the application for sending and receiving the character information for receiving the character information is stored in the memory 220, If the beam for transmitting and receiving applications, and extracts or perform further serves to receive the character information transmitted through the transmitting and receiving applications for the reservoir, which is for the registered character information transmitting and receiving application receives text information in the memory 220.

In addition, the wireless terminal 100 may receive, via the interface, one or more of the first to Nth (N = 2, 3, ... N) applications for transmitting and receiving character information, The wireless terminal 100 may further transmit the item information selected or input through the interface to the selected character information transmission / Receiving application information and storing it in the memory 220 and registering the same in the memory 220. When the character information is received by the first to Nth applications for transmitting and receiving the character information, After confirming the item information linked with the information, only the character information corresponding to the item information among the character information is selected, Or delivery can be performed more acts recipient.

Here, if the application is a message transmission / reception application including at least one of Short Message Service (SMS), Long Message Service (LMS), and Multimedia Message Service (MMS), the item information may include one of message sender information and message content information And if the application is an email sending / receiving application, it may include at least one item information of the email sender information, the email title information and the email body content information, and if the application is an instant messenger application, And may include at least one item information of the messenger user information and the messenger content information.

Here, the application for transmitting and receiving the character information according to the present invention may include a message transmission / reception application including at least one of SMS (Short Message Service), LMS (Long Message Service) and MMS (Multimedia Message Services) The instant message application may include at least one of an instant messenger application and an SNS application, and the character information may include at least one of message sender information and message content information when the application is a message transmission / reception application including at least one of SMS, LMS, and MMS , And if the application is an e-mail sending / receiving application, the e-mail application includes at least one of e-mail sender information, e-mail subject information, and e-mail body content information, and if the application is an instant messenger application, Group may include an application SNS if the application, one or more of the user ID information and contents information.

According to the present invention, the vehicle communication device 130 is connected to the user wireless terminal 100 through short-range communication (all short-range communication including Bluetooth communication and Wi-Fi communication) When the wireless terminal 100 logs in to the communication device 130 or transmits a signal corresponding to the login information to the wireless terminal 100, To the wireless terminal 100 or transmits the vehicle boarding information of the wireless terminal 100 directly to the wireless terminal 100. The wireless terminal 100 may transmit the pairing information between the Bluetooth device provided in the wireless terminal 100 and the Bluetooth device provided in the wireless terminal 100, Or may transmit information to the wireless terminal 100 that the charging terminal of the wireless terminal 100 is connected to a power supply unit provided in the vehicle so as to confirm whether the wireless terminal 100 is located in the vehicle .

In addition, the vehicle communication device 130 receives voice information converted from character information received through the wireless terminal 100 through a local communication channel and outputs the voice information.

According to the present invention, the vehicle communication device (130) is a communication device that is capable of communicating with a vehicle, such as a telematics device installed in a vehicle, an audio device provided in the vehicle, a Bluetooth device provided in the vehicle, and a hands- May be included.

2 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a user wireless terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, a wireless terminal 100 operating on a mobile communication system or a communication system is applied to information processing according to the present invention. Although not shown in detail in the figure, the wireless terminal 100 may be implemented in hardware (Liquid Crystal Display), an antenna, a battery, and the like, and may include all the functions and configurations of the wireless terminal 100 capable of current or future communication .

The main functional configuration of the wireless terminal 100 according to the present invention referring to the hardware characteristics described above includes an interface unit 210, a registration unit 215, a memory 220, A determination unit 225, a communication unit 230, an identification unit 235, an extraction unit 240, a conversion unit 245, a processing unit 250, an output unit 255, an input unit 260 A local communication unit 265 and a control unit 200 for controlling the respective components and the program. The control unit 200 may be configured to control the operation of the wireless terminal 100 according to the type and characteristics of the wireless terminal 100, Each component can be added or excluded.

For example, when one of the applications for transmitting and receiving character information, which is one of the methods of the present invention, is provided with a function of directly converting character information into voice information and outputting the voice information, the interface unit 210, the registration unit 215, And the extracting unit 240 may be omitted.

2, the interface unit 210 includes an interface (not shown) for selecting at least one of a first application N (N = 2, 3, ..., N) application for transmitting and receiving character information, And the like.

That is, the interface unit 210 identifies one or more applications having a function of transmitting and receiving text information among a large number of applications included in the wireless terminal 100, and outputs the applications to the interface screen, To convert the character information from the user into the voice information, and / or to select the application for converting the voice information into the character information.

In addition, the interface unit 210 may be configured to allow the user to select or input items to be output as the voice information among the character information received through the application for transmitting and receiving character information selected by the user, .

Here, if the application is a message transmission / reception application including at least one of Short Message Service (SMS), Long Message Service (LMS), and Multimedia Message Service (MMS), the item information may include one of message sender information and message content information Wherein the application information includes at least one item information of an email sender information, an email title information, and an email message content information when the application is an email sending and receiving application, and when the application is an instant messenger application, And one or more item information of the messenger contents information.

3, the interface unit 210 includes a plurality of applications currently installed in the user wireless terminal 100, and a plurality of applications 5, which are provided with a character information transmission / reception function, And a Twitter application, which is an SNS application, is displayed on the interface screen so that the user can select one of the five applications as voice information in receiving character information The user can select a target application to be converted and output. At the same time, the user can select an item to be converted into voice among character information received through each selected application.

For example, in the case of the SMS application, the user can select, as an item to be converted into voice, the sender information and the message content information that transmitted the message, when the character information such as SMS is received. In the case of the email application, , The email sender information and the email title information can be selected as items to be converted into voice. In the case of the M & M application, only the sender information of the messenger conversation partner can be selected so as to be converted into voice and output.

Here, the sender information may be sender name information recorded in the contact, CID (Calling Identification Display) information, ID information, or e-mail address information.

The registration unit 215 according to the embodiment of the present invention transmits information of one or more character information transmitting / receiving applications selected by the user of the wireless terminal 100 and item information corresponding to each selected application through the interface unit 210 And stores the resultant data in the memory 220.

The memory 220 according to the present invention stores application information for transmitting and receiving character information selected by a user stored and registered through the registering unit 215 and item information corresponding to each selected application.

Of course, the memory 220 may store a predetermined program routine (or code) and / or program data (e.g., a program routine (or code)) for controlling the overall operation of the wireless terminal 100 (Read Only Memory) corresponding to the read-only memory 220 and a flash memory 220 (Flash (Read Only Memory) capable of reading / writing) corresponding to the read-only memory 220, And an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory), and may further store various types of applications provided in the wireless terminal 100. [0031] FIG.

The short range communication unit 265 according to the present invention connects the short distance communication channel between the communication device 130 provided in the vehicle and the wireless terminal 100.

The confirmation unit 235 according to the present invention confirms whether or not the wireless terminal 100 is located in the vehicle and transmits the location information to the vehicle through the short- When the wireless terminal 100 logs in to the communication device 130, the wireless terminal 100 receives the short-range communication connection information between the wireless terminal 100 and the communication device 130 from the communication device 130, 130 or a Bluetooth device provided in the vehicle and a Bluetooth device provided in the wireless terminal 100 are paired with each other or the communication device 130 receives the signal corresponding to the login information from the communication device 130 The wireless terminal 100 directly receives the vehicle boarding information of the wireless terminal 100 or receives the information through which the charging terminal of the wireless terminal 100 is connected on the power supply unit provided in the vehicle through the communication device 130, 100) Make sure the amount of your location.

According to still another embodiment of the present invention, when the character information is received through the communication unit 230, the confirmation unit 235 stores the application receiving the character information in the memory 220 , And further confirms whether the application is a registered character information transmission / reception application.

The determination unit 225 according to the method of the present invention determines whether the wireless terminal 100 is located in the vehicle and whether the application receiving the character information is stored in the memory 220 , And determines whether the function of the extracting unit 240 for extracting character information is activated or deactivated if it is determined that the application is a registered character information transmission / reception application.

That is, each time the character information is received, the determination unit 225 determines whether the user desires to change the received character information into voice information (a problem of being automatically converted into voice in a public place, for example) After the mobile terminal 100 confirms whether or not the mobile terminal 100 is located in the vehicle to perform a function of converting received character information into voice information only in an environment It is judged whether to activate or deactivate.

The control unit according to the present invention controls the function of the extraction unit 240 to be activated or deactivated according to the determination result of the determination unit 225. [

The communication unit 230 according to the present invention plays a role of receiving various character information received by the wireless terminal 100 and transmitting various character information from the wireless terminal 100. [

The extracting unit 240 according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured such that the character information is received by the first to Nth applications for transmitting and receiving character information via the communication unit 230 after being activated by the control unit, Reception application by extracting the character information received by the character information transmitting / receiving application or receiving it through the character information transmitting / receiving application when it is confirmed whether the wireless terminal 100 is located in the vehicle through the character information transmitting / receiving module 235 do.

In addition, when the extracted information is stored in the memory 220, the extracting unit 240 extracts the character information corresponding to the item information from the received character information, (E. G., Sender information, e-mail title information, etc.), or can be delivered via the application for sending and receiving character information.

The converting unit 245 according to the present invention performs conversion processing of the character information extracted or transferred through the extracting unit 240 into voice information.

If the process of transmitting the reply voice information to the voice information by the user is added, the converting unit 245 converts the voice information corresponding to the reply of the user to the wireless terminal 100 And may further convert the received voice information into text information when the voice communication information is received through the connected vehicle communication device 13 through the communication network.

According to the present invention, the conversion unit 245 converts the character information '^^', '~~', ' Or the like, which is the voice information corresponding to the emotion, and conversely, if the voice information inputted by the user includes the 'haha' It can be converted into '^^' which is an emotional expression containing special characters when converting it into character information.

Of course, when the emotional expression including the special character is converted into a voice or a character, the conversion unit 245 may vary the size of the converted character according to the size of the voice, and the size of the voice .

The TTS (Text to Speech) function for converting character information into voice information and the STT (Speech to Text) function for converting voice information to character information are the main functions of the conversion unit 245 according to the present invention. The functions of the STT engine or the functions of the TTS engine and the STT engine that can be developed in the future can be used, and the detailed description thereof will be omitted because it is not a main idea of the present invention.

The processing unit 250 according to the present invention processes the voice information converted through the conversion unit 245 to be outputted through the vehicle communication device 130 connected to the wireless terminal 100 via the local communication channel .

In addition, if the process of transmitting the reply voice information to the voice information by the user is added, the voice data corresponding to the reply of the user is transmitted to the mobile terminal 100, When the voice information received through the conversion unit 245 is converted into character information, the converted character information is transmitted to the character information transmission / reception terminal 120 ) To be transmitted to the mobile station.

The output unit 255 according to the present invention transmits the voice information to the vehicle communication apparatus 130 provided in the vehicle and outputs the voice information to the output unit 255. The input unit 260 receives the voice information from the vehicle communication apparatus 130 .

According to the present invention, all or some of the functions of the respective components provided in the wireless terminal 100 can be implemented in the form of an application, which is a type of program included in the wireless terminal 100. [

In this case, the application may include a function of providing an interface for selecting at least one of a first application for transmitting and receiving character information included in the wireless terminal 100 and an Nth (N = 2, 3, ... N) application, A function of storing and registering information of one or more character information transmission / reception applications selected by the user of the wireless terminal 100 on the memory 220 via the interface, a function of confirming whether the wireless terminal 100 is located in the vehicle, A function of determining whether to activate or deactivate an extraction function of character information previously stored in the memory 220 or received through a registered application for transmitting and receiving character information in response to an identification result; Receiving application for receiving the character information in response to the determination result when the character information is received in the memory 2 20, or if it is an application for transmitting and receiving registered character information, it is possible to extract the character information received by the registered character information transmission / reception application in the memory 220 or receive the received character information via the character information transmission / reception application A function of converting the extracted character information into voice information, and a function of converting the converted voice information to be output through the vehicle communication device 130 connected to the wireless terminal 100 through short-distance communication To perform one or more functions.

Hereinafter, each information processing process according to the present invention will be described in more detail.

4 is a diagram illustrating a process of converting character information into voice information and outputting the voice information after confirming whether the mobile terminal 100 is located in the vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the wireless terminal 100 connects a short-range communication channel with a vehicle communication device 130 or a hands-free device provided in a vehicle through short-distance communication (S410).

Although the process of step S410 is shown prior to the process of step S420 in the figure, it may be included in any process before transmitting the converted voice information to the vehicle communication device 130 or the handsfree device after the process of step S420 Do.

Thereafter, the wireless terminal 100 confirms whether the wireless terminal 100 is located in the vehicle through the confirmation unit 235 (S420).

The process of confirming whether or not the wireless terminal 100 is located in the vehicle through the confirmation unit 235 may be performed by the communication device 130 provided in the vehicle and the wireless terminal 100 and the communication device 130 ) Or receives a signal corresponding to the login information of the wireless terminal 100 from the communication device 130 when the wireless terminal 100 logs into the communication device 130 A Bluetooth device provided in the vehicle and a Bluetooth device provided in the wireless terminal 100 are paired or directly receive the vehicle boarding information of the wireless terminal 100 from the communication device 130, Receives the information through which the charging terminal of the wireless terminal 100 is connected on the power supply unit provided in the vehicle, and confirms whether the wireless terminal 100 is located in the vehicle.

If it is determined in step S420 that the wireless terminal 100 is located in the vehicle in step S430, the wireless terminal 100 determines whether all or part of the character information received by the wireless terminal 100 And converts the item into audio information (S440).

If it is not confirmed whether the wireless terminal 100 is located in the vehicle in step S420, the wireless terminal 100 outputs the character information received by the wireless terminal 100 on the screen do.

Then, the wireless terminal 100 processes the converted voice information through the hands-free device or the in-vehicle communication device 130 through the connected short-range communication channel through step S410 (step S460) ).

5 is a view showing a process of selecting and registering application information and item information of a voice information conversion application among a plurality of applications for transmitting and receiving character information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the user wireless terminal 100 transmits the first application to the Nth (N = 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) application for transmitting and receiving character information provided in the wireless terminal 100 via the specific application or the interface unit 210, .N) application on the screen (S510).

Of course, in step S510, the interface screen may output, through a single screen, an interface for selecting item information to be converted into a voice among character information received through an application for selection other than application selection.

In operation S520, when the user selects an application (S520), it is checked whether item information to be converted and output from the character information received by the selected application is further selected or input (S530).

If the user does not select an application in step S510, the interface screen is terminated and a restart is awaited (S540).

When the user selects or inputs item information to be output from the character information received by the selected application in step S530, the mobile terminal 100 transmits the selected item information through the specific application or the registration unit 215 The information of the application for transmitting and receiving the character information selected through the interface is connected to item information corresponding to each application, and is stored and registered in the memory 220 (S560).

If it is determined in step S530 that the item information is not selected or input in step S570, the wireless terminal 100 transmits the information of the application for transmitting and receiving the character information selected through the interface through the specific application or the registration unit 215 In the memory 220 (S580).

The process (S580) may correspond to a case where item information is set in advance or all character information received without distinguishing items is converted into voice information.

6 is a diagram showing a process of extracting character information corresponding to pre-registered application information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the wireless terminal 100 confirms whether the wireless terminal 100 is located in the vehicle through the confirmation unit 235 (S610).

If it is determined in step S610 that the wireless terminal 100 is located in the vehicle in step S610, the application or control unit of the wireless terminal 100 may store the registered character information in the memory 220, The extraction function of the character information received through the application is activated (S630).

If it is not confirmed that the wireless terminal 100 is located in the vehicle (S640) in the process of S610, extraction of character information received through the registered character information transmission / reception application in the memory 220 Keep the function inactive.

Then, the wireless terminal 100 receives various character information through the communication unit 230 (S650).

In step S660, the wireless terminal 100 determines whether the application receiving the character information is a registered character information transmission / reception application stored in the memory 220 through the specific application or the verification unit 235. [

(S660), if the application receiving the character information is an application for transmitting / receiving registered character information in the memory 220 (S670), the wireless terminal 100 may extract a specific application or extraction (S680), the character information received by the registered character information transmission / reception application is stored in the memory 220 via the communication unit 240, or is received through the application for transmitting / receiving the character information.

If it is determined in step S660 that the application receiving the character information is not an application for transmitting and receiving registered character information in the memory 220 in step S690, do.

7 is a diagram showing a process of converting character information corresponding to previously registered application and item information into voice information and outputting it according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the wireless terminal 100 checks the item information associated with the registered application information for transmitting and receiving character information, which is stored in the memory 220, by the application receiving the character information through the memory 220 (S710 ).

In operation S780, after the entire character information is extracted or transmitted in operation S680 or after operation S680 according to another embodiment of the present invention, (S710), it is possible to select only character information corresponding to the identified item information and extract or transmit the character information.

If there is item information in step S720, the wireless terminal 100 transmits only the character information of the item corresponding to the item information in the character information through the specific application or the conversion unit 245 as voice information (S730).

If there is no item information in step S740, the wireless terminal 100 converts the entire character information into voice information through a specific application or the conversion unit 245 (S750) .

Although not shown separately in the drawing, the specific application or conversion unit 245 of the wireless terminal 100 may be configured to select '^^', '~~', ' , Etc. When the emotional expression including such a special character is converted into the voice information, it is possible to convert the received character The size of the voice can be varied depending on the size of the voice.

The wireless terminal 100 processes the converted voice information through the specific application or processing unit 250 to be output through the vehicle communication apparatus 130 connected to the wireless terminal 100 via the local communication channel (S760).

FIG. 8 is a view illustrating a process of converting the verbal information of the user according to the method of the present invention into character information and transmitting the information.

FIG. 8 shows a process for a case where a user of the wireless terminal 100 sends a reply to the character information transmission / reception terminal 120 that has transmitted the character information after the output of the voice information.

FIG. 8 is only applied to a case where a user inputs a reply voice information to the voice information and transmits the voice information to the user, and after the user of the wireless terminal 100 outputs the voice information, And transmits a reply to the character information transmission / reception terminal 120 that has transmitted the character information.

First, the wireless terminal 100 transmits voice information corresponding to a reply of the user transmitted through the vehicle communication apparatus 130 connected through the local communication channel with the wireless terminal 100 through a specific application or input unit 260 (S810).

Thereafter, the wireless terminal 100 converts the received voice information into character information through a specific application or conversion unit 245 (S820).

Of course, when the received voice information includes 'haha' or the like corresponding to the consonant word, the conversion unit 245 may convert the voice information, which is a proper word, into character information by using a special character '^^' It can be converted into embedded character information, and the size of the converted character may be different according to the size of the voice of the monophonic language.

Thereafter, the wireless terminal 100 confirms the application for transmitting and receiving the character information to transmit the converted character information through the specific application or the processing unit 250, transmits the converted character information to the confirmed application for transmitting and receiving the character information, And controls the application for transmitting and receiving character information so that the converted character information is transmitted to the character information transmitting / receiving terminal 120 (S830).

Here, it is preferable that the application for transmitting and receiving the character information for transmitting the converted character information is an application for transmitting and receiving character information for receiving the character information transmitted to the user wireless terminal 100 before the user's reply.

9 is an embodiment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 9, when a friend named 'Yong Seok Lee' transmits character information through a smart phone, the wireless terminal 100 of the user driving the vehicle converts the corresponding character information into voice information, Through the connected vehicle communication device 130, converts the reply voice information received via the vehicle communication device 130 into character information, and transmits the converted character information to the smartphone of the friend called 'Yongseok Lee'.

100: User wireless terminal 110: Character information relay server
120: character information transmitting / receiving terminal 130: vehicle communication device
200: control unit 210: interface unit
215: register 220: memory
225: determination unit 230: communication unit
235: Identification part 240: Extraction part
245: conversion unit 250:
255: output unit 260: input unit
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Claims (13)

In a wireless terminal,
An interface unit for providing an interface for selecting at least one of a first application for transmitting and receiving character information in the wireless terminal and an Nth (N is a natural number of 2 or more) applications;
A registration unit for storing and registering one or more pieces of application information for transmitting / receiving character information selected by the user of the wireless terminal through the interface unit;
A confirmation unit for confirming whether the wireless terminal is located in a vehicle based on a communication device provided in the vehicle and short-range communication channel connection information;
When the character information is received in one of the first application to the Nth application for transmitting and receiving character information and the confirmation unit confirms that the wireless terminal is located in the vehicle, Reception application for the character information transmission / reception corresponding to the registered character information transmission / reception application information, extracts the character information received by the one character information transmission / reception application or extracts And,
Converting the extracted character information into voice information, activating the hands-free device or the vehicle communication device connected to the wireless terminal through short-range communication, if activated, and activating the activated hands-free device or the vehicle communication Transmitting the voice information to a device through a short-range communication channel and outputting the voice information through the hands-free device or the vehicular communication device,
Wireless terminal.
In a wireless terminal,
An interface unit for providing an interface for selecting at least one of a first application for transmitting and receiving character information in the wireless terminal and an Nth (N is a natural number of 2 or more) applications;
A registration unit for storing and registering information of at least one application for transmitting / receiving character information selected by a user of the wireless terminal through the interface unit;
A short range communication unit for connecting a communication device provided in the vehicle with a short distance communication channel;
A confirming unit for confirming whether the wireless terminal is located in the vehicle based on the local area communication channel connection information through the local area communication unit;
When the character information is received in one of the first application to the Nth application for transmitting and receiving character information and the confirmation unit confirms that the wireless terminal is located in the vehicle, Reception application for the character information transmission / reception corresponding to the registered character information transmission / reception application information, extracts the character information received by the one character information transmission / reception application or extracts part;
A converting unit converting the character information extracted by the extracting unit into audio information;
And a processing unit for transmitting the voice information to the communication device through a short-range communication channel connected through the local communication unit and processing the voice information to be output through the communication device,
Wireless terminal.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
Receiving short-range communication connection information between the wireless terminal and the communication device from a communication device provided in the vehicle,
When the wireless terminal is logged in to the communication device, receives a signal corresponding to the login information of the wireless terminal from the communication device,
The Bluetooth device provided in the vehicle and the Bluetooth device provided in the wireless terminal are paired,
Directly receives the vehicle boarding information of the wireless terminal from the communication device,
Receiving information on a power supply unit provided in the vehicle through the communication device, the wireless terminal charging terminal being connected to the communication unit,
Wireless terminal.
delete delete 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The interface unit includes:
(N is an integer greater than or equal to 2) applications, the item information to be converted and output to the voice information among the character information received by the selected application is further selected or input In addition,
Wherein the registration unit comprises:
And the item information selected or input through the interface is connected to the selected character information transmission / reception application information and is further stored and registered in the memory.
The extracting unit extracts,
Receiving character information corresponding to the item information from the character information, and extracting or receiving only character information corresponding to the item information after confirming the item information linked with the character information transmission / reception application information on the memory,
The item information includes:
Wherein the application includes at least one item information of message sender information and message content information when the application is a message transmission / reception application including at least one of a Short Message Service (SMS), a Long Message Service (LMS), and a Multimedia Message Service (MMS)
And when the application is an email sending / receiving application, includes at least one item information of the email sender information, the email title information, and the email body content information,
And if the application is an instant messenger application, including at least one item of messenger user information and messenger content information,
Wireless terminal.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the application for transmitting /
A message transmission / reception application including at least one of Short Message Service (SMS), Long Message Service (LMS), and Multimedia Message Services (MMS)
An email sending and receiving application,
Instant messenger applications,
≪ RTI ID = 0.0 > SNS < / RTI > (Social Networking Service)
Wireless terminal.
3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
Wherein the application includes at least one of message sender information and message content information when the application is a message transmission / reception application including at least one of a Short Message Service (SMS), a Long Message Service (LMS), and a Multimedia Message Service (MMS)
And if the application is an email sending / receiving application, the email sender information, the email title information, and the email body content information,
Wherein if the application is an instant messenger application, the messenger user information and the messenger content information,
Wireless terminal.
A method for processing information in a wireless terminal,
An interface providing step of providing an interface for selecting at least one of first application to Nth (N is a natural number of 2 or more) applications for transmitting and receiving character information provided in a wireless terminal;
A registration step of storing and registering one or more pieces of application information for transmitting / receiving character information selected by the user of the wireless terminal through the interface, on the memory;
A connection step of connecting a communication device provided in the vehicle and a short-range communication channel;
A confirming step of confirming whether the wireless terminal is located in a vehicle based on short-range communication channel connection information through the connection step;
When the character information is received through one of the first application to the Nth application for transmitting and receiving character information in a state where the wireless terminal is located in the vehicle, the one character information transmission / An extraction step of extracting the character information received by the one character information transmitting / receiving application or receiving it through the one character information transmitting / receiving application if the character information transmitting / receiving application corresponds to the registered character information transmitting / receiving application information;
An audio information conversion step of converting the character information extracted in the extraction step into audio information;
A voice information processing step of transmitting the voice information through a short distance communication channel to a handsfree device or a vehicle communication device connected to the wireless terminal through short distance communication and outputting the voice information through the handsfree device or the vehicle communication device; / RTI >
A method for processing information in a wireless terminal.
10. The method according to claim 9,
Receiving short-range communication connection information between the wireless terminal and the communication device from a communication device provided in the vehicle,
When the wireless terminal is logged in to the communication device, receives a signal corresponding to the login information of the wireless terminal from the communication device,
The Bluetooth device provided in the vehicle and the Bluetooth device provided in the wireless terminal are paired,
Directly receives the vehicle boarding information of the wireless terminal from the communication device,
Receiving information on a power supply unit provided in the vehicle through the communication device, the wireless terminal charging terminal being connected to the communication unit,
A method for processing information in a wireless terminal.
delete 10. The method of claim 9,
The interface providing step may include:
(N is an integer greater than or equal to 2) applications, and selecting and inputting item information to be converted into voice information and outputting the voice information among the character information received by the selected application And,
Wherein the registering step comprises:
And the item information selected or input through the interface is connected to the selected character information transmission / reception application information and is further stored and registered in the memory.
Wherein the extracting step comprises:
Receiving application information for the character information transmission and receiving the character information corresponding to the item information from the character information,
A method for processing information in a wireless terminal.
A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of any one of claims 9, 10 and 12.

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