KR20030091834A - Mobile Phone Having The Converting Function Between Voice Data And Letter Data And The Method Of Converting Between Voice Data And Letter Data - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A terminal having a mutual conversion function of voice data and character data, and a method for mutually converting the voice data and the character data in the same are provided so that a user confirms a received message as a desired output type. CONSTITUTION: A storing unit(10) stores voice data and character data corresponding to the voice data. A voice signal input unit(20) receives voice data of a user, converts the received voice data into electric data, and outputs the electric data. A menu selecting unit(30) provides menu items by a menu navigation type for selecting an output type of a received message according to the intention of the user, and outputs selection data corresponding to a selected menu item. A transmitting and receiving unit(40) transmits voice data according to control data inputted from the outside, processes received voice data, and outputs the processed voice data. A display unit(50) displays an image or a character inputted from the transmitting and receiving unit(40) according to control data inputted from the outside. A control unit(80) recognizes the type of the message received through the transmitting and receiving unit(40), and outputs a guidance message according to the recognized message type. The control unit(80) outputs a menu navigation screen through the display unit(50) for outputting the received message as a desired type. The control unit(80) outputs the message as voice data or character data according to the selection data inputted through the menu navigation screen.

Description

Mobile phone having the converting function between voice data and letter data and the method of converting between voice data and letter data}

The present invention relates to a terminal having a function of converting voice data and text data and a method of converting voice data and text data in a terminal.

More specifically, the present invention relates to a terminal having a voice data and text data conversion function for enabling a predetermined user to check a received message in a desired output form, and a method of converting voice data and text data in a terminal.

Recently, with the proliferation of mobile phone users, message transmission and reception is becoming more common. Methods for transmitting and receiving the message may be generally divided into a text message transmission method and a voice message transmission method.

In the case of the conventional text message transmission / reception method, when a message menu item provided as a menu type is selected on a mobile phone, an incoming message menu item and an outgoing message menu item are displayed on the screen of the mobile phone, and the outgoing message menu item is selected. Then, a menu item for 'write a new letter', 'read a stored sentence', etc. is provided, and after selecting a 'new letter' menu item among the menu items, the user inputs and transmits a character through a key input unit.

Meanwhile, in the conventional voice message transmission / reception method, a guide message is output to make a voice message when a call is made to a predetermined user and the other party does not answer the call, and the voice message is recorded and left as a voice message to the receiver when the voice message is spoken. You lose.

In addition, the text message delivered to the other party is output on the screen immediately after receiving the message. In order to reconfirm the text message received later, the text message must be confirmed using a reception confirmation menu provided by the mobile phone. In addition, in the case of a voice message, the user is output to listen after selecting a listening menu item in response to a message indicating that the user has been received.

Therefore, when a user needs to leave a long sentence message as a text message, the user has to enter a text using a key button of a mobile phone, which is very troublesome.

In addition, when the user needs to leave a voice message to the other party, there is a case where the recorded message needs to be checked once again, and if it is not confirmed, there is a problem that it is not possible to know whether the contents to be delivered are recorded correctly.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, an object of the present invention is to provide a function of converting voice data and text data to a predetermined user to check the received message in a desired output form The present invention provides a method for converting between voice data and text data in a terminal and a terminal having the same.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to allow the user who receives the message to listen to the received text data as voice data to check with the ear, or to output the received voice data as text data on the screen so that the eyes can check it. And a terminal having a voice data and text data conversion function and a method for converting voice data and text data to a visually impaired person, an elderly person, or a young person.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to output a message transmitted from the other party as text data and voice data, so that the user can check the message received through the speaker and the display unit to display the voice data that can not be heard accurately through the ear The present invention provides a method of converting voice data and text data between a terminal and a terminal having a voice data and a text data interconversion function so that the user can easily check the text through the text.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to help foreign language listening by translating the voice data received from the counterpart into a preset language and simultaneously outputting the translated content as voice data and text data when the counterpart is a foreigner and needs to make a call in a foreign language. The present invention provides a method for converting voice data and text data between a terminal and a terminal having a function of converting voice data and text data to provide a function.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to display the input voice data in the form of text on the screen when you want to send the voice data as text data so that the user can easily know when a voice recognition error occurs The present invention provides a terminal having a data interconversion function and a method of converting voice data and text data in a terminal.

1 is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of a terminal having a function of converting voice data and text data according to the present invention;

2 is a menu screen for supporting a user to select a message conversion function using a terminal to which the present invention is applied;

3 and 4 are menu screen diagrams for supporting a user to select an output type for a message received using a terminal to which the present invention is applied.

5 is a menu screen illustrating a menu navigation function for an outgoing message using a terminal to which the present invention is applied;

6 is a view for explaining that the voice data received by using the terminal to which the present invention is applied are converted into characters of a preset language and displayed on the screen in real time.

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10: storage unit 20: voice data input unit

30: menu selection unit 40: transceiver

50: display unit 60: automatic translation unit

70: audio data output unit 80: control unit

An embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the storage unit for storing the learned voice data and the text data corresponding to the voice data; A voice data input unit which receives the voice data of the user and converts the voice data into electrical data and outputs the converted voice data; A menu selection unit for providing a menu item in a menu navigation form to select an output form of a received message according to a user's intention, and outputting selection data corresponding to the selected menu item; A transmission / reception unit configured to transmit voice data in response to control data input from the outside, and to process and output the received voice data; A display unit for displaying an image or a character input through the transceiver unit on a screen in response to control data input from an external device; And recognizing the type of message received through the transceiver, outputting a guide message according to the recognized message type, and outputting a menu navigation screen through the display unit so that the user can output the received message in a desired form. The controller may be configured to output a message as voice data or text data in response to selection data input through the menu navigation screen. A terminal having a voice data and a text data interconversion function, comprising: a solution to the above-described problem.

In addition, the present invention is an automatic translation unit for translating the input voice data in a preset language in response to the control of the controller to be displayed through the display unit; In addition, the control unit, if the voice data input from the transmission and reception unit is not the voice data consisting of a preset language, the voice data and text data, characterized in that the input by the automatic translation unit to translate the voice data A terminal having a mutual conversion function solves the above problems.

The controller may be configured to output text data corresponding to the voice data through the display unit when the user wants to transmit the voice data as the text data, and when the user needs to modify the text displayed on the display unit. A terminal having a voice data and a text data interconversion function, characterized in that a character is corrected through a key and the replaced text data is controlled to be transmitted.

The terminal is one of a portable telephone, a PDA, and a PC. The terminal has a function of converting voice data and text data.

In addition, another embodiment of the present invention (1) a step of building a database by receiving and storing the learned voice signal and the text signal corresponding to the voice signal; (2) recognizing the type of message received through the transceiver; (3) outputting a guide message according to the recognized message type, and outputting a menu navigation screen through a display unit so that the user can output the received message in a desired form; And (4) outputting a message as a voice signal or a text signal in response to a selection signal input from the user based on the menu navigation screen; A method for converting between voice data and text data in a terminal, comprising the above-mentioned problems, is solved.

In addition, in the step (4), the voice data and the text data mutual conversion method in the terminal, characterized in that for outputting the message received in response to the user's request at the same time as a text signal, the above-mentioned problem Solve it.

In addition, if the voice signal input from the transceiver unit is not a voice signal of a preset language to input the voice signal to the automatic translation unit for translation; A method for converting between voice data and text data in a terminal further comprising the above-mentioned problem.

In addition, when the user wants to transmit a voice message as a text message, a character corresponding to the voice signal is output through the display unit, and when the user needs to modify the character displayed on the display unit, the speaker modifies the character through the key. And controlling the replaced text signal to be sent; A method for converting between voice data and text data in a terminal further comprising the above-mentioned problem.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In the detailed description of the present invention described below, the terminal is described as being limited to a mobile phone, but the present invention is applicable to terminals other than a mobile phone.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a terminal having a voice data and a text data conversion function according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram for supporting a user to select a message conversion function using a terminal to which the present invention is applied. 3 and 4 are menu screen diagrams for allowing a user to select an output form for a message received using a terminal to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 5 is a terminal using the terminal to which the present invention is applied. Figure 6 is a menu screen for explaining the menu navigation function for the outgoing message, Figure 6 is a view for explaining that the real-time display on the screen by converting the voice data received by using the terminal to which the present invention is applied to a character of a predetermined language to be.

As shown in FIG. 1, the storage unit 10 stores the learned voice data and text data corresponding to the voice data, and converts the voice data of the user into electrical data and outputs the converted voice data. The voice data input unit 20 and a menu selection unit 30 to provide a menu item in a menu navigation form to select an output form of a received message according to a user's intention, and output selection data corresponding to the selected menu item. ), The transmitter / receiver 40 for transmitting voice data in response to the control data input from the controller 80 to be described later, and processing and outputting the received voice data, and the control data input from the controller 80. In response to the control of the display unit 50 and the control unit 80 to display an image or text input through the transmission and reception unit 40 on the screen And the automatic translation unit 60 for translating the inputted text data into a preset language to be displayed as text through the display unit 50, and recognizing the type of the message received through the transceiver unit, according to the recognized message type. Outputting a guide message, allowing a menu navigation screen to be output through the display unit so that the user can output the received message in a desired form, and in response to the selection data input through the menu navigation screen, the message is voice data. Or a controller 80 for outputting as text data.

In addition, the control unit 80 inputs the text data into the automatic translation unit 60 to be translated when the text data input from the transceiver unit 40 is not text data composed of a preset language.

In addition, when the user wants to transmit a voice message as a text message, the control unit 80 outputs a character corresponding to voice data through the display unit 50, and the user displays the text displayed on the display unit 50. If you need to modify, the speaker modifies the character through the key and controls the replaced text message to be sent.

The terminal includes a portable telephone, a PDA, a PC and the like.

Referring to the operation of the terminal having the voice data and the text data conversion function of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

(When sending a message)

First, when the user selects a message management menu item through a menu navigation screen provided through the display unit 50, as shown in FIG. 5, '1: received message', '2: outgoing message', and '3: sentence storage box. A screen having a menu item of 'is output through the display unit 50, and when the user selects' 2' among the menu items, a sub menu item of the outgoing message menu item is output on the screen. When the 'Writing Letter' menu item is selected among the sub-menu items, the menu items such as '1: write by voice' and '2: write by letter' are again provided on the screen of the display unit 50. Using the navigation method, the text message service was inputted as voice data so that it can be sent immediately.

(When receiving a message)

When the user receives the message, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, when the user selects the message management menu item through the menu selection unit 10, the controller 80 selects the received message menu item. When the user selects a voice mail box or a text message menu item from the received message menu item, 'read' and 'listen' menu items are displayed on the display part 50.

Thus, when the user selects 'listen' in the voice mailbox, the controller 80 outputs the received voice data through the voice data output unit 70 so that the user can check through the speaker, and the user reads When selecting ', the control unit 80 reads the text data corresponding to the received voice data from the storage unit 10 to display the display unit 50 so that the user can visually check the received voice data.

(Sound and text data output simultaneously)

Finally, the controller 80 outputs the voice data received through the transmitter / receiver 40 to the voice data output unit 70 and simultaneously converts the voice data to the display unit 50 as shown in FIG. 5. Allows the user to listen to the other party's voice and visually confirm it.

Therefore, during video communication, when the receiver (user) needs to make a call in a noisy place, when the receiver cannot hear the transmitted contents well, the sender can listen to what is being said by ear and visually check the communication smoothly. You can proceed. In this case, since the character conversion method has been described above, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

On the other hand, when the user is talking to the foreigner, the controller 80 checks whether the voice data received from the voice data received through the transceiver 40 is in a preset language, and checks in the preset language. If it is not made, the control unit 20 outputs the received voice data through the voice data output unit 70 in the original state, and inputs it to the automatic translation unit 60 so that the translated characters are displayed on the display unit 50. To be displayed.

In the present invention, the message includes both a Short Message Service (SMS) and a Multimedia Message Service (MMS).

Accordingly, the present invention achieves the effect of allowing a given user to check the received message in the desired output form.

In addition, the present invention achieves the effect of allowing the user receiving the message to listen to the received text data as voice data to check with the ear, or output the received voice data as text data on the screen to check with the eyes. do.

In addition, the present invention by outputting the message transmitted from the other party to the text data and voice data, so that the user can check the message received through the speaker and the display unit text on the screen that can not hear accurately through the ear Achieve an effect that can be easily seen through the eye.

In addition, the present invention is to display the input voice data as a text on the screen when you want to send the voice data as text data so that the user can easily know when the error of speech recognition occurs, so that it can be modified immediately Achieve effect.

In addition, the present invention achieves the effect of making an order form by voice data through a portable terminal or a PC making an online connection with the site when it is necessary to create an order form to purchase goods on a site such as an e-commerce.

The present invention is not limited only to the above embodiments, and it is apparent that many modifications are possible by those skilled in the art within the technical spirit of the present invention.

Claims (9)

A storage unit for storing the learned voice data and text data corresponding to the voice data; A voice data input unit which receives the voice data of the user and converts the voice data into electrical data and outputs the converted voice data; A menu selection unit for providing a menu item in a menu navigation form to select an output form of a received message according to a user's intention, and outputting selection data corresponding to the selected menu item; A transmission / reception unit configured to transmit voice data in response to control data input from the outside, and to process and output the received voice data; A display unit which displays an image or a character input from the transmission / reception unit on a screen in response to control data input from the outside; And Recognizing the type of the message received through the transceiver, and outputs a guide message according to the recognized message type, so that the user can output the received message in the desired form so that the menu navigation screen is output through the display unit On the other hand, the control unit for outputting a message as voice data or text data in response to the selection data input through the menu navigation screen; A terminal having a voice data and text data inter-conversion function, characterized in that configured to include. The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit, And a voice data and a text data interconversion function, wherein the received message is simultaneously output as voice data and text data in response to a request of the user. The method of claim 1, An automatic translation unit for translating the input voice data into a preset language and displaying the same through the display unit according to the control of the controller; Include more, The control unit has a voice data and text data inter-conversion function, so that the voice data inputted from the transceiving unit is not the voice data composed of a preset language so as to be input by the automatic translation unit for translation. terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit, When the user wants to send a voice message as a text message, the text corresponding to the voice data is output through the display unit, and when the user needs to modify the text displayed on the display unit, the speaker modifies and replaces the character through the key. And a text data inter-conversion function, characterized in that for controlling the transmitted text data. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the terminal comprises: A terminal having a voice data and a text data interconversion function, characterized in that any one of a portable telephone, PDA, PC. (1) receiving and storing a learned voice signal and a text signal corresponding to the voice signal to construct a database; (2) recognizing the type of message received through the transceiver; (3) outputting a guide message according to the recognized message type, and outputting a menu navigation screen through a display unit so that the user can output the received message in a desired form; And (4) outputting a message as a voice signal or a text signal in response to a selection signal input from the user based on the menu navigation screen; Method for converting voice data and text data in the terminal, characterized in that consisting of. The method of claim 6, wherein in the step (4), And a voice signal and a text signal for simultaneous reception of the received message in response to the user's request. The method of claim 6, If the voice signal inputted from the transceiver is not a voice signal of a preset language, inputting the voice signal to an automatic translation unit to translate the voice signal; Speech data and text data mutual conversion method in the terminal further comprising a. The method of claim 6, When the user wants to send a voice message as a text message, a character corresponding to the voice signal is output through the display unit, and when the user needs to modify the character displayed on the display unit, the speaker modifies and replaces the character through the key. Controlling the transmitted text signal; Speech data and text data mutual conversion method in the terminal further comprising a.