KR20040029810A - voice output device for caller ID and the method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A voice output apparatus for caller information and a method therefor are provided to convert, synthesize, and output caller identification information, if a caller number is stored in a mobile phone, or the caller number, if it is not stored, into a voice, when a call is received. CONSTITUTION: A voice output apparatus for caller information in a phone is comprised of an interface part(200), a CPU(290), a caller information recognition part(210), a memory part(220), a voice synthesis part(280), a voice confirmation mode selection part(270), an LCD part(240), and a speaker(250). The interface part(200) receives a caller's phone number. The CPU(290), receiving the caller number from the interface part(200), controls all the operations of the phone. The caller information recognition part(210), connected to the CPU(290), recognizes and judges the caller number inputted from the interface part(200). The memory part(220), connected to the CPU(290), stores a plurality of caller numbers, registered by the user, and corresponding names or IDs. The voice synthesis part(280) synthesizes texts, such as the caller names or IDs stored in the memory part, or digits, such as caller numbers, into voices. The voice confirmation mode selection part(270), connected to the CPU(290), is to select the on/off of a caller confirmation service using voices. The LCD part(240), connected to the CPU(290), displays a caller number or the registered information of a caller. The speaker(250), connected to the CPU(290), outputs voices.

Description

Caller information voice output device and method

The present invention relates to a telephone to which caller information is output.

More particularly, the present invention relates to a caller information voice output device and a method for allowing a phone to check caller's telephone number or identification information by voice.

In recent years, many consumers have used telephones that provide caller ID display services.

Caller ID service is a service that allows the person (recipient) to check the identity of the person who is calling (the caller) in advance and decide whether to receive the call. The telephone number and caller identification information of, for example, refers to a service that displays the caller's name or ID on the called party's terminal.

Thus, by providing a service that displays the caller's telephone number on the liquid crystal display terminal of the receiver's telephone before the call is initiated, it is possible to improve the inequality that the call is forced to unilaterally, and the caller's number is displayed on the receiver's telephone. Because it can prevent invasion of privacy at the source, it is a necessary service for users who are tired of anonymous phone violence, obscene phone calls, and prank calls.

In addition, it is possible to refuse the reception of unnecessary calls, and the missed caller information may be stored and a record may be substituted for the voice recording function, and the caller information display service may establish accurate and reliable call etiquette. There are many conveniences that can be turned on to enable the user to manage calls.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a conventional caller information confirming apparatus which enables the cellular phone to visually recognize caller information.

Conventional caller information confirming device displays the caller's phone number and the registered information of the caller on the liquid crystal display using the caller's telephone number received from the base station 110 so that the user can visually check the following configuration. Have.

Interface unit 120 that receives the telephone number of the caller 100 wirelessly from the base station 110 side, and receives the caller 100 telephone number received from the interface unit 120 controls the entire operation of the mobile phone A central processing unit (CPU) 190, a caller information recognition unit 130 connected to the central processing unit 190 to recognize and determine a calling party telephone number received from the interface unit 120, and the central processing unit; A key input unit 150 connected to the device 190 to allow a key to be input by the user, a plurality of caller phone numbers registered to the user connected to the central processing unit 190 and corresponding names or IDs (caller) A memory unit 140 storing identifiable information; and connected with the central processing unit 190 to display a caller's telephone number or registered caller's registered information (name or ID). Is connected to the liquid crystal display unit 160, the central processor 190 is configured to include a microphone 180 to input speech and a speaker 170 for outputting sound.

The operation of the conventional cellular phone caller information display device configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG.

When the caller 100 requests a communication by inputting a telephone number, the base station transmits the caller information to the receiver.

When the incoming call is detected by wireless connection with the base station 110, the interface unit 120 sequentially detects the caller 100 telephone number information provided from the base station 110 before the ringing signal output when the call is received. To receive the caller's telephone number (S100).

When the call is received from the base station 110, the telephone ring is output through the speaker 170 provided in the mobile phone (S110).

In operation S120, the memory unit 140 may search whether the received caller phone number is a phone number already registered by the user.

If the caller's telephone number provided when the call is received by the search is determined to be a telephone number already registered in the mobile phone (S130), and if the telephone number is already registered, identification such as a caller's name or ID registered in the memory unit 140 is performed. The information is extracted and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 160 to be visually confirmed (S140).

Therefore, the cellular phone user can recognize the name of the caller of the incoming call by looking at the caller information displayed on the liquid crystal display after hearing the ringing tone.

However, if the caller's phone number provided at the time of call reception is not the phone number registered in the mobile phone, only the provided caller's phone number is displayed on the liquid crystal display 160 (S150). By viewing the caller information displayed on the call, it is possible to visually recognize the caller's telephone number of the incoming call.

The caller information, such as the caller's telephone number and name or ID, is stored in the memory of the caller information in the memory unit whether or not the mobile phone user receives a call (S160) so that the user can return information such as the telephone number or the name of the caller later. It provides a convenience to check.

However, as described above, in the caller information display device of the mobile phone, when the caller information is provided through the liquid crystal display unit, as described above, the user can check the caller of the incoming call in advance and selectively receive the call. Since the service is provided through the LCD screen in displaying caller information, it is difficult to use the LCD screen when it is difficult to check the LCD screen, such as when driving or when the eyesight is poor.

For example, let's say you have a phone call while driving.

If the phone is lost while driving, the mobile phone user who is driving turns to the LCD screen to check the caller information, which distracts the driver's attention and reduces the concentration, which increases the risk of an accident while driving.

In addition, the elderly or people who are visually impaired, such as older people because of poor eyesight, the conventional visual information through the caller information display device is meaningless.

The present invention is to solve the problems and unreasonable problems that occur when visually displaying the caller information, receiving the caller information at the time of incoming call, if the caller's phone number is stored, identification information such as the name, the caller If the phone number is not stored, the purpose is to improve the performance of the mobile phone by providing the caller information more efficiently to the phone user by converting the caller's phone number into a voice inside the phone, synthesizing and outputting it.

In addition, it is another object to enable the user to more conveniently provide the caller information voice confirmation service through the present invention by enabling the user to select the service that allows the phone user to check the caller information by a simple key input operation. .

1 is a block diagram of a conventional caller information confirmation device.

2 is a flow chart showing a conventional caller information confirmation method.

3 is a block diagram of an apparatus for outputting caller information in one embodiment according to the present invention;

Figure 4 is a block diagram of a voice processing unit of the caller information voice output device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a table illustrating a phone number stored in a memory and a guide voice when a voice is output, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart of a method for outputting caller information in one embodiment according to the present invention;

<Description of Signs of Major Parts of Drawings>

200: interface unit 210: caller information recognition unit

220: memory unit 230: key input unit

240: liquid crystal display 250: speaker

260: microphone 280: speech synthesis unit

290: central processing unit 270: voice confirmation mode selection unit

300: caller information 310: number sound synthesis

320: speech synthesis 330: boilerplate addition unit

340: D / A Converter

The present invention relates to a caller information voice output device, comprising: an interface unit for receiving caller information by wire or wirelessly and transmitting the caller information to a caller information recognition unit; A central processing unit controlling all operations of the telephone and controlling an operation of retrieving and processing the calling party telephone number; A caller information recognizing unit connected to the central processing unit to recognize and determine caller information received from the interface unit; A memory unit connected to the central processing unit and storing a plurality of telephone numbers; A voice synthesizer connected to the central processing unit to synthesize caller information into voice; A caller information display unit connected to the central processing unit to visually display caller information; And a speaker connected to the central processing unit to output a voice.

And a voice confirmation service mode selection unit connected to the central processing unit to select whether to use the caller information voice confirmation service.

The voice confirmation service mode selection unit may select on / off by a key input operation.

The voice synthesizer is characterized in that by combining the numeric sound data if the caller information is a number.

If the caller information is a letter, the voice synthesizer synthesizes a letter into a voice using a DSP.

The present invention also relates to a caller information voice output method, comprising: a receiving step of receiving a caller's telephone number by wire or wirelessly; Determining whether a telephone number corresponding to the received caller telephone number is stored in a memory unit; If the caller's telephone number is stored in the memory unit, the caller identification information corresponding to the caller's telephone number is stored in the memory as caller information, or if the telephone number corresponding to the caller's telephone number is not in the memory unit, the caller's telephone number. Storing it as a caller information in a memory; Confirming whether a voice confirmation service mode is selected; If the voice confirmation service mode is selected, voice synthesizing the stored caller information and outputting a voice; If the voice confirmation service mode is not selected, displaying the stored caller information on the liquid crystal display.

In the step of synthesizing the caller information by voice synthesis, when the caller information is a number, it is characterized by combining the stored numeric tone data.

In the step of synthesizing the caller information by voice synthesis, when the caller information is a text, the voice synthesis is performed using a DSP.

Characterized in that the addition of the boilerplate to the synthesized speech or speech synthesized data.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of an apparatus and a method for outputting caller information voice in a telephone will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a block diagram of a caller information voice output device in the telephone according to the present invention.

Interface unit 200 for receiving the caller's telephone number by wireless or wired, and receiving the caller's telephone number from the interface unit 200 to control the entire operation of the phone and to control the operation to retrieve and process the caller's telephone number A caller information recognizing unit 210 connected to the central processing unit (CPU) 290 and the central processing unit 290 to recognize and determine a caller's telephone number received from the interface unit 200, and the central processing unit A key input unit 230 connected to 290 to allow a key to be input by the user, and a plurality of caller numbers registered by the user connected to the central processing unit 290 and corresponding names or IDs (identifying callers). The caller name stored in the memory unit 220 and connected to the central processing unit 290 and stored in the memory unit 220. A voice synthesizer 280 for synthesizing a number such as a letter or a caller's phone number such as D, or storing and synthesizing a number sound, and the central processing unit 290 are connected to a caller verification service using voice. A voice confirmation mode selector 270 that can select on / off, and a liquid crystal that is connected to the central processing unit 290 to display a caller's telephone number or registered information (name or ID) of the caller. And a display unit 240, a speaker 250 connected to the central processing unit 290 to output voice, and a microphone 260 connected to the central processing unit 290 to input voice. It is.

The biggest features of the present invention are the voice confirmation mode selector 270 and the voice synthesizer 280.

The voice confirmation mode selection unit 270 is configured to be switched on / off by a simple key input of a user, such as a manner mode selection that is generally employed and used in a current telephone.

On the other hand, the voice synthesizer 280 receives the caller's phone number when the call is received, if the phone number is registered in the memory to synthesize the caller's name or ID corresponding to the registered caller's phone number so as to synthesize the voice One uses digital signal processing (DSP), which is built into mobile phones.

Recently, telephones are not only equipped with a large capacity memory to support various functions, but also will be equipped with the DSP in the future to support various multimedia services.

If the phone does not have a built-in DSP, a flash memory is used to output the caller's telephone number by combining the digit data using the digit data stored in the flash memory. Do it.

That is, if the number '1' stores the number 'day' in the flash memory, if the number '2' stores the number 'yi' and if the number '3' stores the number 'three' By storing the corresponding numeric tone data and using it to output the caller's telephone number by voice, the user can check the caller information.

The detailed configuration of the voice processing unit in the phone including the DSP will be described in detail with reference to the block diagram of FIG. 4.

Receives a caller's telephone number by wire or wirelessly, searches whether the telephone number is registered in the memory unit 220, and if the caller is not registered, if the caller's telephone number is stored or the caller's name is stored in the memory unit 220, the stored caller Information is input to the speech synthesizer 280.

When the input caller information 300 is the same number as the telephone number, the voice synthesizer 280 uses the specific voice corresponding to each numeric tone stored in the memory to voice the numeric tone corresponding to the caller telephone number. After synthesis 310, the boilerplate is added by the boilerplate adder 330 to output voice through the speaker 250 via a digital-to-analog converter (DAC, 340).

When the caller's telephone number is registered in advance and the input caller information 300 is the same character as the caller's name, the caller synthesizes the voice into voice 320 and adds the boilerplate in the boilerplate adder 330 to convert the D / A. The voice is output through the speaker 250 via the 340.

In order for the caller's name to be synthesized through the voice synthesizer 280, the DSP may exist and support voice synthesis. Otherwise, the numeric tone data stored in the flash memory built into the phone may be used. Using to output a combination of the numeric tones corresponding to the caller phone number.

<Table 1> and <Table 2> of Figure 5 is an embodiment for explaining in detail the function of the speech synthesis unit.

<Table 1> is a table showing some of a number of phone numbers stored by the user in the memory unit of the phone. <Table 2> shows an example of guide voice output as a voice through a speaker (if registered or not registered). It is expressed as a table.

If the call is received from the call "02-832-4285", it is searched whether the received caller phone number is a phone number already registered in the memory unit 220 of the telephone.

Since there is a number corresponding to "02-832-4285" among the plurality of telephone numbers stored in the memory unit 220, the caller name corresponding to the above is synthesized by the voice synthesizer 280 into voice.

For example, "~ is a phone call" that is a boilerplate word in the boilerplate adder 330 to the caller name synthesized by voice 320 in the speech synthesizer 280, and then replaces the digital signal with analog voice. The state outputs "This is Kim Soon's phone" to the speaker 250 through the D / A converter 340.

If the call is received by the call from " 02-832-4233 ", it is also searched whether the received caller's telephone number is a telephone number registered in the memory unit 220 of the telephone.

However, since there is no telephone number corresponding to "02-832-4233" among the plurality of telephone numbers stored in the memory unit 220, the telephone number corresponds to the telephone number by using a specific voice corresponding to each number stored in the memory. Synthesis of the sound of the numeric data to be synthesized by the numerical sound (310), such as "g. E. eight. Three. Two. Four. Two. Three. Three".

At this time, for example, a digital phone signal is added to the caller's phone number synthesized by the numeral sound in the above 310, which is a commercial phrase in the case of an unregistered phone number in the boilerplate adder 330. Through the D / A converter 340 for converting the analog voice to the speaker 250, it is also possible to output the "it is a phone in two, three, three, four, three, three."

6 is a flowchart illustrating a caller identification voice output method proposed in the present invention.

First, when a call is received, the caller receives a caller number by wire or wirelessly (S 200).

When a call is received, the phone outputs a ring (S210) and searches whether the received caller's phone number is a phone number stored in the memory unit 220 of the phone (S220).

The received caller's telephone number determines whether there is a matching number among the telephone numbers registered in the memory unit 220 of the telephone (S230).

If the received caller phone number is a phone number registered in the memory unit 220 of the phone, the caller name corresponding to the caller phone number is searched (S240).

If the received caller phone number is not a registered phone number, the received caller phone number is searched (S250).

If the received caller phone number is registered, the caller information is stored in the caller name or the caller phone number if the caller is not registered (S260).

After storing the caller information such as the caller name or the caller's telephone number as described above, the voice confirmation service mode selector 270 of the phone checks the voice confirmation service mode (S270).

When the voice confirmation service mode is turned on by the user, the voice synthesizer 280 synthesizes the caller name or the caller's phone number into the voice (S290) and outputs the voice through the speaker 250 (S300).

If the user has turned off the phone's voice confirmation service mode, the caller information is displayed by text through the liquid crystal display as in the prior art (S280).

The process of synthesizing the caller's name or the caller's phone number by the voice in the voice synthesizer has been described above.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment for outputting the caller information described above as a voice, and it is natural that the present invention can be applied to the present invention without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention.

The present invention checks whether the caller's telephone number provided by wired or wirelessly is registered in the phone when the call is received, and converts the caller information according to the result into voice and outputs the voice. When it is difficult to check the caller information through the LCD screen when the telephone rings, the user can check the caller information by voice through the speaker of the phone has the effect that can be convenient.

In addition, the present invention is implemented by the DSP equipped to support the flash memory and multimedia services and the large-capacity memory that is basically installed in the phone, there is no significant increase in the production cost, so that the production cost can be reduced compared to the function have.

In addition, by using the function of the speech synthesizer employed in the present invention, a message notification function for notifying a character such as a message by voice or a schedule notification function for notifying a schedule stored in a phone by a voice or a method of using a telephone. It can be applied to various ways such as voice guidance.

Claims (9)

An interface unit which receives the caller information by wire or wirelessly and transmits the caller information to the caller information recognizing unit; A central processing unit controlling all operations of the telephone and controlling an operation of retrieving and processing the calling party telephone number; A caller information recognizing unit connected to the central processing unit to recognize and determine caller information received from the interface unit; A memory unit connected to the central processing unit and storing a plurality of telephone numbers; A voice synthesizer connected to the central processing unit to synthesize caller information into voice; A caller information display unit connected to the central processing unit to visually display caller information; Caller information voice output device comprising a; speaker connected to the central processing unit to output a voice. The method of claim 1, And a voice confirmation service mode selection unit connected to the central processing unit to select whether to use the caller information voice confirmation service. The method of claim 2, And the voice confirmation service mode selection unit selects on / off by a key input operation. The method of claim 1, The voice synthesis unit, the caller information voice output device, characterized in that by combining the numeric sound data if the caller information is a number. The method of claim 1, And the call synthesizer synthesizes text into speech using a DSP when caller information is a text. A receiving step of receiving a caller's telephone number by wire or wirelessly; Determining whether a telephone number corresponding to the received caller telephone number is stored in a memory unit; If the caller's telephone number is stored in the memory unit, the caller identification information corresponding to the caller's telephone number is stored in the memory as caller information, or if the telephone number corresponding to the caller's telephone number is not present in the memory, the caller's telephone number. Storing it as a caller information in a memory; Confirming whether a voice confirmation service mode is selected; If the voice confirmation service mode is selected, voice synthesizing the stored caller information and outputting a voice; And if the voice confirmation service mode is not selected, displaying the stored caller information on a liquid crystal display. The method of claim 6, Synthesizing the caller information by voice and outputting the voice; And when the caller information is a number, combining the stored number sound data to synthesize a number sound. The method of claim 6, Synthesizing the caller information by voice and outputting the voice; Caller information voice output method characterized in that for synthesizing the voice using a DSP when the caller information is a text. The method according to claim 7 or 8, Caller information voice output method, characterized in that further adding a boilerplate to the synthesized number or speech synthesized data.