TWM509948U - Tour guide device - Google Patents

Description

Navigation device

The present invention relates to a navigation device, and more particularly to a multimedia navigation device combining voice, text, and image.

When visiting an exhibition venue in the early days, visitors often only rely on the textual licensing of the exhibits in the exhibition or the explanations of the on-site guides to understand the relevant background of the exhibits. The number of words that can be recorded in the text licensing is quite limited, so this method can only provide a brief introduction of the exhibits; while the guided time of the on-site guides is usually limited to a specific time period and the visitors need to match the pace of the guides during the visit. I can't visit at my own pace.

Recently, more large-scale exhibition venues may provide audio navigation devices that store voice files that introduce multiple exhibit items. When visiting an exhibit item, the visitor can operate the audio guide device to play the voice file corresponding to the exhibit item to listen to the related introduction of the exhibit item. However, this method requires manual recording of the contents of the exhibition item and storage thereof to the audio navigation device, which is inconvenient to use, and the labor cost is very high.

Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a navigation device .

Thus, the novel navigation device can receive a wireless signal from a short-range wireless signal transmitter and connect to a server via a communication network. The server stores a plurality of item identification numbers corresponding to different items and a plurality of introduction texts respectively corresponding to the item identification numbers, and each introduction text includes a plurality of characters for introducing the corresponding items.

The navigation device comprises a sounding unit, a wireless communication unit and a processing unit.

The sounding unit is used to emit sound.

The wireless communication unit is coupled to the server via a communication network and receives a wireless signal from the short range wireless signal transmitter that carries an item identification number of one of the items.

The processing unit electrically connects the sounding unit and the wireless communication unit, and controls the wireless communication unit to transmit the received item identification number to the server, so that the server returns the introduction text corresponding to the item identification number, and Controlling the sounding unit to emit a pair of voices that should introduce the text in the text according to the introduction text.

The effect of the novel is that by synthesizing the corresponding speech according to the introduction text, the inconvenience of manually recording and storing it in the navigation device can be eliminated.

1‧‧‧Navigation device

11‧‧‧ Sounding unit

12‧‧‧Display unit

13‧‧‧Wireless communication unit

14‧‧‧Processing unit

2‧‧‧ Items

3‧‧‧Short-range wireless signal transmitter

4‧‧‧Server

51~56‧‧‧Steps

6‧‧‧Signal transmission range

7‧‧‧ text

8‧‧‧virtual portrait

9‧‧‧Image data

Other features and effects of the present invention will be apparent from the following description of the drawings, wherein: Figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating the navigation device of the present invention; 2 is a schematic diagram showing that each item corresponds to a short-range wireless signal transmitter, and the navigation device is located within a signal transmission range of one of the short-range wireless signal transmitters; FIG. 3 is a flow chart. A navigation method executed by the navigation device is illustrated; FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating the navigation device displaying the voices of the plurality of characters of the article while displaying the voices corresponding to the voices of the mouths; a virtual portrait of the action; FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the navigation device displaying the characters, the virtual portrait, and an image data related to the article while playing the voice; and FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating The plurality of items correspond to a short-range wireless signal transmitter, and the navigation device is located within a signal transmission range of the short-range wireless signal transmitter.

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, similar elements are denoted by the same reference numerals.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, an embodiment of the navigation device 1 of the present invention is suitable for use in an exhibition venue, and includes a sounding unit 11, a display unit 12, a wireless communication unit 13, and an electrical connection. Processing unit 14 of the unit.

The exhibition venue comprises a plurality of items 2 in the exhibition, and a short-range wireless signal transmitter 3 corresponding to the item identification number and corresponding to an item identification number of the corresponding item 2 is disposed in the vicinity of each item 2; Example The short-range wireless signal transmitter 3 is a radio frequency tag.

The wireless communication unit 13 can receive the wireless signal from the short-range wireless signal transmitter 3 and connect to a server 4 via a communication network; wherein the server 4 stores the item identification number of the item 2 and a plurality of respectively For each introductory text corresponding to the item identification number, each introductory text includes a plurality of characters for introducing the corresponding item 2.

In this embodiment, the navigation device 1 is implemented by executing a navigation application having a speech synthesis module on a mobile device such as a smart phone or a tablet computer, and When the navigation device 1 is used at the exhibition venue, the visitor can operate the navigation device 1 to execute the navigation application to implement a navigation method. Referring to Figure 3, the various steps of the navigation method are detailed below.

First, in step 51, each short-range wireless signal transmitter 3 continuously transmits a wireless signal carrying the item identification number of the corresponding item 2 outward.

Next, in step 52, as shown in FIG. 2, the visitor uses the navigation device 1 to approach one of the items 2 to enter the signal transmission range 6 of the short-range wireless signal transmitter 3 corresponding to the item 2. .

Next, in step 53, the wireless communication unit 13 receives the wireless signal carrying the item identification number; and the visitor operates the navigation device 1 to cause the processing unit 14 to control the wireless communication unit 13 to transmit the item identification number to The server 4.

Then, in step 54, the server 4 returns the corresponding item. The introduction text of the identification number is to the navigation device 1.

Next, in step 55, the visitor operates the navigation device 1 to cause the processing unit 14 to execute the speech synthesis module to synthesize a pair of speeches that should introduce the characters in the text based on the introduction text.

Next, in step 56, as shown in FIG. 4, the processing unit 14 controls the sounding unit 11 to play the voice, and simultaneously controls the display unit 12 to display the characters 7 and a virtual portrait that acts in conjunction with the voice. The virtual portrait is a virtual portrait 8 that operates in response to the played voice.

In particular, the navigation method does not need to manually record the introduction content of the exhibition item 2 in advance, but generates the introduction voice of the exhibition item 2 in a voice synthesis manner, and can eliminate the manual recording and store it to the navigation device 1 Inconvenience.

In addition, in another embodiment of the present invention, the server 4 can also store the image data corresponding to the item 2 corresponding to each item identification number, and return the corresponding item identification number when returning the introduction text. Image data to the navigation device 1. Thus, as shown in FIG. 5, the processing unit 14 can simultaneously control the sounding unit 11 to play the voice, and control the display unit 12 to display the text 7, the virtual portrait 8, and the image material 9.

In addition, in another embodiment of the present invention, referring to FIG. 6, the short-range wireless signal transmitter 3 can be an iBeacon base station, and the iBeacon base station is used to place items of a plurality of items 2 placed on an exhibition site. The identification number is pushed out; thus, it is not necessary to provide a corresponding short-range wireless signal transmitter 3 in the vicinity of each item 2. In this embodiment, when When the navigation device 1 enters the signal transmission range 6 of the short-range wireless signal transmitter 3, the navigation device 1 can receive an iBeacon wireless signal carrying the item identification number of the items 2. After that, the visitor can operate the navigation device 1 to transmit the item identification number of the item of interest 2 to the server 4, and cause the server 4 to return the introduction text and image data corresponding to the item identification number. The processing unit 14 controls the sounding unit 11 to play the voice corresponding to the introduction text, and controls the display unit 12 to display the introduction text content, the virtual portrait, and the image data.

In summary, the navigation device of the present invention transmits the item identification number of the corresponding item by the short-range wireless signal transmitter, and the navigation device transmits the item identification number to the server after receiving the item identification number, and the slave servo The device receives the introduction text and the image data corresponding to the item identification number, and then plays the voice corresponding to the introduction text in a voice synthesis manner, and displays a virtual portrait that introduces the text content, the image data, and the mouth corresponding to the played voice; It is necessary to manually record the contents of the article in advance and store it into the navigation device, and present the introduction content of the article in a multimedia manner, so that the purpose of the present invention can be achieved.

However, the above is only the embodiment of the present invention, and when it is not possible to limit the scope of the present invention, all the simple equivalent changes and modifications according to the scope of the patent application and the contents of the patent specification are still This new patent covers the scope.

1‧‧‧Navigation device

11‧‧‧ Sounding unit

12‧‧‧Display unit

13‧‧‧Wireless communication unit

14‧‧‧Processing unit

3‧‧‧Short-range wireless signal transmitter

4‧‧‧Server

Claims (5)

A navigation device capable of receiving a wireless signal from a short-range wireless signal transmitter and connecting to a server via a communication network, the server storing a plurality of item identification numbers corresponding to different items and a plurality of corresponding correspondences An introduction text of the item identification number, each introduction text includes a plurality of characters for introducing the corresponding item, the navigation device includes: a sounding unit for emitting a sound; and a wireless communication unit connected to the server via a communication network And receiving a wireless signal from the short-range wireless signal transmitter that carries an item identification number of one of the items; and a processing unit electrically connecting the sounding unit and the wireless communication unit and controlling the wireless communication The unit transmits the received item identification number to the server, causes the server to return the introduction text corresponding to the item identification number, and controls the sounding unit to issue the pair of words in the introduction text according to the introduction text. Voice. The navigation device of claim 1, further comprising a display unit electrically connected to the processing unit, and the processing unit controls the display unit to display a voice with the voice while controlling the sounding unit to emit the voice. Virtual portrait. The navigation device of claim 2, wherein the virtual portrait is a virtual portrait, and the mouth of the virtual portrait acts correspondingly while the sounding unit emits the voice. The navigation device of claim 3, wherein the processing unit controls the display unit to display the voice while controlling the sounding unit to emit the voice The text. The navigation device of claim 4, wherein the server further stores a plurality of image data respectively corresponding to the item identification number, and returns the corresponding item identification number after receiving the item identification number. The image data, the processing unit controls the display unit to display the image data while controlling the sounding unit to emit the voice.