JPH0421289A - Teletext receiver - Google Patents

Teletext receiver

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Publication number
JPH0421289A
JPH0421289A JP2126008A JP12600890A JPH0421289A JP H0421289 A JPH0421289 A JP H0421289A JP 2126008 A JP2126008 A JP 2126008A JP 12600890 A JP12600890 A JP 12600890A JP H0421289 A JPH0421289 A JP H0421289A
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Prior art keywords
character
input means
teletext
voice
character string
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JP2126008A
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Japanese (ja)
Inventor
Nobuhide Yamazaki
山崎 信英
Hiroo Kitagawa
博雄 北川
Tetsuya Sakayori
哲也 酒寄
Junko Komatsu
小松 順子
Yuichi Kojima
裕一 小島
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Ricoh Co Ltd
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Ricoh Co Ltd
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Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent same information from being read out for many times by providing an input means allowing a user to instruct starting read-out and using a signal from the input means so as to read out character information in a range designated in advance only once. CONSTITUTION:A character string extraction section 7 reads the content of a page buffer 6, rearranges character codes in the order suitable for converting the character code in the content into a voice and transfers the result to a voice synthesis section 8. The timing when the character code is transferred to the voice synthesis section is started by a start signal from an input means 10 and finished when a character string in a predetermined unit such as a program or a page is transferred. The voice synthesis section 8 outputs the synthesized voice according to the inputted character string and uses an existing text voice synthesizer. The input means 10 detects it that the user of the receiver starts any action to start read out to the receiver and outputs a start signal instructing the start of read-out to the character string extraction section 7.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 抜4汰夏 本発明は、文字放送受信装置、より詳細には、音声出力
可能な文字放送受信装置に関する。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a teletext receiving device, and more particularly to a teletext receiving device capable of outputting audio.

従来技術 テレビ映像信号の垂直帰線消去期間に符号あるいは画素
データを重畳して伝送するテレビジョン文字多重放送(
以下r文字放送」と略称)が実用化されている。従来の
文字放送受信装置は文字、図形、楽音の発生器を内蔵し
、受信した符号あるいは画素データを復号し、テレビ画
面、スピーカより出力するものであった。
Prior Art Television teletext broadcasting (teletext multiplexing) in which codes or pixel data are superimposed and transmitted during the vertical blanking period of a television video signal.
(hereinafter abbreviated as "r teletext broadcasting") has been put into practical use. Conventional teletext receiving devices have built-in generators for text, graphics, and musical tones, decode received codes or pixel data, and output the decoded data from a television screen or speaker.

また、特開昭60−148290号公報には受信した文
字データを音声に変換して出力する文字放送受信装置が
開示されている。
Furthermore, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 148290/1983 discloses a teletext receiving apparatus that converts received character data into audio and outputs it.

而して、場所や利用形態を選ばない文字放送の利用を考
えると、文字情報を画面に表示するだけでは不十分であ
る。文字情報の有効利用には1文字情報を音声によって
聴取できることが必要である。前記従来技術はこのよう
な機能を実現する目的で提案されたものである。
Therefore, when considering the use of teletext broadcasting regardless of location or form of use, it is insufficient to simply display text information on the screen. For effective use of text information, it is necessary to be able to hear single text information audibly. The above-mentioned conventional technology was proposed for the purpose of realizing such a function.

ところで、従来の文字放送受信装置は、反復形の番組形
態の番組を指定すると、各ページの内容を順次に表示し
、これら一連の複数ページを繰り返して表示するのが一
般的である。そのため、従来技術に示した音声出力を行
う文字放送受信装置では同じ情報を何度も読み上げてし
まう問題があった。
By the way, when a conventional teletext receiving apparatus specifies a program in a repetitive program format, it is common to display the contents of each page sequentially and repeatedly display a series of a plurality of pages. Therefore, in the conventional teletext receiving apparatus that outputs audio, there is a problem in that the same information is read out over and over again.

目     的 本発明は、上述のごとき実情に鑑みてなされたもので、
特に、同じ情報を何回も読み上げてしまうことのない音
声出力可能な文字放送受信装置を実現することを目的と
してなされたものである。
Purpose The present invention was made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances.
In particular, the purpose of this invention is to realize a teletext receiving device that can output audio without reading out the same information over and over again.

構   成 本発明は、上記目的を達成するために、文字放送信号を
受信する文字放送受信部と、文字情報から文字系列を抽
出する文字系列抽出手段と、文字系列を音声に変換する
音声合成手段を備えた音声出力可能な文字放送受信装置
であって、使用者が、読み上げの開始を指示するための
入力手段を有し、前記入力手段からの信号によって、予
め指定しておいた範囲の文字情報を1通り1回だけ読み
上げることを特徴とするものである。以下、本発明の実
施例に基いて説明する。
Configuration In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes a teletext receiving section that receives a teletext signal, a character sequence extraction means that extracts a character sequence from character information, and a speech synthesis means that converts the character sequence into speech. A teletext receiving device capable of outputting audio, comprising an input means for a user to instruct the start of reading aloud, and a range of character information specified in advance by a signal from the input means. It is characterized by reading aloud only once. Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained based on examples.

第1図は、本発明を我が国で実施されている符号伝送(
ハイブリッド)方式文字放送に適用した場合の実施例を
説明するための図で、図中、1は文字放送受信部、2は
パターンメモリ、3は文字発生部、4はテレビ画面、5
は楽音発生部、6はページバッファ、7は文字系列抽出
部、8は音声合成部、10は入力手段で、文字放送受信
部1はテレビジョン電波を受信、検波し、文字放送デー
タを抽出する。パターンメモリ2は文字放送データ中の
画素データや文字発生部3によって発生した文字パター
ンを一時的に記憶し、テレビ画面4に出力する。文字発
生部3は文字放送中の文字コードを受けて、コードに対
応する文字パターンを発生し、パターンメモリ2へ送る
。楽音発生部5は文字放送データ中の楽音コードを受け
て、コードに対応する楽音を発生し、スピーカーより出
力する。以上の構成は従来の文字放送受信装置と同様で
あり、詳しい説明は省略する。
Figure 1 shows the present invention in code transmission (
This is a diagram for explaining an embodiment when applied to a hybrid (hybrid) system teletext broadcast, in which 1 is a teletext receiving section, 2 is a pattern memory, 3 is a character generator, 4 is a television screen, and 5
1 is a musical sound generation section, 6 is a page buffer, 7 is a character sequence extraction section, 8 is a speech synthesis section, 10 is an input means, and the teletext receiving section 1 receives and detects television radio waves and extracts teletext data. . The pattern memory 2 temporarily stores pixel data in teletext data and character patterns generated by the character generation section 3, and outputs them to the television screen 4. A character generating section 3 receives a character code during teletext broadcasting, generates a character pattern corresponding to the code, and sends it to a pattern memory 2. A musical tone generator 5 receives a musical tone code in teletext data, generates a musical tone corresponding to the code, and outputs it from a speaker. The above configuration is the same as that of a conventional teletext receiving apparatus, and detailed explanation will be omitted.

ページバッファ6は1ページあるいは複数ページの文字
放送データを記憶するものであり、文字放送受信部1か
らの文字放送データを記憶する。
The page buffer 6 stores one or more pages of teletext data, and stores the teletext data from the teletext receiving section 1.

文字系列抽出部7はページバッファ6の内容を読み込ん
で、その中の文字コードを音声に変換するのに妥当な順
序で並べ直して音声合成部8に転送する。音声変換する
のに妥当な単位としては、例えば段落(行頭がスペース
であるがなどの条件で判断が可能)9行1文(句点で区
切られる)。
The character sequence extracting section 7 reads the contents of the page buffer 6, rearranges the character codes therein in an order appropriate for converting them into speech, and transfers them to the speech synthesizing section 8. An appropriate unit for audio conversion is, for example, a paragraph (which can be determined based on conditions such as a space at the beginning of a line), nine lines, and one sentence (separated by a period).

文字コード以外のコードやパターンで区切られた単位な
どが考えられる6音声変換するのに妥当な順序は右から
左へ、上から下へなどである。文字コードに音声合成部
に転送するタイミングは、入力手段10からの起動信号
によって開始され、番組あるいはページ等のあらかじめ
定められた単位の文字列を転送した時点で終了する。
Units separated by codes or patterns other than character codes can be considered.6 The appropriate order for voice conversion is from right to left, top to bottom, etc. The timing of transferring the character code to the speech synthesis section is started by a start signal from the input means 10, and ends when a predetermined unit of character string such as a program or page is transferred.

音声合成部8は、入力された文字系列にしたがって合成
音声を8力するもので、!!l−存のテキスト音声合成
器を用いることができる。
The speech synthesis unit 8 generates synthesized speech according to the input character sequence. ! Any existing text-to-speech synthesizer can be used.

入力手段10は、本装置の使用者が本装置に対して読み
上げを開始する目的で何らかの行動を起こしたことを検
出し5読み上げの開始を文字列抽出部7に指示する起動
信号を8力するものである。
The input means 10 detects that the user of this device has taken some action for the purpose of starting reading out to this device, and outputs an activation signal instructing the character string extraction unit 7 to start reading out. It is something.

入力手段のより具体的な実施例として、押しボタンを用
い、使用者がこのボタンを押したときに起動信号を発生
する6 また、入力手段の別の実施例として、音声認識装置を用
い、使用者が音声によって読み上げ開始を指示し、これ
を認識したときに起動信号を発生することもできる。
As a more specific example of the input means, a push button is used, and when the user presses the button, an activation signal is generated.6 Also, as another example of the input means, a voice recognition device is used. It is also possible to generate a start signal when the person instructs the start of reading aloud by voice and recognizes this.

効   果 以上の説明から明らかなように、本発明の文字放送受信
装置においては、入力手段をもうけ、使用者の指示によ
ってあらかじめ指定した単位の読み上げを一度だけ行う
ため、従来のように何度も読み上げてしまう欠点がなく
なる。
Effects As is clear from the above explanation, the teletext receiving device of the present invention has an input means and reads out a pre-specified unit only once according to the user's instructions, so it is not necessary to repeat it many times as in the conventional case. The disadvantage of reading out loud is eliminated.

【図面の簡単な説明】 第1図は、本発明の一実施例を説明するための構成図で
ある。 1・・文字放送受信部、2・・パターンメモリ、3・・
文字発生部、4・・テレビ画面、5・・・楽音発生部、
6・・ページバッファ、7・・・文字系列抽出部、8・
・・音声合成部、10・・・入力手段。
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram for explaining one embodiment of the present invention. 1... Teletext receiver, 2... Pattern memory, 3...
Character generation section, 4... TV screen, 5... Musical sound generation section,
6. Page buffer, 7. Character sequence extraction section, 8.
...Speech synthesis section, 10...Input means.

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 1、文字放送信号を受信する文字放送受信部と、文字情
報から文字系列を抽出する文字系列抽出手段と、文字系
列を音声に変換する音声合成手段を備えた音声出力可能
な文字放送受信装置であって、使用者が、読み上げの開
始を指示するための入力手段を有し、前記入力手段から
の信号によって、予め指定しておいた範囲の文字情報を
1通り1回だけ読み上げることを特徴とする文字放送受
信装置。
1. A teletext receiving device capable of outputting audio, which is equipped with a teletext receiving unit that receives a teletext signal, a character sequence extraction means that extracts a character sequence from text information, and a voice synthesis means that converts the character sequence into speech. The apparatus is characterized in that it has an input means for a user to instruct the start of reading, and reads a predetermined range of character information only once in response to a signal from the input means. teletext receiving device.
JP2126008A 1990-05-16 1990-05-16 Teletext receiver Pending JPH0421289A (en)

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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1126643A3 (en) * 1994-01-12 2002-07-31 Command Audio Corporation A method and receiver for accessing data carried by a broadcast signal

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1126643A3 (en) * 1994-01-12 2002-07-31 Command Audio Corporation A method and receiver for accessing data carried by a broadcast signal

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