JP6573501B2 - Utterance terminal, utterance terminal control method, and control program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a rechargeable utterance terminal, in particular, an utterance terminal that utters when an event occurs, a control method for the utterance terminal, and a control program.

  In recent years, portable terminals that operate using rechargeable batteries have become widespread. In an unforeseen situation such as a disaster, the portable terminal becomes an important lifeline, and it is a big problem that the remaining battery power is exhausted and the power is turned off. Therefore, there is a portable terminal that has a function of notifying the user when the remaining battery level of the rechargeable battery is low. Also, Patent Document 1 discloses a system for storing and displaying the cause of power failure.

JP 2008-225929 A (published September 25, 2008)

  However, since the above-described conventional technology simply stores and displays the cause of the power failure, the user cannot properly recognize that the power has been turned off due to the remaining battery power remaining. As described above, turning off the power of the mobile terminal is a serious problem because an important lifeline is cut off. Therefore, if the cause is due to the remaining battery level of the rechargeable battery, it is significant to make the user recognize that fact.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and the purpose of the present invention is to make it possible for the user to appropriately recognize that the cause of the power failure is that the remaining battery level is exhausted. It is to realize a terminal or the like.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the utterance terminal according to one aspect of the present invention is a rechargeable utterance terminal that utters when an event occurs, and a detection unit that detects the occurrence of the event, and the detection unit includes: An utterance unit that detects the occurrence of the event and utters the content of the utterance indicating that the reason was that the rechargeable battery was out if the power of the terminal itself was previously turned off; It is a configuration.

  In addition, a control method for an utterance terminal according to an aspect of the present invention is a control method for a rechargeable utterance terminal that performs utterance when an event occurs, and includes a detection step for detecting the occurrence of the event, and the detection step. An utterance step of detecting the occurrence of the event and speaking the content of the utterance indicating that the reason was that the rechargeable battery was exhausted when the reason for the last power-off of the terminal was a rechargeable battery. is there.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, it is possible to cause the user to recognize that the reason for the previous power-off was a battery exhaustion at an appropriate timing.

It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the mobile telephone which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. (A) is a figure which shows the external appearance of the said mobile phone, (b) is a figure which shows the example of a display screen in the said mobile phone. It is a figure which shows the example of the table stored in scenario DB of the said mobile telephone. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process in the said mobile telephone. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the mobile telephone which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention.

Embodiment 1
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. A cellular phone (speaking terminal) 1 according to the present embodiment is a rechargeable cellular phone 1 that utters when an event occurs. Then, if the reason why the power was turned off last time was that the remaining battery level of the rechargeable battery was exhausted (hereinafter also referred to as “battery exhausted” or “rechargeable battery exhausted”), a message indicating that (battery exhausted message) ) Is included in the above utterance and uttered. Thereby, a user can be made to recognize that the reason that the last power supply was cut off was due to the battery running out of the rechargeable battery. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the power from being cut off again due to the battery running out. Further, by including the battery exhaustion message in the utterance when the event occurs, it is possible to utter the battery exhaustion message at an appropriate timing, that is, at a timing when the user is highly likely to hear. Therefore, it is possible to make the user surely recognize that the reason for the last power-off was battery exhaustion. Hereinafter, turning off the power is also referred to as power-off.

[Configuration of mobile phone 1]
First, with reference to FIG. 2, the external appearance of the mobile phone 1 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 2A is a diagram showing an overview of the mobile phone 1, and FIG. 2B is a diagram showing an example of a display screen on the mobile phone 1. As shown in FIG. 2A, the mobile phone 1 includes a speaker unit 51 and a display unit 52. Also, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), when the reason for the previous power interruption was a battery exhaustion, the character 200 was displayed on the display unit 52, and "I was too hungry and lost consciousness." A message indicating that the battery has run out is uttered from the speaker unit 51.

  Next, the configuration of the main part of the mobile phone 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the mobile phone 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile phone 1 includes a management unit 10, a control unit 20, a storage unit 30, a communication unit 40, a speaker unit 51, and a display unit (display unit) 52. The management unit 10 includes an utterance trigger generation unit (detection unit) 11, an inclination detection unit 12, and a remaining battery level detection unit 13. The control unit 20 includes an utterance control unit (speech unit) 20a, an audio output unit 23, and a video output. The utterance control unit 20 a includes a scenario information selection unit (selection unit) 21 and an utterance content determination unit (selection unit) 22. The storage unit 30 includes a system log 31, schedule information 32, scenario DB 33, and system information 34, and the communication unit 40 includes a reception unit 41 and a transmission unit 42. In addition, when not using the information acquired from the inclination detection part 12 for determination of generation | occurrence | production of an event, the inclination detection part 12 is not essential and the structure which is not provided may be sufficient.

  Note that descriptions of configurations that are not directly related to the features of the present invention (for example, configurations for calls) are omitted. However, in accordance with the actual situation of implementation, the mobile phone 1 may have an omitted configuration.

  The management unit 10 manages the state of the mobile phone 1, generates an utterance trigger 61 when an event for executing an utterance occurs, and executes the utterance. The utterance trigger generation unit 11, an inclination detection unit 12 and a battery remaining amount detection unit 13. Note that the utterance trigger is an instruction command that is generated when the mobile phone 1 instructs the user to speak, and includes the content of the event that has occurred.

  When the utterance trigger generation unit 11 determines whether or not a predetermined event has occurred based on information indicating the inclination of the mobile phone 1 acquired from the inclination detection unit 12 described later, and determines that a predetermined event has occurred, It is determined that it is the utterance timing, and an utterance trigger 61 is generated and transmitted to the scenario information selection unit 21. More specifically, the utterance trigger generation unit 11 acquires the inclination information of the mobile phone 1 from the inclination detection unit 12, recognizes that the mobile phone 1 has become horizontal, and the mobile phone 1 is not used. If it is determined, it is determined that a predetermined event has occurred. When it is determined that a predetermined event has occurred, it is determined that it is the utterance timing, and an utterance trigger 61 is generated and transmitted to the scenario information selection unit 21. Thereby, for example, when the mobile phone 1 is placed somewhere, the speech timing can be set.

  Further, the utterance trigger generation unit 11 determines whether or not a predetermined event has occurred based on information acquired from the battery remaining amount detection unit 13 to be described later, and determines that a predetermined event has occurred. It is determined that there is an utterance trigger 61 is generated and transmitted to the scenario information selection unit 21. More specifically, when the information indicating the remaining battery level acquired from the remaining battery level detection unit 13 indicates that the remaining battery level is starting to increase, the utterance trigger generation unit 11 determines that a predetermined event has occurred. Determination is made and it is determined that it is the utterance timing, and an utterance trigger 61 is generated and transmitted to the scenario information selection unit 21. Thereby, the case where charging of the mobile phone 1 is started can be set as the speech timing. Note that it may be determined that a predetermined event has occurred by detecting when the charging cable is simply inserted instead of increasing the remaining battery level.

  The utterance trigger generation unit 11 determines that a predetermined event has occurred when the information indicating the remaining battery level acquired from the remaining battery level detection unit 13 indicates that the increase in the remaining battery level has stopped. Therefore, it is determined that it is the utterance timing, and the utterance trigger 61 is generated and transmitted to the scenario information selection unit 21. Thereby, the case where charging of the mobile phone 1 is completed can be set as the speech timing. Instead of stopping the increase in the remaining battery level, it may be determined that a predetermined event has occurred by simply detecting when the charging cable is disconnected.

  As described above, when the information acquired from the inclination detection unit 12 is not used to determine the occurrence of a predetermined event, the inclination detection unit 12 may not be provided as described above.

  By setting processing, work, and the like related to the power supply as a predetermined event as described above, a battery exhaustion message can be uttered when the user is conscious of the power supply.

  In addition, the utterance trigger generation unit 11 determines whether or not a predetermined event has occurred based on the information acquired from the information stored in the schedule information 32, and determines that the predetermined event has occurred. The utterance trigger 61 is generated and transmitted to the scenario information selection unit 21.

  In addition, the utterance trigger generation unit 11 acquires the reason for power-off from the system log 31 and transmits it to the scenario information selection unit 21 in the utterance trigger 61.

  In addition, when the utterance trigger generation unit 11 circulates the system log 31 and the schedule information 32 and detects information to be presented to the user, the utterance trigger 61 may be generated spontaneously. Further, the utterance trigger generation unit 11 may include a plurality of events in one utterance trigger 61 or may separately generate them as individual utterance triggers 61.

  The inclination detection unit 12 detects the inclination of the mobile phone 1 and notifies the utterance trigger generation unit 11 of information indicating the detected inclination.

  The remaining battery level detection unit 13 detects the remaining battery level of a rechargeable battery (not shown) of the mobile phone 1 and notifies the utterance trigger generation unit 11 of information indicating the detected remaining battery level.

  The control unit 20 controls utterance based on the utterance trigger 61 received from the utterance trigger generation unit 11, and includes an utterance control unit 20 a, an audio output unit 23, and a video output unit 24.

  The utterance control unit 20 a determines the utterance content based on the utterance trigger 61, and includes a scenario information selection unit 21 and an utterance content determination unit 22.

  The scenario information selection unit 21 selects a corresponding scenario (utterance content) from the scenario DB 33 based on the time information 63 received from the utterance trigger 61 and the system information 34. Then, the selected scenario is notified to the utterance content determination unit 22. The scenario information selection unit 21 may read a scenario having an event ID corresponding to the event ID included in the utterance trigger 61.

  Here, the scenario DB 33 will be described. The scenario DB 33 is a table in which contents (speech data) uttered from the mobile phone 1, characters to be uttered, event ID, utterance conditions, last utterance date and time, and weight are associated with each other. An example of the scenario DB 33 is shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 3, the character “A”, the event ID “I00001”, the utterance condition “what day information exists today”, the utterance content (the line) “Today is the day of XX”, The previous utterance date and time “June 1, 2015, 8:00” and the importance level “low” are associated with each other. The same applies hereinafter.

  The utterance content determination unit 22 determines a scenario to be uttered by referring to the importance from the scenario selected by the scenario information selection unit 21. Then, from the determined scenario (utterance content), an audio signal 65 indicating the audio to be output is generated and notified to the audio output unit 23, and a video signal 66 indicating the video to be displayed is generated and notified to the video output unit 24. To do. Note that it is desirable to set a higher importance level for a message related to power-off due to battery exhaustion and not lower it until it is spoken. Moreover, the structure which reduces importance after utterance may be sufficient.

  Further, when the utterance content determination unit 22 has been activated after a predetermined time (for example, 6 hours) has elapsed since the previous power-off, the utterance content determination unit 22 changes the character to be displayed from the one set by the user to the default character. This gives the user an impression that the data has been initialized, and can more strongly recognize that the power has been cut off due to battery exhaustion.

  Note that the method for determining a scenario is not limited to importance, and one may be determined at random. Further, when there are a plurality of scenarios having the same importance, one of them may be determined at random. Further, the latest utterance may be excluded from the selection target. This can be determined with reference to the “last utterance date / time” in the scenario DB 33 shown in FIG. 3, or can be realized by setting a flag (not shown) on the scenario that was most recently uttered.

  Also, the content of the utterance is not limited to the one that directly tells the user that the reason for the power interruption was the battery running out, but for example, “Let's charge the battery frequently”. It may be something that makes it a habit to the user.

  The audio output unit 23 causes the speaker unit 51 to output the audio signal 65 received from the utterance content determination unit 22.

  The video output unit 24 causes the display unit 52 to display the video signal 66 received from the utterance content determination unit 22.

  The storage unit 30 includes a system log 31, schedule information 32, scenario DB 33, and system information 34.

  The system log 31 stores a log related to the entire system, and also stores a log generated when the power is cut off due to battery exhaustion. The schedule information 32 stores schedule information set in advance by the user. Since the scenario DB 33 has been described above, a description thereof is omitted here. The system information 34 stores information related to the entire system of the mobile phone 1. For example, time information 63 indicating the current time is stored.

  The communication unit 40 includes a reception unit 41 and a transmission unit 42, and performs communication with the outside by a known communication unit. The receiving unit 41 notifies the utterance trigger generating unit 11 of the content received from the outside. The contents received from the outside include evacuation information at the time of disaster, movie information being released, and the like.

  The speaker unit 51 outputs the audio signal 65 input to the audio output unit 23 as audio. The display unit 52 outputs the video signal 66 input to the video output unit 24 as a video.

[Flow of processing in mobile phone 1]
Next, the flow of processing in the mobile phone 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the mobile phone 1.

  As shown in FIG. 4, when a predetermined event occurs, the utterance trigger generation unit 11 executes an utterance trigger process (S2, detection step). In the utterance trigger process, the utterance trigger generation unit 11 generates an utterance trigger 61 and transmits it to the utterance control unit 20a (scenario information selection unit 21).

  Next, the utterance control unit 20a executes utterance content selection processing based on the utterance trigger 61 (S3). The flow of the selection process is shown below.

  First, the scenario information selection unit 21 reads a scenario from the scenario DB 33 based on the utterance trigger 61 (S4). Next, based on the utterance trigger 61, the scenario information selection unit 21 determines whether the reason for the power interruption that occurred last time is due to the rechargeable battery being exhausted (S5). If the reason for the last power-off is a rechargeable battery (YES in S5), the scenario information selection unit 21 determines whether or not the current time is within one hour after the mobile phone 1 is activated (elapsed time since activation) Is determined for one hour or more) (S6). If the current time is within one hour from the activation of the mobile phone 1 (YES in S6), the scenario information selection unit 21 includes a battery dead scenario (within one hour) as a scenario candidate to be uttered (S8).

  If the current time is not within one hour since the mobile phone 1 is started (NO in S6), the scenario information selection unit 21 determines whether the current time is less than one day after the mobile phone 1 is started ( S7). When it is less than one day since the mobile phone 1 is activated (YES in S7), the scenario information selection unit 21 includes a battery-run scenario (less than one day) as a scenario candidate to be uttered (S9).

  If the current time is not less than one day after activation of the mobile phone 1 (NO in S7), the scenario information selection unit 21 includes a battery dead scenario (one day or more) as a scenario candidate to be uttered (S10).

  Then, the utterance content determination unit 22 selects a scenario that also satisfies other conditions from the scenario candidates (S11). At this time, the utterance content determination unit 22 determines whether the selected scenario is a message for battery exhaustion (S12). If the selected scenario is a message about battery exhaustion (YES in S12), the utterance content determination unit 22 determines whether the time until the next activation has been 6 hours or more after the previous power failure occurred. (S13). If the time from the previous power failure to the next activation is 6 hours or more (YES in S13), the utterance content determination unit 22 determines the currently selected scenario based on the default character. The scenario is changed to a battery exhaustion message (S14). Then, the changed scenario is output (S14).

  On the other hand, if the selected scenario is not a message for running out of battery (NO in S12), the utterance content determination unit 22 has passed 6 hours or more from the previous power failure to the next startup. If not (NO in S13), the scenario selected in step S11 is output (S15, speech step).

  The above is the flow of processing in the mobile phone 1.

[Modification of Embodiment 1]
In the mobile phone 1 of the first embodiment described above, the configuration of each block (FIG. 1) need not be limited to this. For example, the scenario DB 33 may be stored in an external device and the scenario may be acquired by communication. Thereby, it becomes easy to add and update characters, speech conditions, dialogues, and the like, and the content of information to be presented can be made more appropriate. Moreover, the timing to present can also be made appropriate.

  Moreover, in Embodiment 1 mentioned above, it was set as the structure which speaks by a default character, when it took time until starting after the power failure by the last time of a rechargeable battery occurred, but it is not restricted to this. Absent. For example, the user may speak while displaying the initial setting screen of the terminal.

[Embodiment 2]
Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the present embodiment, contents to be uttered can be transmitted to an external device via the transmission unit 42. Thereby, speech etc. can be performed in cooperation with an external apparatus.

  This will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the mobile phone 2. As shown in FIG. 5, the mobile phone 2 is configured such that transmission data 67 is transmitted from the utterance content determination unit 22 to the transmission unit 42.

  When the utterance content determination unit 22 outputs audio from the speaker unit 51 of the mobile phone 2, the utterance content determination unit 22 transmits an audio signal 65 indicating the determined scenario (utterance content) to the audio output unit 23 and outputs a video signal 66 as an image. To the unit 24. On the other hand, when outputting voice or the like from an external device, transmission data 67 indicating the determined scenario (utterance content) is transmitted to the transmission unit 42. The transmission unit 42 transmits the transmission data 67 to the outside.

[Other variations]
In the first and second embodiments, a mobile phone is shown as an example. However, the present invention may be any terminal device that operates on a rechargeable battery. For example, a robot cleaner, a portable music player, a notebook computer, The present invention can also be applied to electrical appliances such as tablet terminals.

[Example of software implementation]
Each block in the cellular phones 1 and 2 may be realized by a logic circuit (hardware) formed in an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like, or may be realized by software using a CPU (Central Processing Unit). Good.

  In the latter case, the mobile phones 1 and 2 include a CPU that executes instructions of a program that is software that realizes each function, and a ROM (Read Only Memory) in which the program and various data are recorded so as to be readable by the computer (or CPU). ) Or a storage device (these are referred to as “recording media”), a RAM (Random Access Memory) for expanding the program, and the like. And the objective of this invention is achieved when a computer (or CPU) reads the said program from the said recording medium and runs it. As the recording medium, a “non-temporary tangible medium” such as a tape, a disk, a card, a semiconductor memory, a programmable logic circuit, or the like can be used. The program may be supplied to the computer via an arbitrary transmission medium (such as a communication network or a broadcast wave) that can transmit the program. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program is embodied by electronic transmission.

[Summary]
The utterance terminal which concerns on aspect 1 of this invention is a rechargeable utterance terminal which speaks when the event generate | occur | produces. The detection part (utterance trigger production | generation part 11) which detects generation | occurrence | production of the said event, and the said detection part are said event. And a speech unit (speech output unit 23) that utters the content of speech related to charging of the rechargeable battery when the reason for the previous power-off of the terminal is that the rechargeable battery is exhausted.

  According to said structure, a user is notified that the reason for the last power-off was a battery exhaustion. In addition, this notification is notified as an utterance when an event occurs. It is highly possible that the user is listening to the utterance when the event occurs. Therefore, at an appropriate timing, the user can be made aware that the reason for the previous power-off was a battery exhaustion.

  Note that the utterance content related to charging the rechargeable battery is to allow the user to directly recognize the reason for running out of the battery, indicating that the previous reason that the terminal was turned off was that the rechargeable battery was out of battery. Alternatively, the user may be habitually charged so as to promptly charge the rechargeable battery.

  The utterance terminal according to aspect 2 of the present invention selects the one or more utterance data corresponding to the event from the plurality of utterance data in the aspect 1, and the reason why the power of the terminal itself was previously turned off is as follows. When the rechargeable battery is exhausted, the utterance data to be selected includes a selection unit (scenario information selection unit 21 and utterance content determination unit 22) that includes utterance data related to charging of the rechargeable battery, and the utterance unit is selected by the selection unit. The utterance content indicated by the utterance data may be uttered.

  According to said structure, the speech data regarding charge of a rechargeable battery can be included in speech data.

  In the speech terminal according to aspect 3 of the present invention, in the aspect 1 or 2, the detection unit may detect an event related to charging of the terminal itself.

  According to said structure, when the event regarding charge is detected, a user is notified that the reason for the power source of the last self terminal having been cut off is a rechargeable battery. When an event related to charging occurs, it is very likely that the user's consciousness is suitable for charging. Therefore, when the user's consciousness is suitable for charging, the above notification is made, and it is possible to make the user strongly recognize that the reason for the previous power-off of the terminal itself is the rechargeable battery. .

  Here, the event related to charging is, for example, when charging is started, when charging is completed, when a charging cable is inserted, when a charging cable is removed, or the like.

  In the utterance terminal according to aspect 4 of the present invention, in any one of the above aspects 1 to 3, the utterance unit performs utterances having the same contents but different aspects according to the elapsed time from the most recent activation of the terminal. It may be a thing.

  According to said structure, according to the time from the time of the last starting, the content is the same and it can utter a different aspect. Thereby, it is possible to speak in a manner that matches the passage of time.

  An utterance terminal according to aspect 5 of the present invention includes the display unit (display unit 52) in any of the above aspects 1 to 4, and the utterance unit displays a character on the display unit when performing the utterance. If a predetermined time has elapsed since the last time the power was turned off due to the rechargeable battery being exhausted, the display unit displays a different character than usual. It may be what performs.

  According to the above configuration, when a predetermined time elapses from the time when the power is turned off due to the rechargeable battery being exhausted, the character different from the normal character is displayed on the display unit and the speech is performed. Thereby, it can be strongly impressed to the user that the power supply is cut off due to the rechargeable battery running out. For example, by displaying a default character, the user can be given an impression that “data may have been initialized”.

  The control method for an utterance terminal according to aspect 6 of the present invention is a control method for a rechargeable utterance terminal that utters when an event occurs, the detection step (S2) for detecting the occurrence of the event, and the detection step And utterance step (S15) for uttering the utterance content related to charging of the rechargeable battery when the occurrence of the above event is detected and the previous reason that the power of the terminal was turned off is a rechargeable battery.

  According to said method, there exists an effect similar to the said aspect 1. FIG.

  The terminal device according to each aspect of the present invention may be realized by a computer. In this case, the terminal device is realized by the computer by operating the computer as each unit (software element) included in the terminal device. A program for a terminal device and a computer-readable recording medium on which the program is recorded also fall within the scope of the present invention.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible within the scope shown in the claims, and embodiments obtained by appropriately combining technical means disclosed in different embodiments. Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention. Furthermore, a new technical feature can be formed by combining the technical means disclosed in each embodiment.

  The present invention is suitable for a terminal device operated by a rechargeable battery, for example, a mobile phone, a robot cleaner, a portable music player, a personal computer, a tablet terminal, and the like.

1, 2: Mobile phone (speaking terminal)
11: Utterance trigger generation unit (detection unit)
20a: Speaking control unit (speaking unit)
21: Scenario information selection part (selection part)
22: Utterance content determination unit (selection unit)
52: Display unit (display unit)

Claims (2)

In a rechargeable utterance terminal that speaks when an event occurs,
A detection unit for detecting the occurrence of the event;
When the detection unit detects the occurrence of the event and the previous reason that the terminal was turned off is a rechargeable battery, an utterance unit that utters the utterance content related to charging the rechargeable battery;
A display unit,
The utterance unit displays a character on the display unit when performing the utterance, and performs the utterance. An utterance terminal characterized in that when it has elapsed, an utterance is made by displaying a character different from a normal character on the display unit . A method for controlling a rechargeable utterance terminal that utters when an event occurs,
A detection step for detecting the occurrence of the event;
Detecting the occurrence of the event in the detection step, and when the reason for the last power-off of the terminal is a rechargeable battery, an utterance step that utters the utterance content related to charging of the rechargeable battery,
In the utterance step, the character is displayed on the display unit when the utterance is performed, and the utterance is performed. If so, an utterance terminal control method, wherein an utterance is performed by displaying a character different from the normal character on the display unit .

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