JPS6130308B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an improvement in an electronic device that reads out numerical values of numerical input results and calculation results by electronic voice.

Conventionally, devices that read out the numerical input results and calculation results in electronic devices, such as electronic computers, have been used in small desk-top electronic computers, but in the conventional method of speaking these types of numerical values, In many cases, only the numbers in a string of numbers are simply read out in sequence.
It was not something that included the units of digits in the utterances.
Therefore, the user of this type of device cannot know the number of digits of a number until he/she has heard all the numbers in the string, which is a significant inconvenience in use. Furthermore, since consecutive zeros in numbers were read out redundantly as "zero" and "zero" for each digit, it was also a hindrance to improving the dictation speed.

On the other hand, even if the number string representing a number is read out including the digit units, for example, when you say "120,000," the number is "12×××××××". Is there a “100002××
``×''? The utterance of the unuttered digit indicated by ``×'', especially the utterance of ``100,000,000'', followed by the utterance of ``100,000,000'' mentioned above.
Only the first digit, ``1'', can be written down without waiting for the digit to be uttered, and simply adding the digit unit and uttering it is extremely inconvenient for use. be.

The object of the present invention is to provide a numeric utterance device which eliminates the above-mentioned inconveniences in use, eliminates the drawbacks of the conventional method, and enables quick and accurate writing of a numeric string representing a numeric value in response to the reading of digits. Our goal is to provide electronic devices with

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In the first embodiment of the electronic device of the present invention, when outputting numerical input results or calculation results by voice, if there are at least two consecutive zero digits following a significant figure, the consecutive zero digits are This is an example of the basic configuration of the present invention, which determines the state and appropriately makes a specific utterance such as "Yonketatonde" or "Two zero" that can determine the digit up to the next significant figure. is shown in Figure 1.

In the configuration example shown in FIG. 1, the CPU is a central processing unit in an electronic computer, and l1 is a signal line for sending numerical information sent from the CPU to M to be output as voice. M is a numerical information storage device that temporarily stores the above-mentioned numerical information signal. NOR
Regarding the numerical information signal temporarily stored in the storage M, inputs the digit signals of 10,000, 100,000, million, and 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. This is a Noah gate that outputs 1". The SG sequentially takes in the numerical information signals temporarily stored in the storage M, starting from the high-order digits, and converts those numerical information signals into binary codes for voice using read-only memories (ROM) I, K, etc. for numerical voice output. A circuit for generating numerical information sound and outputting binary code storage ROM H, S, M, O, etc. for digit unit sound to generate digit unit sound corresponding to input numerical information; When a high level signal "1" is output from the Noah Gate NOR, that is, when all the input digit signals of this Noah Gate NOR are zero, the ROMT for storing a binary code corresponding to a specific sound, for example "Yonketatonde" is An audio signal generator that includes a circuit that outputs these specific sounds and a digital-to-analog converter that supplies these various audio binary codes to the speaker SP, and outputs the corresponding analog signals. It is a vessel.

In the above-mentioned configuration, for example, when the numerical value to be outputted is "100002000", in order to utter "Ichioku yonketatonde Nisen", the audio signal generator SG inputs the four digits following "Ichi". The output high-level signal "1" of the Noah gate NOR, which indicates a series of zeros, opens the AND gate G1 in order to interrupt the utterance of "Yonketatonde" between the utterances of "Ichioku" and "Nisen", and also opens the AND gate G2. closes and prohibits the utterance of ``Man'' following the utterance of ``Nisen''.

Furthermore, instead of "Yonketatonde", "Fouozero" or the like may be uttered.

An example of the configuration in this case is shown in FIG.

In the configuration example shown in the second figure, when there are two consecutive zero digits, something like "two zero" is uttered, and the RAM receives input numerical information signals W1, W2, W4, and W8 from the central processing unit CPU. It is a random access memory corresponding to the information storage M in the configuration shown in the first diagram for temporary storage, ADRS is an address designation line that designates the address of the random access memory RAM, and R/W is a numerical value in the random access memory RAM. This is a read/write control line that controls reading and writing of information signals. OR is an OR gate that simultaneously inputs, for example, 4-bit single-digit signals sequentially from the high-order digits as shown in the figure out of the numerical information signals read from the random access memory RAM, and IN2 is an inverter that inverts the gate output signal of the OR gate OR. It is.
F is a flip-flop which is set by the OR gate output signal from the OR gate OR, for example by a reset signal RST from the central processing unit CPU. SR inputs the inverted output signal of inverter IN2 and creates a random access memory.
G3 is a register that holds the inverter output signal for the time required to read one digit of the numerical information signal from the RAM, and G3 is an AND gate that receives the output signals from the flip-flop F, inverter IN2, and register SR. It is. CP is a clock pulse generated in synchronization with the time when one digit of the numerical information signal in the random access memory RAM is read, and controls the holding of the inverter output signal in the register SR mentioned above.

Next, to explain the operation of this circuit, first,
A read command is added to the random access memory RAM that temporarily stores the input numerical information signal, and 4-bit single-digit signals are output in parallel from the upper digits of the numerical information signal, and these 4-bit single-digit signals are The audio signal is input to the voice signal generator SG at the same time as in the configuration shown in the figure, and is also input to the OR gate OR, so that when the 4-bit 1-digit signal has a value other than zero, that is, even 1 bit out of the 4 bits is "1". Then, the flip-flop F is set by the high level output signal "1" of the OR gate OR.
On the other hand, the inverter IN2 inputs an inverted output signal "1", which is an inversion of the OR gate output "0" when all the 4-bit parallel signals mentioned above are zero, into the register SR, and converts the state of the 4-bit zero signal to one digit. Retains only the read time. Therefore, in AND gate G3, a significant digit signal appears and the output signal of flip-flop F becomes "1", after which a 4-bit zero state appears, which is stored in SR and the subsequent 4-bit parallel signal. When each bit of is similarly zero, that is, when the output signal of inverter IN2, the output signal of register SR, and the output signal of F are both "1",
A high-level AND gate output signal "1" is generated, and it is determined that there are two consecutive zero digits. This AND gate output signal "1" drives the ROM for storing a specific sound in the audio signal generator SG mentioned above to generate a specific sound such as "two zeros". For example, the above-mentioned example numerical information is uttered as "1-two-zero-two-zero-ni-two-zero-zero." Alternatively, the user may utter "futaketatonde".

Regarding the consecutive two-digit zero discrimination circuit having the above-mentioned configuration, register SR is provided for 2 bits, and each bit of register SR is applied to AND gate G3.
If configured as an input AND gate, three consecutive zero digits can be determined, and in this case, "three zero" or the like is uttered. Further, as in the first embodiment, the AND gate G3 can be made to read aloud in units of digits such as "Ok", "Man", "Thousand", "Million", etc. by sending a specific digit designation signal to the AND gate G3. This can be done by applying

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, with a simple circuit configuration, an electronic device capable of audio output that can read out numerical input results and calculation results in a way that makes it easy to write down instantly is realized. can do.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the electronic device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of another configuration. M... Numerical information storage, NOR... Noah gate, SG... Audio signal generator, RAM... Random access memory, OR... OR gate, F...
Flip-flop, IN1, IN2...Inverter, SR...Register, G1, G2, G3...AND gate.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An electronic device that electronically outputs numerical information, comprising a detection means for detecting a plurality of consecutive zero digits in the numerical value, and a specific sound according to the detection output of the detection means. An electronic device characterized by comprising a specific sound generating means for generating a specific sound. 2. The specific sound generating means is "Yonketatonde",
The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device outputs a sound such as "two zero".