JPH0562379B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a voice response device that provides a voice response based on binary encoded voice data stored in a memory. [Prior Art] In a conventional voice response device, the voice to be responded to is binary-encoded into voice data, which is stored in a memory in advance, and a unique response control number is assigned to this voice data. is assigned, and a voice response is made by specifying the number. [Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Now, it is assumed that the following word numbers are assigned to each element (speech component) constituting a sentence to which a voice response is to be made. Word number: ``Tokyo region'', word number: ``Osaka region'', word number: ``Tomorrow'', word number: ``Let's let it rain'', word number: ``Let's let it be sunny''. Therefore, if you specify the numbers in the order of the word symbol, , and make a voice response, you will get the voice that says, ``It's going to be sunny tomorrow in the Tokyo area.'' FIGS. 3a to 3c are diagrams showing the procedure for obtaining this voice response sentence. In FIG. 3, first, the response control device 1 instructs the voice response device 5 via the control signal line 2 to respond by voice with a word number. The voice response device 5 detects this command, outputs the voice data corresponding to the word number to the signal line 3, and at the same time sends a responding signal indicating that a response is in progress to the response control device 1 via the signal line 4. send. Next, the response control device 1 determines whether or not the output of the voice data has been completed based on the response-in-progress signal, and after the output of the voice data is finished, transmits the next word number to the voice response device 3, and the same goes on. The desired audio response is obtained by repeating the procedure a total of three times. However, such conventional devices have the disadvantage that the above-described procedure must be repeated as many times as there are word numbers required for the spoken response to the text. [Means for Solving the Problems] The device of the present invention is a voice response device that outputs corresponding voice data in response to an input signal. a macro definition information storage means that stores macro definition information for specifying a plurality of predetermined audio components; and when the input signal is a first signal, the first The audio data corresponding to the audio component specified by the signal is output from the audio data storage means, and when the input signal is a second signal, the macro in the macro definition information storage means specified by the second signal is output. and processing means for outputting a series of audio data corresponding to a series of audio constituent elements from the audio data storage means based on designation of definition information. [Example] Next, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Now, it is assumed that word numbers are assigned to the elements constituting the sentence to be output as a voice response, as shown below, similar to those described in the conventional example. Word number: ``Tokyo region'', word number: ``Osaka region'', word number: ``Tomorrow'', word number: ``Let's let it rain'', word number: ``Let's let it be sunny''. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. The word number management table 6 includes word numbers indicated by 01H (H indicates hexadecimal display),
Word numbers indicated by 02H, ...word numbers indicated by 05H, and address information indicating the storage area in the voice data memory 7 of the voice data corresponding to these word numbers are stored in a one-to-one correspondence. .
Information indicating this storage area consists of a start address Asi and an end address Aei (here, i corresponds to a word number). Table 1 shows the contents of the word number management table 6 stored in this manner.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, the present invention significantly reduces the number of times signals such as control signals are exchanged between the response control device and the voice response device, thereby reducing the burden on the response control device, and the apparent number of word numbers in the voice. In addition, there is an effect that long sentences can be handled as if they were stored in memory as audio data.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining this embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a conventional example. 1...Response control device, 2...Macro control signal line, 3
...Audio output line, 4...Responding signal line, 5...Macro management table, 6...Word number management table, 7...Memory for audio data, 8...Macro input buffer, 9
...Digital/analog converter, 10...Output buffer during response, 11...Microprocessor, 12...
Voice response device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A voice response device that outputs corresponding voice data in response to an input signal, comprising: voice data storage means that stores a plurality of the voice data in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of voice constituent elements; macro definition information storage means storing macro definition information for specifying a predetermined plurality of said audio components; and when said input signal is a first signal, said audio component specified by said first signal; Corresponding audio data is output from the audio data storage means, and when the input signal is a second signal, a series of audio data is output based on the designation of the macro definition information in the macro definition information storage means specified by the second signal. A voice response device comprising processing means for outputting a series of voice data corresponding to the voice component from the voice data storage means.