JPH0766275B2 - Input device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an input device for inputting predetermined information in a cash automatic transfer device of a financial institution or the like.

(Prior Art) In recent years, automation has been performed in the operations of financial institutions.
For example, if you want to transfer cash to the account of a given partner,
An automatic cash transfer device is used.

When the cash is to be transferred to a predetermined partner's account by this automatic transfer device, it is necessary to input the requester name, the payee name, the transfer destination financial institution name and its branch name, the payee's account number, and the transfer amount. Therefore, an input device such as a touch panel for performing a predetermined display and a predetermined input is used in the cash automatic transfer device.

In the transfer operation, the account number and the transfer amount are input by an operation such as pressing a ten key displayed on the touch panel. The numeric keypad is 10 such as 0-9 numeric keys.
There are several keys, and it is easy to find the key to enter.

In addition, since the type of the financial institution name and its branch name are limited to some extent, enter the letters that correspond to the initials of the financial institution name and its branch name, which are shown in kana, on the touch panel. Select by pressing the Japanese syllabary key displayed in, and the candidate for the pre-stored financial institution name or branch name that corresponds to the selected initial letter is displayed on the tonne panel and the name to be entered from the candidates. Input by selecting.

In addition, there are no restrictions on the types of requester name and recipient name, so when entering the requester name or recipient name, display the Japanese syllabary key or the alphabetic symbol key on the touch panel. Input by pressing.

However, in the above-mentioned input device in the automatic cash transfer apparatus, particularly when a client name or a recipient name is input, a predetermined key is searched for from a large number of keys such as the Japanese syllabary key and the English symbol key. Since it needs to be performed, there is a problem that the operation is troublesome and takes a long time.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, the conventional input device has a problem that it is troublesome to search for a predetermined key from a large number of keys and input, and it takes a long time. .

Then, the objective of this invention is providing the input device which can input information, such as a person's name, easily and in a short time.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problem) The present invention relates to a monosyllabic recognition means for recognizing a voice input by an unspecified speaker for each monosyllabic and obtaining a monosyllabic candidate for each monosyllabic; Display means for displaying the monosyllabic candidate for each monosyllabic obtained by the monosyllabic recognition means, and for the unspecified speaker to select a desired monosyllabic from the monosyllabic candidates displayed by the display means. Selection means, rewording instruction means for instructing another voice input when there is no corresponding single syllable candidate by the display means, and the rewording instruction means and the monosyllabic recognition means. When the corresponding monosyllabic candidate is not displayed even by re-recognition by, the key input instructing means for instructing the key input instead of the voice recognition input, and the key input instructing by the key input instructing means, It has a kana key display means for displaying a kana key on the display means, and a kana input means for inputting a kana by pressing the kana portion displayed by the kana key display means, and recognizes single syllables by an unspecified speaker and It is characterized in that information is inputted by a combination of kana key input.

(Operation) In the present invention, information is input by voice, the input voice is recognized for each single syllable, candidates of the recognition result of the single syllable are displayed, and a character to be input is selected from the displayed contents. As a result, since the predetermined information is input, the information input operation can be simplified, and the operation can be performed in a short time.

Further, when the corresponding monosyllabic candidate is not displayed even after the re-recognition by the rewording instruction means and the monosyllabic recognition means, the information is input by the kana key input by the key input instruction means, the kana key display means, and the kana input means. Therefore, it is possible to reliably input information while avoiding the trouble of repeatedly inputting voice over and over again.

(Example) Hereinafter, the Example of this invention is described in detail based on drawing.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of an input device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, this input device comprises a voice input unit 1, a voice recognition unit 2, a recognition standard pattern 3, a display unit 4, a selection unit 5, and a control unit 6.

The voice input unit 1 has, for example, a main body similar to a handset of a telephone, and is composed of a microphone, an amplifier, a low pass filter, an AD converter and the like. Speech recognition unit 2
Extracts a feature of the monosyllabic input from the voice input unit 1, recognizes the input monosyllabic by comparing with the standard pattern stored in the recognition standard pattern 3, and recognizes a plurality of single syllables indicated by the input voice. Recognition candidates (single syllable candidates, for example, five candidates from the first rank to the fifth rank) are obtained. The display unit 4 displays a guide message in each operation and a recognition candidate of the monosyllabic recognized by the voice recognition unit 2. Further, the selection unit 5 is configured to be able to select the recognition candidate of the input monosyllabic displayed on the display unit 4, and, for example,
The display unit 4 and the selection unit 5 are composed of a touch panel in which a pressure-sensitive transparent tablet is combined on a CRT display. The control unit 6 is composed of a CPU and the like, and controls each unit.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the display unit 4 and the selection unit 5 described above.

As shown in the figure, on the display screen of the display unit 4, a pressure-sensitive sheet type transparent tablet 51 which is the selection unit 5 is laminated and integrally formed. Then, by pressing the transparent tablet 51 with a finger, the coordinate position on the tablet surface is detected by the designated coordinate detection unit 52. Further, the information displayed on the display unit 4 is stored in the display memory 41, and the display information of the location corresponding to the coordinates detected by the designated coordinate detection unit 52 is collated and determined by the designated information determination unit 42. It is determined whether or not an item has been selected and instructed, and this is used as selection instructing information.

Next, the operation when the input device configured as described above is used in a cash automatic transfer device will be described.

The automatic cash transfer apparatus transfers cash to an account of a desired counterparty, and it is necessary to input a transfer destination financial institution name and its branch name, a recipient's account number, a recipient's name, a requester's name, and a transfer amount.

The transfer operation in the automatic cash transfer apparatus will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3, and the display contents of the display unit 4 in each operation state will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 8.

First, the user stands in front of the device. At this time, the display section 4 displays "Welcome, please specify the handling." And the selection keys for "withdrawal, deposit, balance inquiry, passbook entry, and transfer" (ST1). . With this guidance display, the user selects the transfer by pressing the part displayed as "transfer" (TS2). As a result, the display unit 4
Is displayed as "Please select the type of transfer" and the selection key for "Cash, withdrawal from card" is displayed (ST3). In this embodiment, the case of using cash will be described. Then, the user presses the portion of the display unit 4 displayed as "cash" (ST4). As a result, the control unit 6 determines that the transfer is cash.

Then, "Please press the transfer destination financial institution." Is displayed on the display unit 4, and the financial institution selection key is displayed (ST5). According to this guidance, the user presses the selection key that indicates the financial institution to which the user wants to transfer money (ST6).
As a result, the display "4, please press the branch name of the transfer destination." And the list of branch names of the selected financial institution are displayed (ST7). The user then presses the branch name selection key to select it according to the guidance (ST8). Then
On the display 4, as shown in Fig. 4, please press "Recipient's deposit item / account number." And "Confirm" if you like. '' Is displayed and the bank name and branch name of the transfer destination financial institution entered by the above operation are displayed, the ordinary key 11 and the current key 12 for selecting the deposit item are displayed, and the account number Numerical keys 13, 0, 9, correction keys 15, and cancel keys 16 for entering "0" to "9" are displayed (ST
9). Then, the user presses the ordinary key 11 or the current key 12 according to the guidance (ST10). At this time, if the ordinary key 11 is pressed, the ordinary account is designated. It should be noted that when this operation is performed, the "item correction" key is displayed on the display unit 4, and when this key is pressed, the item can be re-input. After this,
The user sequentially presses each numeric key 13 according to the guidance and inputs the account number (ST11). At this time, if the number is input by mistake, the number correction key 14 is pressed to erase the input account number one by one, or only the number is corrected and the predetermined number key 13 is pressed. After this,
Confirm the contents entered by the user, and if correct, confirm key
Press 15 (ST12).

Then, as shown in FIG. 5, "voice input" and "please press gender" are displayed on the display unit 4, and a male key for selecting a male voice dictionary 17 and a female voice dictionary are selected. A female key 18, a start key 19, and a cancel key 20 are displayed (ST13). Then, the user presses the male key 17 and the start key 19 according to the guidance (ST14).

After this, as shown in FIG. 6, the receiver name input main display for inputting the recipient name (transfer destination) is displayed on the display unit 4 (ST15). And the user follows the guidance,
Perform various operations and enter the recipient name (ST16). In addition,
The operation of inputting the recipient name will be described in detail later. When the recipient's name is entered, the message “Checking the recipient. Please wait.” Is displayed, and the inquiry message is displayed on the automatic cash transfer device so that you can confirm the information entered so far. Is transmitted and received to confirm the input contents (for example, confirmation of the recipient's account etc.) (ST17).

When the contents are confirmed, the client name input main display for inputting the client name is displayed as shown in the display unit 4 and FIG. 7 (ST18). Then, the user performs various operations according to the guidance and inputs the client name (ST19).
After this, the display section 4 displays "Please enter the client's telephone number." And the numeric keys "0" to "9" are displayed (ST20). As a result, the user inputs the telephone number (ST21). Then, on the display unit 4,
The message "Please input the amount to be transferred." Is displayed, and the numeric keys "0" to "9" are displayed (ST22).
Then, the user inputs the transfer amount according to the guide (ST23). As a result, the banknote insertion slot and coin insertion slot (not shown) of the automatic cash transfer apparatus are opened, the user inserts predetermined banknotes and coins, and closes each insertion slot (ST24). Then, in the apparatus, the inserted bills and coins are inspected and counted, the inserted amount is displayed on the display unit 4, and the confirmation key and the cancel key are displayed (ST25). Then, when the user determines that the amount of money displayed on the display unit 4 is correct, the user presses the confirmation key (ST26). After that, as shown in FIG. 8, on the display unit 4, the financial institution name of the transfer destination and its branch name, account number, payee name, requester name, which are the transaction contents in this transfer,
The transfer amount, fee, etc. are displayed, and a confirmation key
23 and cancel key 24 are displayed (ST27). Then, the user confirms the content, and if it is correct, presses the confirmation key 23 (ST2
8). As a result, in the automatic cash transfer device, a transfer electronic message is transmitted / received, the transfer content is printed on the journal paper, and the receipt is ejected from the device (ST2
9). This ends the transfer transaction.

Next, the input of the recipient name and the requester name described above will be described.

As shown in FIG. 6, when the recipient name is input, the main display for inputting the recipient name is displayed on the display unit 4.

In the main display of the recipient name input, "Speak the recipient name character by character toward the handset and press the candidate.""If there is no candidate, press" Reword "and try again. "If there is no corresponding result even if you try again, enter with" Key input ". , Etc., and various input messages such as “Recipient, XXX ...” are displayed.

Further, in this main display, candidates of the monosyllabic uttered instruction message for each operation are displayed, and a candidate display selection key 21 for selecting by pressing the display portion of each candidate with a finger, each mode Company key 22a, alphanumeric key 22b, interval key 22c, correction key 22d, confirmation key 22e, rephrase key 22f, male voice key 22g, female voice key 2 for selecting
Mode keys such as 2h, key input (kana) key 22i, and cancel key 22j are displayed. The display screen of the display unit 4 is a transparent tablet which is the selection unit 5, and each key is selected by pressing the display portion (on the transparent tablet) of each key described above with a finger. Has become.

Next, the input operation of the recipient name will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, when the user utters a character in the handset of the voice input unit 1 (ST31), the candidate display selection key 21 on the main display displays five candidates of the monosyllabic candidates from the first rank to the fifth rank. (ST32). If the desired monosyllable to be input is displayed on these displays, it is selected by pressing the candidate display selection key 21 in that display portion (ST33). The selected single syllables are displayed in sequence on the main display, "Recipient XXX".
Is displayed in the X part of "..." (ST34). In addition, when there are no candidates to be input when a candidate is displayed (ST32), press the rephrase key 22f (ST35) to clear the candidate of the candidate display selection key 21 (ST36), and go to ST31. Return and wait for voice input. Then, as described above, the recipient name is sequentially input, and after inputting all, the confirmation key 22e is pressed (ST37). As a result, the recipient name is entered (ST3
8).

After selecting and displaying monosyllabic candidates,
Since the voice input waiting state is entered, the candidate selection display key is displayed as shown in FIG. 10 (a) to inform the operator of this.
"A", "PA", "Ta", "Ka", "Wa" are displayed in the 21st part, and when "A" is selected, the candidate selection display is displayed as shown in Fig. 10 (b). The message "Please speak" is displayed on the key 21. Then, the operator may say the following monosyllabic. In this way, the operator utters each monosyllabic character to be sequentially input, and selects the displayed candidate.

By the way, as described above, when the desired single syllable to be input is not displayed among the single syllable candidates displayed by utterance, the "rephrase" key 22f of the mode key is pressed to select the rephrase. To do. As a result, "XX
The last candidate display displayed in the place of "..." is erased, and the message "Please speak" is displayed at the candidate display selection key 21 as shown in FIG. 10 (b). In this way, by displaying the current state at the same location, that is, the candidate display selection key 21 portion, there is an effect of reducing the movement of the operator's eyes.

In addition, when inputting a word such as "stock", the following operation is performed.

When the "Corporate corporation" key 22a of the mode key is pressed in the main display of the recipient name input on the display section 4 shown in FIG. 6, the corporate corporation sub-display is displayed on the display section 4 as shown in FIG. It

Then, by pressing and selecting the display portion of the desired item of this corporate corporation sub-display, it is input. For example, when the "Corporation" sub-display of the company corporation is pressed to select it, "Co., Ltd." is input and the content is displayed in the "Recipient XX ..." portion. When one item is input on the sub display screen as described above, the main display for inputting the recipient name shown in FIG. 6 is returned.

When the "alphanumeric" key 22b is pressed in the main display for inputting the recipient name in FIG. 6, the alphanumeric sub-display shown in FIG. 12 is displayed. Then, by pressing the displayed key portion such as the displayed alphabetic characters, numbers and symbols, desired alphabetic characters, numbers and symbols are input.

When the "Interval" key 22c in the main display of the recipient name input in Fig. 6 is pressed, "Recipient XXX ..." in the content display area is displayed.
The interval is input, and an underbar "-" is displayed on the display to mean the interval. Further, when the "correction" key 22d in the main display of the recipient name input in FIG. 6 is pressed, the display of "recipient XXX ..." in the content display area is erased, and the input position is returned by one. . If this is repeated, it will be erased one by one. When the "cancel" key 22j in the main display of FIG. 6 is pressed, the display state is returned to the previous one, and in this state, the voice input state shown in FIG. 5 is obtained.

By the way, if the desired syllable is not displayed in the single syllable candidates even if the above-mentioned voice input is repeatedly input and reworded for the same single syllable, "key input (kana)" in the main display of FIG. 6 is displayed. Press the key 22j. As a result, as shown in FIG. 13, the Japanese syllabary sub display is displayed. Then, by pressing the display portion of the desired kana part, the kana is selected and input. In addition, in the above-mentioned voice input, inputting a syllabary, for example, "Kyo", must be input by selecting "Kiyo" twice. become. In addition, when the voiced sound or the semi-voiced sound is included, for example, “Gyo” is input by selecting three times such as “Kiyo”.

Further, the display of "Recipient ..." in the guide message of the main display for inputting the recipient's name is "Recipient ..." as if the recipient's name was entered after the recipient's name was entered.
These changes are displayed by switching to each operation procedure by the control unit 6.

Since the input of the client name is the same as the input operation of the recipient name described above, the display when the client name is input on the display unit 4 is shown in FIGS. 7 and 14 to 16 and the description thereof is omitted. .

Note that the recipient name and the requester name are not limited to the person's name, but may be a company name, a department name, or the like.

Also, in the voice input start screen of FIG.
And the "female" key 18 and the male key 22g and the female voice key 22h in Fig. 6 are indicators for roughly classifying unspecified persons so that when these keys are pressed, the recognition performance of monosyllables is improved. Depending on a certain gender, the recognition standard pattern 4 is switched to recognize the voice. Therefore, the "male" key 17
When is selected, the standard pattern for male voice is used for recognition,
When the "female" key 18 is selected, the standard pattern for female voice is used for recognition.

Therefore, in the input device configured as described above,
For example, when used in an automatic cash transfer apparatus, it is possible to easily and quickly input information such as a client and a recipient by inputting voices by an unspecified number of people.
Therefore, unlike the prior art, there is almost no need to search for and input a key representing a predetermined character from the keyboard, and it can be easily used by many people regardless of age and sex.

Although the touch panel is used as the configuration of the display unit 4 and the selection unit 5 in the above-described embodiment, a touch data unit may be used as shown in FIG. In the figure, parts common to those in FIG. 2 are designated by the same reference numerals, and duplicated description will be omitted.

This touch data unit is displayed on the display screen of the display unit 4.
Infrared ray transmitting section 501 that constitutes the selecting section 5 and a light receiving section 502 that receives the infrared beam transmitted from the infrared ray transmitting section 501.
A position detection unit 503 composed of is formed. Then, by touching the display screen with a finger, the infrared ray transmitted from the infrared ray transmitting section 501 of the position detecting section 503 is blocked and the coordinate position is detected. As a result, the instruction information determination unit 42 compares the detected coordinates with the display information of the corresponding portion to determine which item has been selected, and uses this as the selection instruction information.

In addition to the touch data unit described above, a CRT display and a keyboard that have been conventionally used may be used.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, if the desired syllable is not displayed in the single syllable candidates even if the voice input is repeatedly input and rephrased for the same single syllable, the "key input (kana)" key 22i is pressed. I tried to enter the key,
For example, the next candidate may be displayed on the candidate selection key, or the vowel next candidate may be displayed. For example, when you say "O" and the candidate selection key 21 displays "A,""PA,""ta,""ka,""wa," when you press the next candidate key, , “Ba”, “Da”, “GA”, “Za” are displayed, and when you press the next vowel candidate key, “O”, “Po”, “To”, “Ko”, “RO” are displayed. You may input "O" by pressing the candidate selection key 21 at the displayed "O".

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the input device of the present invention is applied to a cash automatic transfer device has been described, but the input device of the present invention may be used in other devices such as an automatic commuter ticket vending machine that requires input of a person's name. Good.

[Advantages of the Invention] As described above, the input device of the present invention can simplify the operation of inputting information, and can perform the operation in a short time.

In addition, if the relevant monosyllabic candidate is not displayed by voice recognition, you can enter information by kana key input, so avoid the trouble of repeatedly inputting voice over and over again and reliably You can enter.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic schematic configuration of an input device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a display unit and a selection unit of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a book. FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the automatic cash transfer apparatus using the input device of FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a view for explaining the display of the deposit item and the account number input on the display unit, and FIG. The figure for demonstrating the display of the voice input of a display part, FIG. 6 is the figure for demonstrating the main display of the recipient name input of a display part,
FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the main display of the client name input on the display unit, FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a display for confirming the input contents on the display unit, and FIG. 9 is a receipt in the input device of the present invention. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the voice input operation of the person's name and the client's name, and FIGS. 10 (a) and 10 (b) are diagrams for explaining the candidate selection display keys in the main displays of FIGS. 6 and 7. Figure 11 is a diagram for explaining the corporate corporation sub-display when the recipient's name is input on the display, Figure 12 is a diagram for explaining the alphanumeric sub-display when the recipient's name is input on the display, and Figure 13 is the display Figure for explaining sub-display of pseudonym when inputting recipient name of department, Figure 14 for explaining sub-display of corporate corporation when inputting client name on display, Figure 15 for inputting client name on display For explaining the alphanumeric sub-display at the time , Drawing for FIG. 16 illustrating the pseudonym sub display when sender's name input display section, 17
The figure is a view for explaining a display section and a selection section in another embodiment of the present invention. 1 ... Voice input section, 2 ... Voice recognition section, 3 ... Recognition standard pattern, 4 ... Display section, 5 ... Selection section, 6 ... Control section, 41 ... Display memory, 42 ... Instruction information Judgment part, 51 ……
Transparent tablet, 52 ... Pointed coordinate detector.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A monosyllabic recognizing means for recognizing a voice input by an unspecified speaker for each monosyllabic to obtain a monosyllabic candidate for each monosyllabic; and a monosyllabic for each monosyllabic obtained by the monosyllabic recognizing means. Display means for displaying the monosyllabic candidates, selection means for the unspecified speaker to select a desired monosyllabic from the monosyllabic candidates displayed by the display means, and the monosyllabic candidates by the display means. At the time of display, when there is no corresponding single syllable candidate, the rewording instruction means for instructing the voice input again, and the corresponding single syllable candidate is not displayed even by the re-recognition by the rewording instruction means and the single syllable recognition means. At this time, key input instruction means for instructing key input instead of voice recognition input, and a kana key for displaying a kana key on the display means when the key input is instructed by the key input instruction means. It has a display means and a kana input means for inputting a kana by pressing the kana position displayed by the kana key display means, and information is inputted by a combination of monosyllabic recognition and kana key input by an unspecified speaker. An input device characterized by the above.