JP2001067099A - Voice reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a voice reproducing device made easier to use by enhancing its operability. SOLUTION: This voice reproducing device has a record medium 11 equipped with a date folder (FOLDER S) for storing voice messages connected with date information. In the event that the voice messages in a file of the date folder (FOLDER S) are reproduced, when the reproduction of all the voice messages in the same file is completed, the reproduction automatically returns to the head of the first message before it stops.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an audio reproducing apparatus having a plurality of folders.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is an audio reproducing apparatus having a plurality of folders. In this case, each of these folders is capable of recording a plurality of voice messages. When one folder is designated, all the messages in the designated folder are reproduced, and the reproduction of all the messages is completed. Then, it stops at the beginning of the last message.

When the folder stopped at the head of the last message is desired to be heard again from the first message, for example, if the folder has the increment button + or the decrement button-, the message is returned to the decrement button-. A function is provided, and by operating this decrement button-, the messages are moved backward one by one and returned to the first message.

Recently, as a recording / reproducing apparatus having a schedule function, for example, from January 1 to December 31
If you have a folder with 365 files to date (366 for leap years) and schedule it on a predetermined date, call the file corresponding to this date,
In some cases, the content of a schedule is input by voice, and thereafter, the content of the schedule corresponding to this date can be reproduced by voice.

[0005]

However, those having such a schedule function use a increment button + or a decrement button-to call up a predetermined file, and to increment or decrement each file in the folder. As described above, the operation of decrementing the button one by one and back to the first message by the operation of the decrement button cannot be performed as described above.

[0006] For this reason, when it is desired to re-listen from the first message, it is necessary to perform a troublesome operation of moving from the first folder to another folder and then returning to the first folder again, which is inconvenient. There was a problem.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a sound reproducing apparatus which improves operability and improves usability.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In a sound reproducing apparatus having a plurality of folders capable of storing a plurality of voice messages, a reproducing means for reproducing a voice message stored in the folder; After the reproduction of all the voice messages in the folder is completed, a control means is provided for controlling to return to the beginning of the first voice message and then stop the reproduction.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the control means, when reproducing the voice message for the predetermined folder, continuously reproduces the voice message in the predetermined folder. It is characterized in that

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the control means, when reproducing a voice message in a folder other than the predetermined folder, reproduces the voice message every time the reproduction of one voice message is completed. It is characterized in that it is controlled to stop.

As a result, according to the first aspect of the present invention,
After playback of all voice messages in the folder is completed, playback can be automatically stopped after returning to the beginning of the first voice message, so that troublesome operations for this can be omitted and the operability of the device is improved. Can be done.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when a plurality of voice messages are present in one file, all the messages can be continuously played back from a predetermined folder. Forgetting to listen can be reliably prevented.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the reproduction process is stopped for each folder other than the predetermined folder every time the reproduction of one voice message is completed, so that each voice message can be accurately heard. be able to.

[0014]

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

FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of an audio reproducing apparatus to which the present invention is applied. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a microphone, which is connected to a digital signal processing unit 5 via an amplifier 2, a low-pass filter 3, and an A / D converter 4. Further, a speaker 9 is connected to the digital signal processing unit 5 via a D / A converter 6, a low-pass filter 7, and an amplifier 8.

A system controller 10 is connected to the digital signal processor 5, and a recording medium 11 is connected to the digital signal processor 5 and the system controller 10.

The recording medium 11 is composed of an IC memory such as a flash memory and records voice data input from the microphone 1. Here, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of messages can be recorded. The first folder (FOLDER A) 11a and the second folder (F
In addition to the OLDER B) 11b, among the calendar information obtained by the system control unit 10, 365 voice messages from January 1 to December 31 (leap year) are stored as voice messages associated with the date information. Is 366)
File File 1/1 to File File 12/3
It has a month and day folder (FOLDER S) 11c having a value of 1. In this case, a plurality of messages can be recorded for each of File File1 / 1 to File12 / 31. Also, the recording medium 11
Are built-in or removable memory cards, etc.
In the case of the built-in type, it is directly connected to the system control unit 10,
In the case of a memory card, the memory card is connected to the system control unit 10 in a state where the memory card is attached to a main body of an audio reproducing apparatus (not shown).

An operation button 12 is connected to the system control unit 10 in addition to the recording medium 11, and a display 14 is connected via a display drive circuit 13.

The operation button 12 includes a power button PW and a recording button RE.
C, play button PLAY, fast forward button FF, fast reverse button REW,
It has a stop button STOP, a folder button FOLDER, a menu button MENU, an erase button ERASE, and the like.

The system control unit 10 includes a timer unit 101,
The timekeeping unit 101 has a calendar information calculation unit 102 that obtains date information as current calendar information. The first folder (FOLDER) of the recording medium 11 is provided.
A) 11a, second folder (FOLDER B) 11
b, a management function for managing audio data for the date folder (FOLDER S) 11c based on the date information obtained by the calendar information calculation unit 102, and an operation of each button with the operation button 12. Control of digital processing in the digital signal processing unit 5 according to the above, control of reading / writing of data from / to the recording medium 11, display driving circuit 1
3 has a function of displaying various information such as an operation mode and a warning on the display 14 by controlling the display 3.

Next, the operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be described.

When the power button PW of the operation buttons 12 is operated,
The main flow shown in FIG. 3 is started.

First, when power is supplied from a battery (not shown) to the system control unit 10, in step 301, initial settings such as external conditions of the system control unit 10 and conditions for reading and writing audio data on the recording medium 11 are performed.

Next, at step 302, the menu button ME
It is determined whether the NU has been operated. Here, when the menu button MENU is operated, the menu mode is set by the system control unit 10 in step 303, and FIG.
Is executed.

In this case, first, at step 401, the time is set. The time setting at this time is to display “year, month, day, hour, minute” on the display 14 and to set “year”, “month”
The date and time are blinked in the order of "hour" and "minute", and the current time is set by operating an increment button + or a decrement button-not shown. Next, in step 402, on / off setting of the operation sound is performed. At this time, the operation sound is set by displaying “ON / OFF” on the display 14 and selecting one of them. Next, step 403
Use to set the recording mode. The recording mode setting at this time is displayed on the display 14 as “Standard (SP) / Long time (L
P) ”is displayed, and one of these is selected. Next, in step 404, the on / off setting of the alarm whether to sound the alarm at the set time and the setting of the time are performed. Turn on / off alarm at this time
First, the MENU button MENU is turned off.
To display "ALARM ON / OF" on the display 14.
F "is displayed, one of them is selected, and in the case of ON setting," hour and minute "are further displayed on the display 14 and the time is set in the same manner as described above. Then, in step 405, an alarm sounds at the set time, and an alarm reproduction mode for setting what to do after stopping the alarm is set.

Thereafter, in the main flow shown in FIG.
When the folder button HOLDER is operated at 4, the folder mode shown in FIG. 5 is executed at step 305. In this case, when the folder button HOLDER is operated once, in step 501, the current folder is changed to the first folder (F
It is determined whether the folder is the first folder (HOLDER A) 11a. If it is determined that the folder is the first folder (HOLDER A) 11a, in step 502, the second folder (FOLDER A) is determined.
B) Move to 11b, and move to the start position of the first message in the second folder (FOLDERB) 11b in step 503. Subsequently, when the folder button HOLDER is operated once, in step 501, it is determined again whether the current folder is the first folder (FOLDER A) 11a, and the first folder (FOLDER A) 11 is determined.
If it is not a, it is determined in step 504 whether it is the second folder (FOLDER B) 11c, and if it is not the second folder (FOLDER B) 11b,
In step 505, the first folder (FOLDERA)
11a, and in a step 503, moves to the head position of the first message in the first folder (FOLDER A) 11a. On the other hand, if it is determined in step 504 that the folder is the second folder (FOLDER B) 11b, then in step 506, the date folder (FOLDER S) 11
c, and in step 507, the date folder (FOL
DER S) File Fil of Today
e1 / 1 Move to the beginning of the first message in file File12 / 31. Thus, the folder button F
In conjunction with the operation of OLDER, the first folder (FOL
DER A) 11a, second folder (FOLDER)
B) 11b, date folder (FOLDER S) 11c
Folder switching can be performed in this order.

In step 310, the fast forward button FF
When the fast-return button REW is operated (or in step 312), the fast-forward (fast-reverse) mode shown in FIG. 6 is executed in step 311 (or step 313).

In this case, in step 601, it is determined whether or not the current folder is the month and day folder (FOLDERS) 11c. Here, the date folder (FOLDER)
S) If it is determined to be 11c, in step 602, the next (or previous) file File 1/1 to file File
It moves to the head of the first message of 12/31 and returns to the main flow shown in FIG. Step 60
If it is determined that the file is not the month / day folder (FOLDER S) 11c in step 1, in step 603, the next (or first) file (the first folder (FOLDER A) 11a or the second folder (FOLDER B) 11b) is read. (Previous) Move to the beginning of the message and return to the main flow shown in FIG.

By such folder switching, the file File of the date folder (FOLDER S) 11c is
It is assumed that a file corresponding to, for example, today, of 1/1 to File File 12/31 is selected, and in this state,
When the recording button REC is operated in step 308, the recording mode is executed in step 309, and the microphone 1
Is amplified by the amplifier 2, then unnecessary frequency domain components are cut off by the low-pass filter 3 to prevent the occurrence of aliasing noise, and converted into digital signals by the A / D converter 4. Further, it is input to the digital signal processing unit 5, subjected to compression processing, sent to the system control unit 10, and selected according to a predetermined format in the selected file File 1/1 to file File 12.
/ 31 is recorded as a message.

Hereinafter, similarly, the date folder (FOL)
By selecting the file File1 / 1 to file File12 / 31 of the DER S) 11c and inputting a message, a schedule in units of days and months can be input.

Next, in the case where the contents of the schedule are reproduced, in this case also, at step 304, the folder button FO
By operating the LDER, in step 305, the folder mode described with reference to FIG.
ERA) 11a, second folder (FOLDER)
B) 11b, date folder (FOLDER S) 11c
Select the desired folder among the above.

When the play button PLAY is operated in step 306 of the main flow shown in FIG.
At 07, the system controller 10 executes the reproduction mode shown in FIG.

In this case, assuming that the desired folder has been selected, the reproduction processing of the first message in the selected folder starts in step 701. In the reproduction process, the first message in the folder is read out by the system control unit 10 and input to the digital signal processing unit 5 where the message is decompressed and further processed by the D / A converter. The signal is converted into an analog signal at 6, amplified by an amplifier 8 via a low-pass filter 7, and output from a speaker 9.

In this playback processing, it is determined in step 702 that the playback of one message has been completed, and step 703 is executed.
The operation is continued until the operation of the stop button STOP is determined,
When the operation of the stop button STOP is determined in step 703, the reproduction is stopped in step 704, and the process returns to the main flow shown in FIG. On the other hand, if it is determined in step 702 that the playback of one message has been completed, it is determined in step 705 whether the current playback folder is the date folder (FOLDER S) 11c, and the date folder (FOLDER S) is determined. If it is determined that the folder is not the first folder (FOLDER A) 11a or the second folder (FOLDER B) 11b, the process proceeds to step 706 to stop the reproduction. Determine if it is a message. Here, if it is not the final message,
In step 708, the process moves to the beginning of the next message in the same folder, and returns to the main flow shown in FIG. 3. If it is the last message, in step 709, the process moves to the beginning of this last message and returns to FIG. It returns to the main flow shown. In other words, the date folder (FOLDE
RS) First folder (FOLDER) other than 11c
A) 11a or second folder (FOLDER B)
In the case of 11b, when reproduction of one message is completed, the process moves to the head of the next message. When reproduction of the last message is completed, the process moves to the head of the last message and stops.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 705 that the current playback folder is the month / day folder (FOLDERS) 11c, then in step 710, the month / day folder (FO) is determined.
LDER S) 11c to determine whether it is the last message in the same file. Here, if it is not the last message, the reproduction process of the next message of the same file is started in step 711, and the process returns to step 702, where
It is determined whether or not the reproduction of the next one message has been completed. Thereafter, in step 710, the same operation is repeated until the last message of the same file is determined. Thereafter, when the last message is determined, the reproduction is stopped in step 712, and the process moves to the head of the first message in the current date file in step 713, and returns to the main flow shown in FIG. That is, the date folder (F
In the case of the reproduction process in the OLDER S) 11c, when the reproduction of all the messages in one file is completed, the file moves to the head of the first message in the file and stops.

In the main flow shown in FIG.
In step 314, when the erase button ERASE is operated, in step 315, the erase mode is set, and the file designated in advance is erased.

Accordingly, in this manner, when the reproduction of all the messages in the same file is completed, the date and time folder (FOLDER S) 11c for recording the message related to the date and time information as the calendar information is automatically set. At the beginning of the first message,
If the decrement button becomes unusable as in the past, these cumbersome operations are omitted as compared with the case where it is necessary to move from the first folder to another folder once and then return to the first folder again. Thus, the operability of the device can be improved and the usability can be improved.

Further, a date folder (FOLDER S)
If a plurality of messages exist in one file, all the messages can be continuously played back from the file 11c, so that forgetting to listen to messages in the same file can be reliably prevented.

Further, a date folder (FOLDER)
S) First folder other than 11c (FOLDER A)
11a or second folder (FOLDER B) 11
In the case of b, the reproduction process is stopped every time the reproduction of one message is completed, so that each message can be accurately heard.

In the embodiment described above, in addition to the normal first folder (FOLDER A) 11a and the second folder (FOLDER B) 11b, 365 folders from January 1 to December 31 are used. File File1
/ 1 to 1/31, using a date / folder (FOLDER S) 11c having a file File12 / 31, but having a file from January 1 to December 31 of each year. A date folder having 31 files may be used.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a sound reproducing apparatus which improves operability and realizes usability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a schematic configuration of a recording medium used in one embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a main flow of an operation according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a menu flow of an operation according to the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is an exemplary view showing a folder flow of an operation according to the embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a fast-forward (fast-reverse) flow of the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a reproduction flow of the operation of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 microphone 2 amplifier 3 low-pass filter 4 A / D converter 5 digital signal processing unit 6 D / A converter 7 low-pass filter 8 amplifier 9 speaker 10 system control unit 101 clock unit 102 calendar Information calculation unit 11: Recording medium 11a: First folder (FOLDER A) 11b: Second folder (FOLDER B) 11c: Month / day folder (FOLDER S) 12: Operation buttons 13: Display drive circuit 14: Display PW ... Power button REC ... Record button PLAY ... Play button FF ... Fast forward button REW ... Button STOP ... Stop button FOLDER ... Folder button MENU ... Menu button ERASER ... Erase button

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An audio playback device having a plurality of folders capable of storing a plurality of voice messages, wherein: a playback unit that plays back the voice messages stored in the folder; Control means for controlling to return to the beginning of the first voice message after all voice messages in the folder have been reproduced, and to stop reproduction of the predetermined folder. . 2. The voice according to claim 1, wherein said control means controls, when reproducing the voice message in said predetermined folder, to continuously reproduce the voice message in said predetermined folder. Playback device. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control means controls to stop the reproduction at the end of reproduction of one voice message when reproducing the voice message to a folder other than the predetermined folder. The audio reproduction device according to the above.