JP2006011800A - Interlingual text message communication method and apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To save a message, translate it, send it, check which text message has been sent, and to read the continuation and receive the text message when the conversation is interrupted To.
An intermediary device 11 stores receiving means 25 for receiving a text message and a used language by communication, a text message storage means 28 for storing the text message and a used language, and a device 29, and which text message is transmitted. If there is a transmission recording means 32 and a device 33 to be sent, a transmission determination means 27 for determining whether or not there is a text message that has not been sent to the conversation partner, and a text message that has not been sent. The translation means 30 and the device 31 for translating into the language used by the conversation partner, and the transmission means 26 for transmitting the translated text message.
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Description

  In the present invention, when a conversation is performed with a speaker who uses a different language, the language and message are transmitted to the dialogue device as text, so that the dialogue device stores the order and the language used, and transmits it to the conversation partner. Interlingual text message communication method and apparatus for facilitating message dialogue between different languages by translating them according to the language used by the conversation partner when there is a text message that has not been sent In particular, when a text message from the other party is periodically received during the input state of the message, the inter-lingual text message communication method capable of performing a dialogue while confirming the input state of the other party, and its method Relates to the device.

As a conventional technique, there is a Network Working Group Request for Comments 1459 (see Non-Patent Document 1). This is because a server for exchanging messages prepares an independent channel depending on the topic, and sends a message to the channel. A client that transmits and receives is connected, and while the client is connected, the client can exchange messages.
In addition, MSN Messenger Internet <URL: http: // www / special-msn. com / messenger / cat. htm> (see Non-Patent Document 2), by storing messages addressed to the transmission partner in the server, even when the recipient is not connected, the message can be stored, and when the recipient connects. Read the accumulated data. Thereby, in MSN Messenger, various communication with the friend registered into the friend list can be performed. You can also see at a glance the status of the person you want to talk to, such as whether your friend is online or offline.

Also, the Naver Japanese-Korean translation bulletin board Internet <URL: http: // bbs. enjoyorea. naver. co. jp> (see Non-Patent Document 3), it is possible to save and read messages by speaking to independent locations for each topic on the server side, and to exchange messages by translating between Korean and Japanese. Yes.
Also, Go! Korea-Japan-Korean Translation Chat Internet <URL: http: // www. gokorea. jp / chat / index. html> (see Non-Patent Document 4), an independent place is prepared for each topic on the server side, and messages can be sent and received by chat (real-time communication) only while the client is connected to that place. You can also communicate between Japanese and Japanese by translating. The program can be installed on clients that do not have the Korean language support pack (translation tool) installed.

  As described above, in the conventional communication method between different languages, messages can be exchanged mainly only at the time of connection. In that case, in the message exchange between different languages, the transmitted message is translated and presented only to an unspecified partner, or presented to the specified partner in real time. There is a language-independent mechanism that accumulates messages to the other party, but in the case of different languages, the message may be due to a communication time difference due to a long distance, a time difference due to translation, or other accidents. It was also necessary to take into account when it was uncertain whether or not

IRC RFC1459 MSN Messenger Internet <URL: http: // www / special-msn. com / messenger / cat. htm> NEVER Japanese-Korean translation bulletin board Internet <URL: http: // bbs. enjoyorea. naver. co. jp> Go! Korea-Japan-Korean Translation Chat Internet <URL: http: // www. gokorea. jp / chat / index. html> The 5th Annual Conference of the Language Processing Society of Japan (March 15-19, 1999) “Automatic construction of Japanese-English corpus for newspaper articles”

As described above, there are Non-Patent Documents 1 to 4 as conventional technologies for inter-language communication, but these have the following problems.
(A) In Non-Patent Document 1, it is impossible to perform translation and support by exchanging between different languages, and it is impossible to store a message when disconnected.
(B) In Non-Patent Document 2, it is impossible to provide support by translating between different languages.
(C) In Non-Patent Document 3, since the exchange of messages addressed to a specific partner is disclosed, it is impossible to protect personal secrets.
(D) In Non-Patent Document 4, a message at the time of non-connection is not stored.

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Therefore, the object of the present invention is to solve these conventional problems, to save a message, translate it, and send it, and to show that the conversation partner is in conversation. Cross-language text message communication that allows you to check whether a text message has been sent, and even if the conversation is interrupted due to an accident in the communication path, etc. It is to provide a method and apparatus thereof.

The interlingual text message communication device of the present invention is composed of terminal devices B1 to Bn used by a conversation person and an intermediary device 11 that performs communication control (see FIG. 1).
The terminal devices B1 to n include terminal setting means 21 for storing the language used by the conversation person and information on the conversation partner, conversion means 23 for converting the input message of the conversation person to text, the language used, and this text message. And communication means 22 for transmitting the text message transmitted from the conversation partner (see FIG. 2).
The intermediary device 11 stores a receiving unit 25 that receives a text message and a language used by communication, a text message storage unit 28 and a storage device 29 that store the text message and the language used, and which text message is transmitted. If there is a transmission recording unit 32 and a recording device 33, a transmission determination unit 27 for determining whether or not there is a text message that has not been transmitted to the conversation partner, and a text message that has not been transmitted, a dialogue is performed. It comprises translation means 30 and translation device 31 for translating into the language used by the other party, and transmission means 26 for sending the translated text message (see FIG. 3).

  According to the present invention, it is possible to carry out a dialogue with messages between different languages, and in this apparatus, the dialogue partner can also be monitored by sending a state of input of the dialogue partner. Further, by storing messages and transmitting them sequentially, even if there is a communication trouble at a long distance, it is possible to receive them in order from the next.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
(Principle explanation)
1 is an overall configuration diagram of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a terminal device in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of an intermediary device in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the inter-lingual text message communication device according to the present embodiment is composed of terminal devices B1 to Bn used by a plurality of clients A1 to An and an intermediary device 11 that performs communication control. Is done. The mediation device 11 and the terminal devices B1 to n are connected by a communication line.
For example, the conversation person A1 sends a message to the conversation person A2 using the terminal device B1, and receives the message sent from the conversation person A2. By repeating this, a dialogue is performed.

First, the operation of the terminal device will be described.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 2, the terminal device B1 includes a terminal setting unit 21 that sets a language to be used and a partner, a conversion unit 23 that converts an input message into text, and a communication unit 22 that transmits a text message to a conversation partner. The transmission means 24 transmits a text message sent from the conversation partner to the conversation person A1.
The conversation person A1 causes the terminal device B1 to store in the terminal setting unit 21 that the language used by the conversation person A1 and the conversation person A2 interact in advance. Even when the terminal device B1 basically does not transmit a message to the conversation partner, the intermediary device 11 periodically sends a text message from the conversation partner, a translated text message from the conversation partner. , Send reading of each text information. Even if the message input by the conversation person A1 is in the middle, the terminal device B1 automatically transmits the message text, text information, and the conversation partner sent to the mediation apparatus 11.
Thereby, it is possible to convey the state of input of the conversation person A1 to the conversation partner, and from the opposite standpoint, the conversation person A1 can observe the state of the conversation person A2.

The text information indicates what state the input text is currently in. The text information has values such as “determined as a sent message to the other party” and “inputting”. When the message input by the conversion means 23 of the terminal device B1 is converted into text and confirmed as a message sent to the conversation partner, “confirm as a message sent to the other party” is given as a value. It has the value “input”.
The read text information, the message text, and the translated text are sent to the transmission means 24, and the message text and the translated text are displayed on the conversation person A1. At this time, special processing may be performed in order to easily communicate to the conversation person A1 that the speech is from the other party using the text information. For example, when the text information is “determined as a sentence sent to the other party”, it can be further converted from text to speech and transmitted by speech.

Next, a case where the conversation person A1 sends a message to the conversation person A2 will be described.
In FIG. 2, the conversation person A1 inputs a message to the terminal device B1. The conversion means 23 converts this input message into text. At this time, as a method for inputting a message, a message may be input by voice using a device for converting voice to text, or a device for inputting characters as they are with a keyboard or the like may be used. Next, the message text, language used, and text information are sent to the intermediary device 11 by the communication means 22. When communicating with the intermediary device 11, the intermediary device 11 simultaneously reads out the message text, the translated text, and the text information from the conversation partner.

Next, the mediating apparatus 11 will be described.
In FIG. 3, when the message is transmitted from the terminal device B <b> 1 to the mediation device 11, the receiving unit 25 receives a text message, a language used, a conversation partner, and text information. The received text message and the language used are the text message storage means 28. When the text information is "confirmed as a sent message to the other party" in the text message storage device 29 corresponding to the conversation partner, numbers are assigned in the order of the statements. Additional records will be recorded. In the case of “inputting”, a symbol indicating “inputting” is given instead of the number, and the data is overwritten and recorded. As a result, a dialogue history with the dialogue partner is created.

When reading is performed from the terminal device B1 to the intermediary device 11, information about the conversation partner and the language used is received by the reception unit 25, and the recording of the transmission recording device 33 corresponding to the conversation partner is checked by the transmission recording unit 32. . The transmission recording device 33 records how much of the text message from the conversation partner recorded in the text message storage device 29 has been sent to the terminal device B1. The initial value is 0. In this case, it means that the text message from the first dialogue partner as viewed from the top of the text message storage device 29 is read out.
The transmission determination unit 27 searches the text message recording device 29 for a text message having a corresponding number along this value. If a text message is found, the value of the transmission recording device 33 is increased, and translation is performed using the translation means 30 according to the use language recorded together and the use language of the destination terminal device. The translating means 30 uses an existing translation device and translates the recorded use language into the use language of the destination terminal device. Then, the read text message, the translated text message, and the value of “determined as a text to be sent to the other party” as text information are transmitted to the terminal device using the transmission means 26.

When there is no text message in the transmission determination means 27, the text message to which an arbitrary symbol being input recorded in the text message storage device 29 is given, the value of “inputting” as text information, In the case of “inputting”, it is considered that the text is not formatted, so the translation is not performed and an empty translated text message is transmitted. Thereby, the input of the dialogue partner is monitored.
Further, in the transmission determination means 27, when a text message to which an arbitrary symbol being input is not recorded in the text message storage device 29, an empty text message, an empty translated text message, a text Send "input" as information.

Next, the text message storage device shown in FIG. 3 will be described.
FIG. 4 is a data structure diagram of the text message storage device.
As shown in FIG. 4, the text message storage device 29 has a “number” as a serial number, a “dialogue” indicating who speaks, a “text message” as dialog content, and a “use language” indicating a use language. "Is a set and is memorized for each remark. Further, when the text information is “inputting”, “number” is stored as a symbol indicating that editing is in progress (here, EDIT).
The text message storage device 29 is installed in the mediation device 11, but is an independent storage device, whereas the text message storage means 28 is a program stored in the main storage area of the mediation device 11. The access to the text message storage device 29 and the read / write operation are controlled by being executed by the CPU (not shown) of the mediation device 11. The relationship between the transmission recording device 33 and the transmission recording means 32, the softening device 31 and the translation means 30 is exactly the same as the relationship between the text message storage device 29 and the text message storage means 28.

Example 1
Examples of the present invention will be described below.
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
Now, it is assumed that a conversation person A1 who uses Japanese uses a conversation with a conversation person A2 who uses English.
Assume that the terminal device B1 is used by the conversation person A1, the terminal device B2 is used by the conversation person A2, and the terminal devices B1 and B2 are connected to the mediation device 11 via the Internet or the like.
The terminal device B1 inputs a message using a keyboard. The conversation person A1 uses the terminal setting means 21 in advance in the terminal device B1 to set Japanese as the language used and the conversation partner sets the conversation person A2. Similarly, the conversation person A2 uses the terminal setting means 21 in advance in the terminal device B2 to set English as the language used, and the conversation partner sets the conversation person A1.

  Each of the terminal device B1 and the terminal device B2 starts reading the message of the conversation partner periodically from the mediation device 11 from the time when the connection to the mediation device 11 is started. At the same time, as the current message input state, the input message is sent to the intermediary device 11 with the text information value “inputting”. Since the intermediary device 11 has just started a dialogue for reading a message, it transmits “inputting” as empty message text, empty translated message text, and text information to the terminal device B1 and the terminal device B2. . Further, in response to the transmission of the message text from each terminal device, the transmitted message text, language used, and text information are received, and the dialog device A1 interacts with the conversation person A1 by the text message storage means 28 using the terminal device as the conversation person information. A dedicated recording area to be used for the conversation of the user A2 is prepared in the text message storage device 29, and a symbol representing “in input”, here, as an example, “EDIT” is assigned and overwritten and recorded.

When the conversation person A1 inputs a message using the keyboard of the terminal device B1, the conversion means 23 automatically converts the message into text. For example, "Hello," when the regular transmission has been carried out in the middle of input and, without especially informing the interlocutors A1, automatically "Hello," that the message text, Japanese as the use language, text information "In input" is sent to the intermediary device 11. "Hello, how are you?" To exit the input that, in the case of performing the transmission, by the communication means 22, "Hello, how are you?" As the message text, Japanese as the use language, "the other party as text information “Determined as a sent message to” is sent to the intermediary device 11.
When communicating with the intermediary device 11, the intermediary device 11 simultaneously reads out the message text, the translated text, and the text information from the conversation partner. Here, it is assumed that there was no message.

  The conversation person A2 can see the state of the conversation person A1 from the intermediary device 11 by periodic reading by the terminal device B2. In response to the reading, the mediation device 11 uses the transmission determination unit 27 to inspect the recording of the message recording transmission device 33 of the conversation person A1. Since the initial value of the transmission recording device 33 is 0, the text message storage means 28 is used to search for the text message from the first conversation person A1 as seen from the top of the text message storage device 29. because it is not determined "as the transmission sentence to, again using a text message storage means 28, searches the text message of the text information in the text message storage device 29" EDIT ", in the input of" Hello, "as a message text Is transmitted to the conversation person A2 by the transmission means 24 of the terminal device B2.

In the next reading, the intermediary device 11 checks the record of the message recording transmission recording device 33 of the caller A1 by the transmission determination unit 27 in response to the reading. Since the initial value of the transmission recording device 33 is 0, the text message storage means 28 is used to search for the text message from the first interlocutor A1 as seen from the top of the text message storage device 29, and the first message it is a text "Hello, how are you?" read the, transmission increase the value of the recording apparatus 33, from the English is the language of the Japanese and the terminal device B is the use language that is recorded together, the translation means Use 30 to translate from Japanese to English.
The translation unit 30 translates using the translation device 31. Then, the read text message, the translated text message, and the value of “determined as a sent message to the other party” as text information are sent to the terminal device B2 using the transmission means 26, and the transmission means 24 of the terminal device B2 is sent. Is presented to the conversation person A2.
After that, the dialogue progresses by inputting and transmitting a message to the dialogue A2 as in the case of the dialogue A1.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a cross-language text message communication device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the terminal device in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the mediation apparatus in FIG. It is a data structure figure of the text message storage device in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

A1 to An ... interacters (1 to n), B1 to Bn ... terminal devices (1 to n),
11 ... Mediation device, 10 ... Text message communication device, 21 ... Terminal setting means,
22 ... Communication means 23 ... Conversion means 24 ... Transmission means 25 ... Reception means
26 ... transmission means, 27 ... transmission determination means, 28 ... text message storage means,
29 ... text message storage device, 30 ... translation means, 31 ... translation device,
32: Transmission recording means, 33: Transmission recording device.

Claims (9)

In the inter-language text message communication method in which a plurality of interrogator terminal devices are connected to the mediation device,
In the case where the first dialogue person and the second dialogue person conduct a dialogue, any one of the first dialogue person and the second dialogue person can communicate with the intermediary device from the communication means of the terminal device for the dialogue person. By transmitting the text message and the language used, the intermediary device receives the text message and the language used by the receiving means, and the text message storage device receives the text message and the language used via the transmission determination means. And store it in the text message storage device,
The transmission determination unit determines whether there is a text message that has not been transmitted to the second dialogue person by accessing the transmission recording device and reading a transmission history from the transmission recording device, and transmitting If it is determined that there is a text message that has not been sent, the text message that has not been sent is translated from the language used by the first dialog person into the language used by the second dialog person, and the translated text message is converted into the first message text. An interlingual text message communication method, comprising: transmitting to two interlocutors. In the inter-language text message communication method in which a plurality of interrogator terminal devices are connected to the mediation device,
In the case where the first dialogue person and the second dialogue person conduct a dialogue, any one of the first dialogue person and the second dialogue person can communicate with the intermediary device from the communication means of the terminal device for the dialogue person. The intermediary device receives the text message, the language used, and the input state by receiving means, by transmitting the text message, the language used, and the input state of the first dialogue person, and the text message And the language used and the input state are accessed through the transmission determination means, and stored in the text message storage device.
The transmission determination unit determines whether there is a text message that has not been transmitted to the second dialogue person by accessing the transmission recording device and reading a transmission history from the transmission recording device, and transmitting If it is determined that there is a text message that has not been sent, the text message that has not been sent is translated from the language used by the first dialog person into the language used by the second dialog person, and the translated text message is converted into the first message text. Send it to the two
At the same time as sending, presenting the input state to the second interactor;
On the other hand, the inter-lingual text message communication method is characterized in that the transmission means of the intermediary device presents to the first conversation person how far the text message has been transmitted to the second conversation person. . The interlingual text message communication method according to claim 1 or 2,
Even when the intermediary device does not transmit a text message to the second interlocutor, the text message and translation sent from the first interrogator periodically from the transmission means of the intermediary device. A text message communication method for different languages, wherein the text message read out and the text information in the input state are read out. The interlingual text message communication method according to claim 1 or 2,
The caller's terminal device is configured so that the text message to the mediating device, the text information in the input state, and the second talker information as the conversation partner are received even when the text message of the first talker is being input. A text message communication method between different languages characterized by automatically transmitting a message. In the interlingual text message communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
When the intermediary device receives the text message, the language used, the text information in the input state, and the conversation partner from the terminal device for the caller, the mediating device accesses the text message storage device, and the text information is confirmed as a transmission sentence. In this case, a number is assigned to the text message in the order of utterances, and additional recording is performed. When the text information is being entered, a symbol indicating that the text is being entered is assigned instead of the number, and the text message is overwritten. A method for communicating a text message between different languages. When a certain dialog person interacts with a conversation partner, the input message is converted into text by setting the language used by the conversation person and the conversation partner in advance, and the converted text message and the language used And a terminal device that transmits a text message sent from the conversation partner to the conversation person,
The text message transmitted from the terminal device and the language used are received by the communication means, the text message and the language used are stored in the text message storage device, and the text message sent is recorded in the transmission recording device. Then, it is determined by the transmission determination means whether there is a text message that has not yet been sent to the conversation partner, and if there is a text message that has not been sent, the text message storage device is accessed and the corresponding An interlingual text message communication device comprising: an intermediary device that reads a text message, translates it into the language used by the conversation partner using the translation device, and transmits the message to the conversation partner.   When a certain conversation person interacts with a conversation partner, a language used by the conversation person, a terminal setting means for setting the conversation partner, a conversion means for converting a message input from each conversation person into text, Inter-lingual text, comprising: communication means for transmitting the converted text message and the language used to the conversation partner; and communication means for transmitting the text message sent from the conversation partner to the conversation partner. The message terminal.   Receiving means for receiving a text message and a language used from a terminal device by communication, a text message storage device for storing the text message and the language used, and a transmission recording device for storing which text message is sent A transmission determination means for determining whether or not there is a text message that has not yet been sent to the conversation partner, and if there is a text message that has not been sent, the text message storage device is accessed and the corresponding text A text message storage means for reading a message, a translation device for translating the read text message into the language used by the conversation partner, and a transmission means for transmitting the translated text message to the conversation partner. Intermediary text message intermediary device. The terminal device for interlingual text messages according to claim 7,
A terminal device for a foreign language text message, characterized in that said conversion means comprises means for converting speech to text, and said transmission means comprises means for converting text to speech.

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