JP2006039805A - Spoken text communication system and spoken text communication method - Google Patents

Abstract

【Task】
Provided is a speech-to-text communication system and a speech-to-text communication method that can easily select and set speech information or character information obtained by converting the speech information into text (converted into text information). To do.
Further, the present invention provides a speech-to-speech communication system and a speech-to-speech communication method capable of receiving character information obtained by converting speech into a character by using a personal computer or the like as an e-mail.
[Solution]
The first setting that the communication host device 5 converts to character information according to the request information from the receiver-side mobile phone 3 and transmits it to the receiver-side mobile phone or the like or the voice from the sender-side mobile phone 2 Since the second setting for transmitting the information as it is is made, the receiver side can freely select the voice information or the setting to transcribe it and can also set it in advance, and the communication line can be used more freely. .
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Description

  The present invention relates to a phonetic text communication system and a phonetic text communication method.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a voice characterizing device or the like that can convert voice into characters and output them to a printer or the like has been used.

However, even if there are multiple speakers even if the speech is converted into text, there is a problem that it is not easy to determine who is speaking with only that character. A method of outputting attribute information as text has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-242669 (paragraphs [0009] to [0018], FIG. 6).

  However, it has become easy to identify a speaker by the above-described method. However, if the technology for converting the voice into text is used for communication via the network, for example, the voice information is received by the user's mobile phone or the answering service. It is required to be able to easily select and set whether to receive text information at a center or the like.

  In addition, it is necessary to be able to set voice information to be converted into character information in advance when it is known that the telephone cannot be answered in advance.

  In addition, when it is not possible to see as well as listen with a mobile phone, it has also been required to be able to confirm the contents with, for example, a personal computer.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and can easily select and set speech information or character information obtained by converting the speech information into character information (converted into character information), and setting the information in advance. An object of the present invention is to provide a voiced text communication system and a voiced text communication method.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a speech-to-speech communication system and a speech-to-speech communication method that can receive character information obtained by converting speech into a character as an e-mail by a personal computer or the like.

  In order to achieve the above object, a spoken text communication system according to a main aspect of the present invention is a speech text communication system including a plurality of communication terminal devices and communication host devices capable of communicating via a network. The communication terminal device has first and second communication terminal devices, and the second communication terminal device receives the voice information when the communication host device receives voice information from the first communication terminal device. The first setting for converting the information into character information and transmitting it to the second communication terminal device, or when the communication host device receives the voice information from the first communication terminal device, the voice information is converted into the first information. First transmission means for transmitting request information for requesting a second setting to be transmitted to the second communication terminal device to the communication host device, and the voice information or the converted character information from the communication host device. And a first output means for reproducing voice from the voice information or displaying at least the character information as an image, wherein the communication host device is the second communication terminal. A second receiving unit configured to receive the request information from a device; a setting unit configured to perform a first or second setting according to the received request information; and voice information transmitted from the first communication terminal device. A third receiving unit that converts the voice information into character information when the setting unit performs the first setting; and the conversion unit that converts the voice information when the setting unit performs the first setting. Text information is transmitted to the second communication terminal device, and the voice information is transmitted to the second communication terminal device when the setting unit performs the second setting. It is characterized by.

  Here, the “communication terminal device” refers to, for example, a mobile phone, a personal computer, and the like. For example, the “first communication terminal device” refers to a communication terminal device on the caller side, and “second communication terminal device”. "Is a communication terminal device on the receiver side. “Voice information” is, for example, converted into an electric signal by a microphone of a mobile phone, and “Character information” is, for example, an electric signal obtained by converting voice information into characters by a conversion means. Furthermore, the “character information” is not limited to characters but includes symbols, moving images, and the like.

  According to the present invention, the communication host device transmits the voice information from the first communication terminal device as it is or converted into character information according to the request information from the second communication terminal device, and transmits it to the second communication terminal device. Therefore, the recipient can freely select the voice information or the setting to convert the voice information to text information, and set the conversion to text information when it cannot be output to a mobile phone, for example, at a conference. The message from the caller can be viewed as an image such as a character string.

  According to an aspect of the present invention, the first transmission unit transmits the request information to the communication host device before receiving the voice information transmitted from the first communication terminal device by the third reception unit. It is possible to transmit to. As a result, for example, even if it is known in advance that a mobile phone cannot be used at a conference, etc., it is possible to select a setting to convert it to text information before the conference. Etc. can be seen as images.

  According to an aspect of the present invention, when the communication host device receives the audio information, the communication host device transmits reception information indicating that the audio information has been received to the second communication terminal device. The second communication terminal device further includes: a fourth receiving unit that receives reception information that the communication host device has received the voice information transmitted by the third transmission unit; Second output means for outputting reception information, wherein the first transmission means transmits the request information to the communication host device when the reception information is output by the second output means. It is possible. Thereby, according to each specific situation, for example, a setting for reproducing audio information as it is or a setting for converting to character information and outputting it can be freely selected, and the degree of freedom of communication is further increased.

  According to an aspect of the present invention, the second communication terminal device further includes fourth transmission means for transmitting at least mail address information of the owner of the second communication terminal device to the communication host device. The communication host device further includes fifth receiving means for receiving the mail address information, and means for recording the mail address according to the received mail address information. Voice information is converted into character information, and the character information is transmitted as an e-mail to the e-mail address. When the first setting is performed, the second transmission means converts the converted character information as an e-mail. The character information of the first receiving means is character information transmitted as the electronic mail. Thus, for example, when the user's e-mail address is registered in advance in the answering machine service center which is a communication host device, and voice information is transmitted from the caller to the answering service center, it is simply transcribed into the second communication terminal device. The character information is not transmitted, but is transmitted as an e-mail, so that various functions as an e-mail can be used. The text information can be displayed as an image on a normal computer.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a spoken character communication system including a plurality of communication terminal devices and a communication host device capable of communicating via a network. And a second communication terminal device, wherein the communication host device receives first voice information transmitted by the first communication terminal device, and voice information received by the first reception means. Requesting the first setting for converting the character information into the character information and transmitting it to the second communication terminal apparatus or the second setting for transmitting the voice information received by the first receiving means to the second communication terminal apparatus Second receiving means for receiving request information to be received from the first communication terminal apparatus, setting means for making first or second setting according to the received request information, and the setting means for setting the first setting. if you did this And means for converting the received voice information into character information, and when the setting means performs the second setting, the voice information is transmitted to the second communication terminal device, and the setting means The first transmission means for transmitting the converted character information to the second communication terminal device, the first communication terminal device transmits the voice information to the communication host device. Second transmission means for transmitting to the communication host device, and third transmission means for transmitting the request information to the communication host device, wherein the second communication terminal device receives the voice information from the communication host device or It has a 3rd receiving means which receives the said converted character information, The 1st output means which reproduces | regenerates the said audio | voice information, or displays the said character information at least as an image, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  According to the present invention, the second information is converted from the voice information from the first communication terminal device as it is or to the character information according to the request information from the first communication terminal device whose communication host device is the sender side. Since it is decided to transmit to the communication terminal device, the caller can freely select the setting to convert voice information or voice information into text information, so the caller can also judge the situation on the receiver side and select the best setting. This is more convenient for communication line users.

  According to an aspect of the present invention, the third transmission unit can transmit the request information to the communication host device before the voice information is transmitted to the communication host device by the second transmission unit. It is characterized by being. This allows the caller to choose a setting to convert the voice information to text information before sending the voice information in advance if the receiver knows that he / she will not be able to go out to the mobile phone, for example, at a conference. There is no need to respond each time, and the receiver can view the message from the sender as an image such as a character string.

  According to an aspect of the present invention, the third transmission unit can transmit the request information to the communication host device after the voice information is transmitted to the communication host device by the second transmission unit. It is characterized by that. Accordingly, the sender can freely select, for example, a setting for reproducing audio information as it is or a setting for converting to character information and outputting according to the specific situation of the receiver, and the degree of freedom of communication is further increased.

  According to an aspect of the present invention, the second communication terminal device further includes fourth transmission means for transmitting at least mail address information of the owner of the second communication terminal device to the communication host device. The communication host device further includes fourth receiving means for receiving the mail address information, and means for recording the mail address according to the received mail address information. Voice information is converted into character information, and the character information is transmitted as an e-mail to the e-mail address. When the first transmission means is set as the first, the converted character information is converted into an e-mail. The character information of the third receiving means is character information transmitted as the electronic mail. As a result, when the receiver registers his / her mail address in advance in the answering service center, which is a communication host device, for example, and the voice information is transmitted from the sender to the answering service center, only the second Characterized character information is not transmitted to the communication terminal device, but can be transmitted as an electronic mail, so that various functions as an electronic mail can be used. The text information can be displayed as an image on a normal computer.

  According to an aspect of the present invention, the communication host device or the second communication terminal device further includes audio information recording means for recording the audio information, and the conversion means is controlled by the audio information recording means. The recorded voice information is copied after the voice information is recorded, and the copied voice information is converted into character information. As a result, even if the request for listening to the voice information after conversion is answered or the conversion fails, the conversion can be performed again.

  The speech-to-text communication system according to another aspect of the present invention is a speech-to-text communication system including a plurality of communication terminal devices capable of communicating via a network, wherein the plurality of communication terminal devices are first and second communications. A first setting for converting the received voice information into character information when the voice information is received from the first communication terminal apparatus; or When receiving voice information from the first communication terminal apparatus, setting means for performing a second setting for reproducing the received voice information, and receiving the voice information from the first communication terminal apparatus First receiving means, and means for converting the voice information received by the first receiving means into character information when the setting means has made the first setting, and the setting means comprises the second If you set Reproduces the voice information received by the first receiving means, and has a first output means for displaying at least the character information as an image when the first setting is made, and the first communication terminal The apparatus includes a first transmission unit that transmits the audio information to the second communication terminal apparatus.

  According to the present invention, when the second communication terminal device on the receiver side receives the voice information from the first communication terminal device on the caller side, the first setting for converting the voice information into character information Or setting means for performing a second setting for making the received voice information reproducible, and means for converting the received voice information into character information when the setting means performs the first setting; Therefore, the setting is selected without going through the communication host device such as the answering machine service center, the voice information is exchanged between the communication terminal devices, and the voice information is converted into character information. It is displayed as a character string in the section, and the caller's message can be confirmed even when the voice cannot be heard.

  According to an aspect of the present invention, the setting unit may receive the first setting or the second setting before the voice information is received from the first communication terminal device by the first receiving unit. It is possible to perform. As a result, it is known that the receiver can freely select the setting for reproducing the voice information without going through the communication host device or the setting for converting the voice information into the character information, and cannot be sent to the mobile phone, for example, at the conference. In some cases, conversion to character information is set in advance, and a message from the caller can be viewed as an image such as a character string.

  According to an aspect of the present invention, the second communication terminal device outputs reception information indicating that the audio information has been received when the audio information is received by the first reception unit. The information processing apparatus further includes an output unit, wherein the setting unit is capable of performing the first setting or the second setting after the reception information is output by the second output unit. . As a result, after receiving a message from the caller without using a communication host device such as an answering machine service center, it is possible to select a setting according to the situation on the spot. It is converted into character information and displayed as a character string, for example, on the liquid crystal display unit by the second communication terminal device, so that the caller's message can be confirmed even when the voice cannot be heard.

  According to an aspect of the present invention, the plurality of communication terminal devices further include a third communication terminal device capable of communicating with at least the second communication terminal device by electronic mail, and the second communication terminal. The apparatus further comprises means for recording at least the mail address of the owner of the second communication terminal apparatus, and second transmission means for transmitting the character information to the mail address, wherein the first setting is The voice information is converted into character information and the character information is transmitted as an e-mail to the mail address. The second transmission means converts the converted character information when the first setting is made. Is transmitted as an e-mail, and the third communication terminal apparatus receives the character information transmitted as the e-mail from the second communication terminal apparatus; And having a third output means for at least the image displaying the character information. Thus, for example, when the user's mail address is registered in advance in the second communication terminal device and voice information as an answering message is transmitted from the caller to the second communication terminal device, the second communication is simply performed. The voice information is not converted and displayed as character information by the terminal device, but is transmitted from the second communication terminal device as an electronic mail, so that various functions as an electronic mail can be used. That is, the answering machine message can be freely viewed at any time by a third communication terminal device that can receive the electronic mail, such as a personal computer.

  According to an aspect of the present invention, the second communication terminal device further includes audio information recording means for recording the audio information, and the conversion means records the audio information by the audio information recording means. Then, the recorded voice information is duplicated, and the duplicated voice information is converted into character information. Thereby, it is possible to reconvert again even when a request for listening to voice information after conversion is answered or when the conversion fails.

  The spoken text communication method according to another aspect of the present invention is the voice text communication method including first to third communication terminal devices and a communication host device that can communicate via a network. A terminal device transmitting at least mail address information of the owner of the second communication terminal device to the communication host device; and the mail address transmitted from the second communication terminal device by the communication host device. A step of receiving information, a step of recording the received mail address information in a recording unit of the communication host device, a step of receiving the information, a step of recording the second communication terminal device, and When the voice information is received from the communication terminal device, the voice information is converted into character information, and the character information is transmitted as an e-mail to the mail address. Transmitting request information for requesting a first setting or a second setting for transmitting the voice information to the second communication terminal device to the communication host device; and A step of receiving the request information from a communication terminal device; a step of the communication host device performing a first or second setting in accordance with the received request information; and the communication host device of the first communication Receiving voice information transmitted by a terminal device; converting the voice information received after the first setting to character information when the communication host device has made the first setting; A host device transmitting the converted character information as an e-mail to the mail address when the first setting is made; and the third communication terminal device is configured to send the communication host Receiving the e-mail transmitted from the device, a step in which the third communication terminal apparatus displays the image of the character information of the received e-mail, and the communication host apparatus performs the second setting. And when the second communication terminal device receives the voice information transmitted by the communication host device, the step of transmitting the voice information received after the second setting to the second communication terminal device. And a step in which the second communication terminal apparatus reproduces and outputs sound from the received sound information.

  In the present invention, when the second communication terminal apparatus receives voice information from the first communication terminal apparatus by the communication host apparatus, the voice information is converted into character information and the mail address is converted into the mail address as the mail address. Transmitting to the communication host device request information requesting the first setting to transmit to the communication terminal device or the first setting to transmit the voice information to the second communication terminal device; and the request information received by the communication host device A first setting or a second setting according to the communication host device, a step of converting the voice information received after the first setting to the character information when the communication host device performs the first setting, and a communication host. And the step of transmitting the audio information received after the second setting to the second communication terminal device when the device performs the second setting, so that the receiver side can freely transmit the audio information. Setting or You can choose the setting to convert voice information to text information, and if you know in advance that you can't go out to a mobile phone at a meeting etc., set the conversion to text information and watch the message from the caller Can be made possible.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description of the embodiments, an example of a speech-to-text communication system will be described centering on a speech-to-text communication system using a mobile phone, a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as “personal computer”), and a communication host device. It is not limited to.

  (First embodiment)

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a speech characterizing communication system according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a mobile phone, FIG. 3 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a personal computer, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of FIG. 5 and FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of information between the receiver-side mobile phone and the communication host device.
(Configuration of voiced communication system)

  The phonetic communication system 1 includes, for example, a caller-side mobile phone 2 as a first communication terminal device, a receiver-side mobile phone 3 as a second communication terminal device, and a third communication terminal as shown in FIG. A personal computer 4 as a device, a communication host device 5 for performing various communication services, and a network 6 such as a communication line for connecting these cellular phones and communication host devices so as to communicate with each other.

  Here, for example, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the caller-side mobile phone 2 inputs operation information and outputs an input / output unit 7 that outputs voice information, character information, and the like, and a communication unit 8 that exchanges communications with the outside. And a control unit 9 for controlling the entire caller-side mobile phone.

  The input / output unit 7 displays an image of a microphone 10 that changes sound into an electric signal, an operation key 11 that inputs a telephone number, character information, and the like, a speaker 12 that demodulates the electric signal and reproduces it as sound, and received character information and the like. A liquid crystal display unit 13 and an antenna 14 for transmitting and receiving radio waves including voice information and character information are included.

  The communication unit 8 is connected to an external communication terminal device, a communication host device, or the like via the network 6.

  Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 9 demodulates an electrical signal including modulated voice information and character information received via the antenna 14 and the communication unit 8 to extract the voice information and character information, and extracts the speaker 12 and the like. A receiving unit 15 that is transferred to the liquid crystal display unit 13 and the like, and a transmission unit 16 that converts audio information and the like from the microphone 10 and an imaging unit (not shown), etc., and transfers them to the communication unit 8 and the antenna 14 as electric signals.

  Next, the receiver-side mobile phone 3 includes an input / output unit, a communication unit, a control unit 17 and the like as shown in FIGS. Here, since the input / output unit, the communication unit, the reception unit, and the transmission unit as the first output means are substantially the same as those of the caller-side mobile phone 2, the same reference numerals are given and the description thereof is omitted.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 17 includes a reception unit 15, a transmission unit 16, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 18 that performs calculation and control, and temporarily, as necessary, voice information, character information, various data, and A software storage unit 21 that stores software and the like and stores a RAM (Random Access Memory) 19, ROM (Read Only Memory) 20, and various kinds of software for performing smooth control of the mobile phone 3 on the receiver side. Have.

  Here, the software storage unit 21 includes an address transmission mechanism 22, a request information mechanism 23, a mail reception mechanism 24, and the like as shown in FIG. 4, for example.

  The address transmission mechanism 22 transmits, for example, character information input by the operation key 11 to register the mail address in the communication host device 5 described later, for example, to the communication host device 5 through the communication unit 8 under the control of the CPU 18. Can do.

  Further, when registering the mail address, the address transmission mechanism 22 receives, for example, a request for proof that it is the owner of the receiver-side mobile phone 3, and transmits the character information input by the operation key 11, for example. 8 to the communication host device 5.

  The request information mechanism 23 as the first transmission means converts the voice information into character information when, for example, the communication host device 5 described later receives voice information from the caller-side mobile phone 2 under the control of the CPU 18. Request information for requesting the communication host device 5 to perform a first setting for transmitting the character information to an e-mail address registered as an e-mail or a second setting for transmitting the voice information to the receiver-side mobile phone 3 as it is. For example, it can be transmitted to the communication host device 5 via the communication unit 8 by character information or the like input by the operation key 11.

  The mail receiving mechanism 24 as the first receiving means can receive an e-mail transmitted by, for example, the communication host device 5 under the control of the CPU 18. Thereby, as will be described later, the communication host device 5 can receive not only the character information converted from the voice information but also the same character information by electronic mail.

  Next, for example, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the personal computer 4 includes a communication unit 25 that exchanges communications with the outside, an input / output unit 26 that inputs operation information and outputs image information, and a control that controls the entire personal computer. Part 27 and the like.

  The communication unit 25 is connected to the personal computer 4 and an external communication terminal device or communication host device via the network 6.

  The input / output unit 26 includes an operation key 28 for inputting character information and the like, a speaker 29 for reproducing sound, and a liquid crystal display unit 30 for displaying received character information and the like.

  Further, the control unit 27 records, for example, a CPU 31 that performs calculation and control as shown in FIG. 4 and temporarily stores voice information, character information, various data, software, and the like as necessary, thereby making the control of the personal computer 4 smoother. A RAM 32, a ROM 33, and a software storage unit 34 in which various kinds of software are stored.

  Here, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, the software storage unit 34 includes a mail reception mechanism 35 that can receive an electronic mail transmitted from the communication host device 5 via the communication unit 25 under the control of the CPU 31.

  Next, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, the communication host device 5 controls a communication unit 36 that exchanges communications with the outside, an input / output unit 37 that inputs operation information and the like and outputs image information and the communication host device as a whole. A control unit 38 and the like are provided.

  The communication unit 36 is connected to the personal computer 4 and an external communication terminal device or communication host device via the network 6.

  The input / output unit 37 includes an operation key (not shown) for inputting character information and the like, and a liquid crystal display unit for displaying character information and the like in an image.

  Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 38 records a voice information, character information, various data, software, and the like temporarily as required by a CPU 39 that performs calculation and control, and controls the communication host device 5. It includes a RAM 40, a ROM 41, a data storage unit 42 as a recording unit, a software storage unit 43 in which various kinds of software are stored, and the like.

  Here, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, the data storage unit 42 is surely delivered by the owner of the receiver-side mobile phone 3 with an e-mail address for sending text information converted from voice information as an e-mail. Data for confirming whether there is, for example, a password or the like is stored as the personal identification data 44.

  A mail address for transmitting the converted character information by electronic mail is stored as address data 45.

  Further, the voice information is stored as voice information data 46 before the voice information is converted into character information. Thus, for example, the conversion to character information is to read and copy the stored voice information data 46, to convert the copied voice information to character information, and to receive the voice information after the conversion. Even if the request of the owner of the mobile phone or the like is answered or the conversion fails, the conversion can be performed again.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, for example, the software storage unit 43 includes an identity verification mechanism 47, an address recording mechanism 48, a setting mechanism 49, an answering mechanism 50, a voice conversion mechanism 51, a mail transmission mechanism 52, and the like.

  The identity confirmation mechanism 47, which is also the fifth receiving means, is surely connected to the receiver-side mobile phone 3 when, for example, mail address information for mail address registration is transmitted from the receiver-side mobile phone 3 under the control of the CPU 39. It is possible to confirm whether the information has been transmitted by the owner and pass the result to the address recording mechanism 48. For example, the password transmitted at the same time and the password of the personal identification data stored in the data storage unit 42 are compared to confirm whether or not the owner is the owner. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the converted character information from being transmitted as an e-mail to the mail address of a person other than the original recipient.

  Further, when the address recording mechanism 48 as a recording means receives the information that the user is the identity by the identity verification mechanism 47 or the like under the control of the CPU 39, the mail address is sent to the data storage unit 42 and stored as the address data 45. be able to.

  Further, the setting mechanism 49 which is also the second receiving means and setting means, for example, when setting request information is transmitted from the receiver-side mobile phone 3 under the control of the CPU 39, the sender-side mobile phone according to the request information. First setting for converting voice information of a message sent from 2, for example, to a voice mail service into text information and sending it as an e-mail to a mail address registered by the receiver, or the voice information as it is as a mobile phone on the receiver side The second setting to transmit to 3 is performed. As a result, it is possible to freely select whether the information is transmitted in advance by e-mail or the sound information is transmitted to the receiver-side mobile phone 3 as it is. Even in such a case, the electronic mail can be received and viewed during the meeting on the personal computer 4 or the like. E-mail is always visible and easy. Of course, instead of transmitting the first setting by e-mail, the voice information may be converted into character information and the character information may be transmitted to the receiver-side mobile phone 3. The above settings are possible in various ways and are not limited to the above settings.

  In addition, the setting mechanism 49 can pass to the voice conversion mechanism 51 that the first setting has been made.

  The answering machine 50, which is also a voice information recording means, is called, for example, a so-called answering machine service under the control of the CPU 39. When the sender's mobile phone 2 transmits to the receiver's mobile phone 3, the receiver answers the phone. If the communication host device 5 is not connected, the communication host device 5 records the message of the caller as voice information on behalf of the receiver, and the receiver operates the operation key 11 determined from the receiver-side mobile phone 3 on the communication host device 5. In this way, a service for listening to the recorded audio information can be provided to a recipient who has contracted in advance.

  Specifically, for example, when the number of ringing sounds set in advance from the receiver-side mobile phone 3 is exceeded, the transmission from the sender-side mobile phone 2 is transferred to and connected to the communication host device 5. Here, the answering machine 50 of the communication host device 5 controls the CPU 39 to control a predetermined message via the communication unit 36 of the communication host device 5 such as “Currently cannot answer the phone. Is sent to the caller-side mobile phone 2.

  On the other hand, when the caller transmits a message, the answering machine 50, which is also the third receiving means, stores the voice information as voice information data 46 in the data storage unit 42 and confirms that the answering message has been received. Tell the setting mechanism 49. As a result, the setting mechanism 49 returns information indicating whether the preset setting is the first setting or the second setting to the answering machine 50, and the answering machine 50 performs the set processing by the CPU 39. Will be under control.

  That is, when the answering machine 50 receives the setting information indicating that the first setting has been made from the setting mechanism 49, the voice information data 46 is read out from the data storage unit 42, copied, and transferred to the voice conversion mechanism 51. .

  On the other hand, when the answering machine 50 receives the setting information that the second setting is made from the setting mechanism 49, the answering machine 50 receives the answering information that the answering message arrives under the control of the CPU 39, for example. It can be transmitted to the person-side mobile phone 3. Further, when the communication unit 36 receives a transmission request from the receiver-side mobile phone 3 to transmit the voice information of the voice mail message, the voice mail mechanism 50 controls the voice information from the data storage unit 42 under the control of the CPU 39, for example. The data 46 can be read and the voice information can be transmitted as it is to the receiver-side mobile phone 3 via the communication unit 36.

  Further, the voice conversion mechanism 51 as the conversion means can convert the voice information into character information when the voice information is transferred from the answering machine mechanism 50 under the control of the CPU 39, for example. Is returned to the answering machine 50. A method for converting voice information into character information is, for example, a method of extracting character information (waveform features, etc.) of voice information to be converted, and generating character information by adding various conditions and comparing it with a standard pattern for comparison. Etc.

  As a result, the answering machine 50 that has received the converted character information causes the mail transmission mechanism 52 to send the character information to the mail address set by e-mail, for example, in accordance with the preset first setting. Can be delivered with recipient information identifying the email address to which the email should be sent.

  Furthermore, when the mail transmission mechanism 52 which is also the second transmission means receives character information from the answering machine 50 under the control of the CPU 39, for example, the data storage unit 42 is based on the recipient information attached to the character information. The address information 45 can be read out and the character information can be transmitted as an electronic mail to the mail address via the communication unit 36.

  (Voice-text communication method)

  Next, the operation of the voice-to-text communication system configured as described above will be described based on FIG. 5 with a focus on the exchange between the receiver-side mobile phone 3 and the communication host device 5.

  As a premise, for example, it is assumed that the communication host device 5 is an answering service center and provides an email service as one of the answering service.

  First, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, mail address information for an electronic mail service is transmitted from the receiver-side mobile phone 3, and a mail address registration request is received by the communication host device 5 (ST101). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, for example, when a password or the like that proves the identity is entered together with predetermined characters and numbers from the operation keys 11 of the receiver-side mobile phone 3, the CPU 18 causes the address transmission mechanism 22. The mail address information is transmitted to the communication host device 5 via the communication unit 8.

  Then, the CPU 39 of the communication host device 5 that has received the information must read the person confirmation data 44 stored in the data storage unit 42 in the person confirmation mechanism 47, for example, the password, and compare it with the owner. (ST102).

  Here, when it is confirmed that the user is the owner of the receiver-side mobile phone 3, the CPU 39 of the communication host device 5 causes the person confirmation mechanism 47 to pass the mail address information to the address recording mechanism 48, and the address The recording mechanism 48 stores and registers the mail address of the mail address information as address data 45 in the data storage unit 42 together with the telephone number of the corresponding mobile phone 3 on the recipient side (ST103). If it is not confirmed that the user is the owner of the receiver-side mobile phone 3, error information is transmitted to the receiver-side mobile phone 3, and the process returns to the state before ST102. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the safety of communication due to the transmission of the converted character information as an e-mail to an e-mail address registered by a person who is not the principal.

  Next, the setting request information is transmitted from the receiver-side mobile phone 3 to the communication host device 5 via the network 6, and the communication host device 5 receives the setting request information (ST104). Specifically, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, when a predetermined character, number, or the like is input from the operation key 11 of the receiver-side mobile phone 3, the CPU 18 sends the request information mechanism 23 to the communication host device via the communication unit 8. Request information to be set to 5 is transmitted.

  For example, when the communication host device 5 receives voice information from the caller-side mobile phone 2, the setting is such that the voice information is converted into character information and the character information is transmitted to a mail address registered as an e-mail. There is a setting of 1 or a second setting of transmitting the audio information as it is to the receiver-side mobile phone 3. Of course, the setting is not limited to this. For example, the setting may be such that the converted character information is transmitted to the recipient's mobile phone 3 without being converted to an e-mail.

  Then, the CPU 39 of the communication host device 5 causes the setting mechanism 49 to determine whether the request is for the first setting based on the request information received from the receiver-side mobile phone 3 (ST105). If the setting mechanism 49 determines that the setting is the first setting, the CPU 39 causes the setting mechanism 49 to perform the first setting (ST106). On the other hand, if it is determined that the setting is not the first setting, it is determined whether the setting is the second setting (ST107). When the setting mechanism 49 determines that the setting is the second setting, the CPU 39 causes the setting mechanism 49 to perform the second setting (ST108). Here, when the setting mechanism 49 determines that the setting is not the second setting, the setting information prepared in advance does not exist, so error information is transmitted to the mobile phone 3 on the receiver side, and the process returns to the state before ST104.

  Next, when a message to the answering service is transmitted from caller-side mobile phone 2 to communication host device 5, CPU 39 causes voicemail 50 to receive the voice information of the message via communication unit (ST109). . Specifically, for example, when the number of ringing sounds set in advance on the receiver side mobile phone 3 is exceeded, transmission from the caller side mobile phone 2 is transferred to and connected to the communication host device 5. Here, the CPU 39 of the communication host device 5 sends a predetermined message to the answering machine 50 via the communication unit 36 of the communication host device 5, for example, “Currently cannot answer the phone. Please send "to the mobile phone 2 on the caller side.

  On the other hand, when the caller transmits a message, the answering machine 50 receives the voice information via the communication unit 36 and records and stores the voice information as voice information data 46 in the data storage unit 42 (ST110). The setting mechanism 49 is notified that the electronic message has been received.

  Then, the CPU 39 causes the setting mechanism 49 to determine whether the preset setting is the first setting or the second setting (ST111). If the setting mechanism 49 determines that the setting is the first setting, the CPU 39 causes the answering machine mechanism 50 to read out the voice information data 46 from the data storage unit 42 and replicate the voice information data 46 in the voice conversion mechanism 51. Hand over.

  The voice conversion mechanism 51 that has received the voice information converts the voice information into character information (ST112), and transfers the converted character information to the answering machine 50.

  The CPU 39 causes the mail transmission mechanism 52 to send the character information transmitted to the answering machine 50 to the set mail address in order to send the character information to the set mail address in accordance with the first setting, for example. With recipient information that identifies the email address to which to send.

  Further, the CPU 39 causes the mail transmission mechanism 52 to read the address data 45 of the data storage unit 42 based on the recipient information attached to the character information from the answering machine 50, and sends the character address to the mail address via the communication unit 36. Information is transmitted as an e-mail (ST113).

  Thus, for example, the personal computer 4 can receive an electronic mail transmitted from the communication host device 5 at any time (ST114). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the CPU 31 of the personal computer 4 causes the mail receiving mechanism 35 to receive an e-mail transmitted from the communication host device 5 via the communication unit 25 by an input using the operation key 28.

  Then, the CPU 31 of the personal computer 4 causes the character information of the e-mail to be displayed as an image on the liquid crystal display unit 30 of the input / output unit 26 (ST115).

  On the other hand, if the setting mechanism 49 determines in ST111 that the setting is the second setting, the CPU 39 notifies the receiver mobile phone 3 of the answering machine information that the answering machine 50 has received an answering message, for example. Transmit (ST116). Thereby, for example, when the answering machine message is received on the liquid crystal display unit 13 of the input / output unit 7 of the receiver-side mobile phone 3, it is displayed with an icon or a symbol, and the receiver receives the answering message. I can know that.

  Furthermore, when the communication unit 36 receives a transmission request for transmitting voice information of the answering machine message from the receiver-side mobile phone 3 to the answering machine 50 (ST117), the CPU 39 controls, for example, under the control of the CPU 39. The voice information data 46 can be read from the data storage unit 42, and the voice information can be directly transmitted to the receiver-side mobile phone 3 via the communication unit 36 (ST118).

  As a result, the voice information transmitted from the communication host device 5 can be received by the receiver-side mobile phone 3 (ST119). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the CPU 18 of the receiver-side mobile phone 3 receives voice information transmitted from the communication host device 5 through the communication unit 25 by an input using the operation keys 11.

  Then, the CPU 18 causes the audio information, for example, to be output as audio to the speaker 12 of the input / output unit 7 (ST120).

  This is the end of the description of the operation of the phonetic communication system 1.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the communication host device 5 converts the character information into the character information according to the request information from the receiver side mobile phone 3 and transmits it to the receiver side mobile phone or the like. Since the second setting for transmitting the voice information from the caller-side mobile phone 2 as it is is made, it is possible for the receiver side to freely select the voice information or the setting to transcribe and set it in advance. The use of communication lines has become more free.

  Also, for example, when the user's mail address is registered in advance in the communication host device 5 which is an answering service center, and voice information is transmitted as an answering message from the caller to the answering service center, the receiver's mobile phone 3 is simply received. Character information converted (characterized) into characters is not transmitted, but is transmitted as an e-mail, so that various functions as an e-mail can be used. For example, when the second communication terminal device is a mobile phone, an e-mail transmitted from the communication host device 5 can be received by a third communication terminal device such as an ordinary personal computer 4. Therefore, the message of the caller can be confirmed when the personal computer 4 can see the e-mail even when the mobile phone screen is not seen as well as when the mobile phone screen is not seen.

  Further, the voice conversion mechanism 51 duplicates the recorded voice information after the voice information is recorded in the data storage unit 42, and converts the duplicated voice information into character information. If you answer a request to listen to or if the conversion fails, you can convert it again.

  (Second Embodiment)

  Next, a second embodiment of the phonetic communication system according to the present invention will be described. This embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that setting request information for the communication host device is not transmitted from the receiver-side mobile phone but from the sender-side mobile phone. Explained. In addition, about the component which is common in the component of 1st Embodiment, the code | symbol same as the component of 1st Embodiment is attached | subjected, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a phonetic communication system according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an information flow of the phonetic communication system according to the second embodiment.

  (Configuration of voiced communication system)

  The phonetic communication system 101 includes, for example, a caller-side mobile phone 102 as a first communication terminal device, a receiver-side mobile phone 103 as a second communication terminal device, and a third communication terminal as shown in FIG. A personal computer 4 as a device, a communication host device 105 that performs various communication services, and a network 6 such as a communication line that connects these cellular phones, communication host devices, and the like so that they can communicate with each other.

  Here, for example, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 6, the caller-side mobile phone 102 inputs operation information and outputs image information and the like, an input / output unit 7, a communication unit 8 that exchanges communications with the outside, and a caller A control unit 109 for controlling the entire mobile phone.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the control unit 109 includes a reception unit 15, a transmission unit 16 that is also a second transmission unit, a CPU 18 that performs calculation and control, voice information, character information, and various data temporarily as necessary. And a RAM 119, a ROM 120, a software storage unit 121 in which various kinds of software are stored, and the like for recording software and the like and controlling the caller-side mobile phone 102 more smoothly.

  Further, the software storage unit 121 includes a request information mechanism 23 as a third transmission unit as shown in FIG. 6, for example.

  Next, for example, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, the receiver-side mobile phone 103 includes an input / output unit 7, a communication unit 8, a control unit 117, and the like which are also first output means.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the control unit 117 includes a reception unit 15, a transmission unit 16, a CPU 18, a RAM 19, a ROM 20, and a software storage unit 161 in which various types of software are stored.

  Here, the software storage unit 161 includes, for example, an address transmission mechanism 22 as a fourth transmission unit and a mail reception mechanism 24 as a third reception unit as shown in FIG.

  Next, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, the communication host device 105 controls a communication unit 36 that exchanges communications with the outside, an input / output unit 37 that inputs operation information and the like and outputs image information and the like, and the entire communication host device. A control unit 138 and the like are provided.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the control unit 138 records a voice information, character information, various data, software, and the like temporarily as necessary, and performs control and control of the communication host device 105. It includes a RAM 40, a ROM 41, a data storage unit 42 as a recording unit, a software storage unit 143 in which various kinds of software are stored, and the like.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, for example, the software storage unit 143 includes an identity confirmation mechanism 47, an address recording mechanism 48, a setting mechanism 149, an answering machine 150, a voice conversion mechanism 51 as a conversion means, and a first transmission means. Mail transmission mechanism 52 and the like.

  The setting mechanism 149, which is both the second receiving means and the setting means, receives the request information when, for example, setting request information is transmitted from the caller-side mobile phone 102 under the control of the CPU 39, and according to the request information. For example, the first setting for converting the voice information of the message to the answering service transmitted from the caller-side mobile phone 102 into character information and sending it as an e-mail to the mail address registered by the receiver or the voice information as it is A second setting for transmission to the receiver-side mobile phone 103 is performed. As a result, it is possible to freely select whether to have the information transmitted by e-mail or to directly transmit the voice information to the receiver-side mobile phone 103. For example, the receiver will now see the receiver-side mobile phone 103 in the conference. When the sender knows in advance that he / she is unable to do so, the recipient's personal computer 4 or the like can receive and view the e-mail during the meeting. In addition, e-mail can be viewed at any time, and it is multifunctional and highly convenient. Of course, instead of transmitting the first setting by e-mail, the voice information may be converted into character information and the character information may be transmitted to the receiver-side mobile phone 103. Various settings are possible, and the present invention is not limited to the above settings.

  In addition, the setting mechanism 149 passes information on whether the setting is the first setting or the second setting to the answering machine 150.

  The answering machine 150 is called, for example, a so-called answering machine service. When the number of ringing sounds set in advance from the receiver mobile phone 103 under the control of the CPU 39 is exceeded, transmission from the sender mobile phone 102 is performed. Is transferred to and connected to the communication host device 105. Here, the answering machine 150 of the communication host device 105 controls the CPU 39 to control a predetermined message via the communication unit 36 of the communication host device 105, for example, “Currently cannot answer the phone. Is sent to the caller-side mobile phone 102.

  On the other hand, when the caller transmits a message, the answering machine 150 which is both the first receiving means and the voice information recording means receives the voice information and stores it as voice information data 46 in the data storage unit 42. To do. Also, the answering machine 150, which is also the first transmission means, converts the voice information of the message into text information and sends it as an e-mail to the mail address registered by the recipient, or receives the voice information as it is. The request information for requesting the second setting to be transmitted to the caller-side mobile phone 103 is transmitted to the caller-side mobile phone 102, for example, by the operation key 11 of the caller-side mobile phone 102.

  Further, the setting mechanism 149 determines whether the setting is the first setting or the second setting, and transmits the information to the answering machine 150, so that the answering machine 150 performs the set processing. This is under the control of the CPU 39.

  That is, when the answering machine 150 receives the setting information indicating that the first setting is made from the setting mechanism 149, the voice information data 46 is read from the data storage unit 42, copied, and transferred to the voice conversion mechanism 51. .

  On the other hand, if the answering machine 150 receives the setting information indicating that the second setting has been made from the setting mechanism 149, the answering machine information received under the control of the CPU 39, for example, that an answering message has arrived is received. It can be transmitted to the person-side mobile phone 103. Furthermore, when the answering machine 150 which is also the first sending means receives a transmission request for sending voice information of the answering message from the receiver-side mobile phone 103, for example, data storage is performed under the control of the CPU 39. The voice information data 46 can be read from the unit 42 and the voice information can be directly transmitted to the receiver-side mobile phone 103 via the communication unit 36.

  In addition, the answering machine mechanism 150 that has received the character information converted by the voice conversion mechanism 51 as the conversion means sends a mail to the mail address set by e-mail, for example, according to the set first setting. It is possible to pass the character information to the transmission mechanism 52 with recipient information specifying a mail address to which the electronic mail is to be transmitted.

  (Voice-text communication method)

  Next, the operation of the speech-to-text communication system 101 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. Note that the operation of the phonetic communication system 101 differs from that of the first embodiment in that the setting request information is made from the caller-side mobile phone, so this point is mainly described, and the operation of the first embodiment is different from the operation of the first embodiment. Description of similar points is omitted.

  When a message to the answering service is transmitted from caller-side mobile phone 102 to communication host device 105, CPU 39 causes voice mail mechanism 150 to receive the voice information of the message via communication unit 36 (ST201). Specifically, for example, when the number of ringing sounds set in advance on the receiver side mobile phone 103 is exceeded, transmission from the caller side mobile phone 102 is transferred to and connected to the communication host device 105. Here, the CPU 39 of the communication host device 105 sends a predetermined message to the answering machine 150 via the communication unit 36 of the communication host device 105, for example, “Currently cannot answer the phone. Please send "to the caller-side mobile phone 102.

  On the other hand, when the caller transmits a message, the answering machine 150 receives the voice information via the communication unit 36, and records and stores it as the voice information data 46 in the data storage unit 42 (ST202).

  Next, the answering machine 150 converts the voice information of the message into text information and sends it to the mail address registered by the receiver as an e-mail or the voice information as it is in the receiver-side mobile phone 103. Request information for requesting the second setting to be transmitted is transmitted to the caller-side mobile phone 102, for example, by the operation key 11 of the caller-side mobile phone 102.

  Further, the information transmitted from the answering machine 150 is output as voice or screen display by the input / output unit 7 of the caller-side mobile phone 102, and predetermined characters or When a number or the like is input, the CPU 18 causes the request information mechanism 23 to transmit request information for requesting the first or second setting to the communication host device 105 via the communication unit 8. The transmitted request information is received by the setting mechanism 149 of the communication host device 105 (ST203).

  The setting is, for example, a first setting in which the communication host device 105 converts voice information received from the caller-side mobile phone 102 into character information, and transmits the character information to an email address registered as an email, There is a second setting for transmitting audio information as it is to the receiver-side mobile phone 103. Of course, the setting is not limited to this. For example, the setting may be such that the converted character information is transmitted to the receiver-side mobile phone 103 without being converted into an e-mail.

  Then, the CPU 39 of the communication host device 105 causes the setting mechanism 149 to determine whether the request is for the first or second setting based on the request information received from the caller-side mobile phone 102, and sets the request (from ST105 to ST108). . However, if the setting mechanism 149 determines that the second setting is not the second setting in ST107, the setting information prepared in advance does not exist, so error information is transmitted to the caller-side mobile phone 102, and the state before ST203 is returned.

  Since the following operations are substantially the same as those in the first embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted, and the description of the operation of the voiced text communication system 101 will be finished.

  In the above description, the information indicating that the first setting or the second setting transmitted from the answering machine 150 of the communication host device 105 can be requested is the input / output unit of the caller-side mobile phone 102 which is the caller side. 7, the request information is transmitted from the caller-side mobile phone 102 to the communication host device 105 by the input from the operation key 11 of the caller-side mobile phone 102. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, even if the information indicating that the request from the communication host device 105 can be requested is not output by the input / output unit 7 of the caller-side mobile phone 102, the information can be voluntarily input from the operation key 11 of the caller-side mobile phone 102. The request information mechanism 23 can transmit the request information from the caller-side mobile phone 102 to the communication host device 105.

  In the above description, the request information for requesting the first setting or the second setting on the caller side is described after the voice information is transmitted from the caller-side mobile phone 102. However, the request information is limited to this. Instead, for example, the request information may be transmitted from the caller-side mobile phone 102 to the communication host device 105 by the request information mechanism 23 before the voice information is transmitted from the caller-side mobile phone 102. This allows the caller to choose a setting to convert the voice information to text information before sending the voice information in advance if the receiver knows that he / she will not be able to go out to the mobile phone, for example, at a conference. There is no need to respond each time, and the receiver can view the message from the sender as an image such as a character string.

  Thus, according to the present embodiment, the communication host device 105 receives the voice information from the caller-side mobile phone 102 as it is or converted into character information in response to the request information from the caller-side mobile phone 102. Since the caller side can freely select the setting for transmitting voice information or converting voice information into character information, the sender side also determines the situation on the receiver side. A good setting can be selected and the convenience of the communication line user can be improved.

  In addition, when the mail address is transmitted from the caller to the answering service center in advance, the user's mail address is registered in the communication host device 105, for example, the answering service center. Characterized character information is not transmitted, but is transmitted as an electronic mail, so that various functions as an electronic mail can be used.

  Further, when the second communication terminal device is, for example, a mobile phone, an e-mail transmitted from the communication host device 105 can be received by the third communication terminal device, for example, the ordinary personal computer 4. Therefore, in addition to listening to voice on the mobile phone, even if the screen of the mobile phone cannot be seen, if the personal computer 4 can see the e-mail, the caller's message can be seen at a convenient place and time. it can.

  Further, the voice conversion mechanism 51 duplicates the recorded voice information after the voice information is recorded in the data storage unit 42, and converts the copied voice information into character information. If you want to hear information or if you fail to convert, you can convert it again.

  (Third embodiment)

  Next, a third embodiment of the phonetic communication system according to the present invention will be described. This embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a setting request is made to the communication host device when the answering machine information indicating that there is an answering machine message is received by the receiver-side mobile phone 3. The explanation will focus on the points. In addition, about the component which is common in the component of 1st Embodiment, the code | symbol same as the component of 1st Embodiment is attached | subjected, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  FIG. 8 is a schematic block diagram of a phonetic communication system according to the third embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the information flow of the phonetic communication system according to the third embodiment.

  (Configuration of voiced communication system)

  The phonetic communication system 201 includes, for example, a caller-side mobile phone 2 as a first communication terminal device, a receiver-side mobile phone 203 as a second communication terminal device, and a third communication terminal as shown in FIG. A personal computer 4 as a device, a communication host device 205 for performing various communication services, and a network 6 such as a communication line for connecting these cellular phones and communication host devices so as to be able to communicate with each other.

  Here, for example, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 8, the recipient-side mobile phone 203 includes an input / output unit 7, a communication unit 8, a control unit 217, and the like that are also first output means.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the control unit 217 records the reception unit 15, the transmission unit 16, the CPU 18 that performs calculation and control, and temporarily records voice information, character information, various data, software, and the like as necessary. It has a RAM 19, a ROM 20, and a software storage unit 221 in which various types of software are stored to smoothly control the receiver-side mobile phone 203.

  Here, the software storage unit 221 includes an address transmission mechanism 22, a request information mechanism 223, a mail reception mechanism 24, and the like as shown in FIG. 8, for example.

  The request information mechanism 223, which is also the first transmission means, converts the voice information into character information when the communication host device 205 receives voice information from the caller-side mobile phone 2 under the control of the CPU 18. Request information for requesting the communication host device 205 to perform a first setting for transmitting character information to an e-mail address registered as an e-mail or a second setting for transmitting the voice information to the recipient mobile phone 203 as it is. For example, it can be transmitted to the communication host device 205 via the communication unit 8 by character information or the like input by the operation key 11.

  Next, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, the communication host device 205 controls the communication unit 36 that exchanges communications with the outside, the input / output unit 37 that inputs operation information and the like and outputs image information and the like, and the entire communication host device. A control unit 238 and the like are provided.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the control unit 238 records and stores voice information, character information, various data, software, and the like temporarily as necessary. It includes a RAM 40, a ROM 41, a data storage unit 42 as a recording unit, a software storage unit 243 in which various kinds of software are stored, and the like.

  Here, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, the software storage unit 243 is used as an identity verification mechanism 47, an address recording mechanism 48, a setting mechanism 249, an answering machine 250, a voice conversion mechanism 51 as a conversion means, and a second transmission means. Mail transmission mechanism 52 and the like.

  The setting mechanism 249, which is also the second receiving means, can receive the request information via the communication unit 36 when, for example, setting request information is transmitted from the receiver-side mobile phone 203 under the control of the CPU 39. In addition, the setting mechanism 249 which is also a setting means converts voice information of a message to the answering service transmitted from the caller-side mobile phone 2 in accordance with the request information into character information and registers it as an e-mail. The first setting for transmitting to the e-mail address or the second setting for transmitting the voice information to the recipient-side mobile phone 203 as it is.

  Further, the setting mechanism 249 can send information indicating whether the setting is the first setting or the second setting to the answering machine 250.

  As a result, it is possible to freely select whether to have the information transmitted by e-mail or to transmit the voice information as it is to the receiver-side mobile phone 203, so that, for example, the receiver-side mobile phone 3 cannot be viewed from now on at a conference. Even in such a case, the electronic mail may be received and viewed during the meeting on the personal computer 4 or the like. Of course, instead of transmitting the first setting by e-mail, the voice information may be converted into character information and the character information may be transmitted to the receiver-side mobile phone 203. The above settings are possible in various ways and are not limited to the above settings.

  Next, when the answering machine 250 exceeds the number of ringing sounds set in advance on the receiver-side mobile phone 203 and the transmission from the sender-side mobile phone 2 is transferred to the communication host device 205, the CPU 39 Under the control of the caller-side mobile phone 2, a predetermined message such as “I cannot answer the phone now. Please put a message after the beeping tone” is sent to the caller-side mobile phone 2. Send.

  On the other hand, when the caller transmits a message, the answering machine 250, which is the third receiving means, the voice information recording means and the third transmitting means, receives the voice information via the communication unit 36, and the voice information is recorded. Information can be stored in the data storage unit 42 as voice information data 46 and, for example, answering machine information indicating that an answering machine message has arrived can be transmitted to the receiver-side mobile phone 203 under the control of the CPU 39.

  In addition, under the control of the CPU 39, the answering machine 250 converts the voice information of the message into, for example, character information and transmits it as an e-mail to the mail address registered by the receiver or the voice information as it is. It can be transmitted to the receiver-side mobile phone 203 that request information for requesting the second setting to be transmitted to the receiver-side mobile phone 203 can be input with the operation key 11 of the receiver-side mobile phone 203, for example.

  Furthermore, since the setting mechanism 249 sends information indicating whether the setting is the first setting or the second setting to the answering machine 250, the answering machine 250 controls the CPU 39 to perform the set processing. Will be taken down.

  That is, when the answering machine 250 receives the setting information indicating that the first setting has been made from the setting mechanism 249, the voice information data 46 is read from the data storage unit 42, copied, and transferred to the voice conversion mechanism 51.

  On the other hand, when the answering machine 250 receives the setting information indicating that the second setting has been made from the setting mechanism 249, the voice information data 46 is read from the data storage unit 42 under the control of the CPU 39, for example, via the communication unit 36, The voice information can be transmitted as it is to the receiver-side mobile phone 203.

  In addition, the answering machine mechanism 250 that has received the converted character information from the voice conversion mechanism 51 transmits the character information to an e-mail address set as an e-mail, for example, according to the set first setting. The mail transmission mechanism 52 can be delivered with the recipient information specifying the mail address to which the e-mail is to be sent added to the character information.

  (Voice-text communication method)

  Next, the operation of the voiced text communication system 201 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. The operation of the phonetic communication system 201 is different from that of the first embodiment in that the setting request information is made after receiving the information that there is an answering machine. The description of the same points as those of the first embodiment will be omitted.

  When a message to the answering service is transmitted from caller-side mobile phone 2 to communication host device 205, CPU 39 causes voice mail mechanism 250 to receive the voice information of the message via communication unit 36 (ST301). Specifically, for example, when the number of ringing sounds set in advance on the receiver-side mobile phone 203 is exceeded, transmission from the sender-side mobile phone 2 is transferred to and connected to the communication host device 205. Here, the CPU 39 of the communication host device 205 sends a predetermined message to the answering machine 250 via the communication unit 36 of the communication host device 205, for example, “Currently cannot answer the phone. Please send "to the mobile phone 2 on the caller side.

  On the other hand, when the caller transmits a message, the answering machine 250 receives the voice information via the communication unit 36, records and stores the voice information as the voice information data 46 in the data storage unit 42 (ST302), and the CPU 39. Under the control, for example, the answering machine information that the message of answering machine has arrived is transmitted to the mobile phone 203 on the receiver side.

  Also, the answering machine 250 converts the voice information of the message into text information and sends it to the mail address registered by the receiver as an e-mail, or sends the voice information to the receiver-side mobile phone 203 as it is. The request information for requesting the second setting to be transmitted is transmitted to the receiver-side mobile phone 203 that the operation key 11 of the receiver-side mobile phone 203 can be input, for example.

  Then, the information transmitted from the answering machine 250 is output as voice or screen display by the input / output unit 7 of the receiver-side mobile phone 203, and the receiver displays the icon on the liquid crystal display unit 13 of the receiver-side mobile phone 203. From this, it can be known that there is an answering machine and that the setting can be selected.

  Also, after the mail address information for the e-mail service is transmitted from the receiver side mobile phone 203 and the mail host registration request is received by the communication host device 5, the telephone of the receiver side mobile phone corresponding to the mail address is received. Until the data is stored and registered as address data 45 in the data storage unit 42 together with the number and the like (from ST101 to ST103), it is substantially the same as in the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted.

  Next, for example, when a predetermined character or number is input from the operation key 11 of the receiver-side mobile phone 203, the CPU 18 sends the request information mechanism 223 to the communication host device 205 via the communication unit 8 in the first or second manner. Request information for requesting the setting of. The transmitted request information is received by the setting mechanism 249 of the communication host device 205 (ST303).

  The setting is, for example, a first setting in which the communication host device 205 converts voice information received from the caller-side mobile phone 2 into character information, and transmits the character information to an email address registered as an email, There is a second setting for transmitting voice information as it is to the receiver-side mobile phone 203. Of course, the setting is not limited to this. For example, the setting may be such that the converted character information is transmitted to the recipient's mobile phone 203 without being converted to an e-mail.

  Then, the CPU 39 of the communication host device 205 causes the setting mechanism 249 to determine whether the request is for the first or second setting based on the request information received from the receiver-side mobile phone 203 and sets the request (from ST105 to ST108). . However, if the setting mechanism 249 determines in ST107 that the setting is not the second setting, the setting information prepared in advance does not exist, so error information is transmitted to the receiver-side mobile phone 203, and the process returns to the state before ST303.

  Since the following operations are substantially the same as those in the first embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted, and the description of the operation of the phonetic communication system 201 will be finished.

  In the above description, the information indicating that the first setting or the second setting transmitted from the answering machine 250 of the communication host device 205 can be requested is output by the input / output unit 7 of the receiver-side mobile phone 203. In this case, it has been described that the request information is transmitted from the receiver-side mobile phone 203 to the communication host device 205 by an input from the operation key 11 of the receiver-side mobile phone 203. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Even if the information indicating that the request can be made from the device 205 is not output by the input / output unit 7 of the receiver-side mobile phone 203, the request information mechanism 223 voluntarily inputs the operation key 11 of the receiver-side mobile phone 203. The request information may be transmitted from the receiver-side mobile phone 203 to the communication host device 205. Thereby, the configuration of the answering machine 250 of the communication host device 205 can be further simplified, the cost can be reduced, and the degree of freedom of the communication system is increased.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the communication host device 205 converts character information into character information in accordance with request information from the receiver-side mobile phone 203 that has received the answering machine information, and transmits it to the receiver-side mobile phone 203. Since the first setting or the second setting for transmitting the voice information from the caller-side mobile phone 2 as it is, the receiver side can freely leave the voice information or the voice information according to the situation. A setting for characterizing can be selected. For example, when voice cannot be heard with a mobile phone, a character string as character information is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 13 and can be seen with eyes.

  In addition, when the communication host device 205, for example, an answering machine service center sends a message that there is an answering machine message, the character information of the voice information of the message is simply sent to the recipient's mobile phone 203. Instead, the user can register his / her e-mail address at the answering service center and send it as an e-mail so that various functions as e-mail can be used.

  Further, when the second communication terminal device is, for example, a mobile phone, an electronic mail transmitted from the communication host device 205 can be received by the third communication terminal device, for example, the ordinary personal computer 4. Therefore, in addition to listening to voice on the mobile phone, even if the screen of the mobile phone cannot be seen, if the personal computer 4 can see the e-mail, the caller's message can be seen at a convenient place and time. It becomes possible.

  Further, the voice conversion mechanism 51 duplicates the recorded voice information after the voice information is recorded in the data storage unit 42, and converts the copied voice information into character information. If you want to hear information or if you fail to convert, you can convert it again.

  (Fourth embodiment)

  Next, a fourth embodiment of the phonetic communication system according to the present invention will be described. This embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that it is converted into character information by a communication terminal device without using a communication host device, and this point will be mainly described. In addition, about the component which is common in the component of 1st Embodiment, the code | symbol same as the component of 1st Embodiment is attached | subjected, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  FIG. 10 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a phonetic communication system according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 11 is a schematic block diagram of the phonetic communication system, and FIG. 12 is a phonetic communication according to the fourth embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of information of a system.

  (Configuration of voiced communication system)

  The phonetic communication system 301 includes, for example, a sender-side mobile phone 2 as a first communication terminal device, a receiver-side mobile phone 303 as a second communication terminal device, and a third communication terminal as shown in FIG. A personal computer 4 as a device and a network 6 such as a communication line for connecting these cellular phones, personal computers 4 and the like so as to communicate with each other.

  Here, for example, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 11, the receiver-side mobile phone 303 includes an input / output unit 7, a communication unit 8, a control unit 317, and the like which are also first output means.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 11, the control unit 317 records the reception unit 15, the transmission unit 16, the CPU 18 that performs calculation and control, and temporarily records voice information, character information, various data, software, and the like as necessary. The RAM 19 and the ROM 20 that perform smoother control of the receiver-side mobile phone 303, a data storage unit 342 as a recording unit, and a software storage unit 321 in which various kinds of software are stored are included.

  In the data storage unit 342, for example, as shown in FIG. 11, it is confirmed whether or not the mail address for transmitting the character information converted from the voice information as an e-mail is input by the owner of the receiver-side mobile phone 303 without fail. Data such as a password is stored as identification data 344.

  A mail address for transmitting the converted character information by electronic mail is stored as address data 345. For example, the mail address of the owner of the receiver-side mobile phone 303 is registered (stored).

  Further, the voice information is stored as voice information data 346 before the voice information is converted into character information. Thus, for example, the conversion to character information is to read and copy the stored voice information data 346, convert the copied voice information to character information, and to hear the voice information after the conversion. If you answer or fail to convert to text information, you can convert it again. Of course, the recorded audio information data 346 may be deleted as necessary.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 11, the software storage unit 321 includes an identity verification mechanism 347, an address recording mechanism 348, a setting mechanism 349, an answering machine 350, a voice conversion mechanism 351, a mail transmission mechanism 352, a mail reception mechanism 353, and the like. Have.

  Under the control of the CPU 18, the identity verification mechanism 347 is, for example, the mail address information input by the operation of the operation key 11 or the like to the input / output unit 7 for e-mail address registration, when the owner of the receiver-side mobile phone 303 is input. And the result can be transferred to the address recording mechanism 348. For example, the password entered at the same time is compared with the password of the personal identification data stored in the data storage unit 342, and it is confirmed whether or not it is the owner by checking whether they match. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the converted character information from being transmitted as an e-mail to the mail address of a person other than the original recipient.

  The address recording mechanism 348 serving as a recording unit can send the mail address to the data storage unit 342 and store it as address data 345 when receiving information indicating that the user is the identity by the identity verification mechanism 347 under the control of the CPU 18. For example, by recording and registering (storing) the mail address of the owner of the receiver-side mobile phone 303, the converted character information can be transmitted to the mail address by e-mail. Thus, even when the mobile phone cannot be taken out, the content of the message on the answering machine can be viewed on a nearby personal computer.

  Further, the setting mechanism 349 which is also a setting means transmits from the caller-side mobile phone 2 when, for example, setting information is input with predetermined characters or numbers by the operation keys 11 of the receiver-side mobile phone 303 under the control of the CPU 18. For example, the first setting for converting voice information of a message to an answering memo, which will be described later, into character information, and transmitting it as an e-mail to a mail address registered by the receiver, or the voice information as it is as a receiver-side mobile phone In step 303, the second setting for enabling playback is performed. As a result, it is possible to freely select whether to send in advance by e-mail or to reproduce the voice information to the answering machine as it is on the receiver side mobile phone 303. Even when the telephone 303 cannot be viewed, the electronic mail can be received and viewed on the personal computer 4 or the like during the conference. Of course, instead of sending the first setting by e-mail, the voice information may be converted into character information, and the character information may be displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 13 of the receiver-side mobile phone 303. The above settings are possible in various ways and are not limited to the above settings.

  In addition, the setting mechanism 349 can pass to the voice conversion mechanism 351 that the first setting has been made.

  Further, the answering machine 350 is called, for example, a so-called answering memo or the like under the control of the CPU 18, and when it is transmitted from the sender mobile phone 2 to the receiver mobile phone 303, the receiver does not answer the phone and is not connected. The sender's message is recorded as voice information, and the receiver listens to the voice information recorded on the receiver's mobile phone 303 as the answering memo by operating the operation key 11 of the receiver's mobile phone 303. It can be done.

  Specifically, for example, when the number of ringing sounds set in advance on the receiver-side mobile phone 303 is exceeded, transmission from the sender-side mobile phone 2 is connected to the answering machine 350. Here, the answering machine 350 sends a predetermined message, for example, “I can't answer the phone now. Please put a message after the beeping sound” via the communication unit 8 under the control of the CPU 18. Transmit to the telephone 2.

  On the other hand, when the caller transmits a message, the answering machine 350, which is also the first receiving means and the voice information recording means, receives the voice information via the communication unit 8 and sends the voice information to the data storage unit 342. The data is stored as data 346 and the setting mechanism 349 is notified that the answering message has been received. As a result, the setting mechanism 349 returns information indicating whether the preset setting is the first setting or the second setting to the answering machine 350, so that the answering machine 350 performs the setting process. Will be under control.

  That is, when the answering machine 350 receives the setting information that the first setting has been made from the setting mechanism 349, the voice information data 346 is read from the data storage unit 342, copied, and delivered to the voice conversion mechanism 351. .

  On the other hand, when the answering machine 350 receives the setting information that the second setting is made from the setting mechanism 349, the answering machine information that the answering machine message arrives under the control of the CPU 18, for example, is input. The data can be transferred to the output unit 7 and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 13 of the input / output unit 7 with an icon or the like. Further, when the answering machine 350 receives information for reproducing the voice information of the answering machine message by the input from the operation key 11, it reads out the voice information data 346 from the data storage unit 342, for example, under the control of the CPU 18. It can be delivered to the unit 7 and output as sound from the speaker 12 of the input / output unit 7, for example.

  The voice conversion mechanism 351 as the conversion means can convert the voice information into character information when the voice information is transferred from the answering machine 350 under the control of the CPU 18, for example. Is returned to the answering machine 350.

  As a result, the answering machine 350 having received the converted character information causes the mail transmission mechanism 352 to send the character information to the mail address set by e-mail, for example, in accordance with the preset first setting. Can be delivered with recipient information specifying the email address to which the email is to be sent, for example, the email address of the owner of the recipient mobile phone 303.

  Further, when the mail transmission mechanism 352 as the second transmission means receives character information from the answering machine 350 under the control of the CPU 18, for example, the data storage unit 342 is based on the receiver information attached to the character information. From the address data 345, the mail address of the owner of the receiver-side mobile phone 303 can be read out, and the character information can be transmitted as an electronic mail to the mail address via the communication unit 36.

  In addition, the mail receiving mechanism 353 can receive, for example, an electronic mail transmitted by itself by the receiver-side mobile phone 303 under the control of the CPU 18. Thereby, not only the character information converted from the voice information but also the same character information can be received by e-mail.

  (Voice-text communication method)

  Next, the operation of the spoken text communication system 301 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. Since the operation of the phonetic communication system 301 is different from that of the first embodiment in that the setting is performed by the receiver-side mobile phone 303, the explanation will be made mainly on that point, and the operation is the same as that of the first embodiment. The description of points is omitted.

  As a premise, for example, the receiver-side mobile phone 303 has a function such as an answering machine.

  First, for example, as shown in FIG. 12, the recipient's mobile phone 303 requests registration of the mail address of the owner of the recipient's mobile phone 303 by inputting predetermined characters or numbers from the operation keys 11 (ST401). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 11, when a password or the like that proves the identity is entered together with predetermined characters and numbers from the operation keys 11 of the receiver-side mobile phone 303, the CPU 18 identifies the identity confirmation mechanism 347. The personal identification data 344 stored in the data storage unit 342, for example, a password is read out and compared to confirm that the user is the owner of the receiver-side mobile phone 303 (ST402).

  Here, when it is confirmed that the user is the owner of the receiver-side mobile phone 303, the CPU 18 passes the mail address information to the address recording mechanism 348, and the address recording mechanism 348 The mail address of the mail address information is stored and registered as address data 345 in the data storage unit 342 together with the corresponding recipient information and the like (ST403). If the owner mobile phone 303 is not confirmed to be the owner, error information is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 13, for example, and the process returns to the state before ST402. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the safety of communication due to the transmission of the converted character information as an e-mail to an e-mail address registered by a person who is not the principal.

  Next, when request information, which is information for setting the input / output unit 7, is input by a predetermined character or number using the operation key 11 of the receiver-side mobile phone 303, the CPU 18 sends the information to the setting mechanism 349. (ST404).

  Then, the CPU 18 first causes the setting mechanism 349 to determine whether the request is for the first setting (ST405). If the setting mechanism 349 determines that the setting is the first setting, the CPU 18 causes the setting mechanism 349 to perform the first setting (ST406). On the other hand, if it is determined that the setting is not the first setting, it is determined whether the setting is the second setting (ST407). When determining that the setting mechanism 349 is the second setting, the CPU 18 causes the setting mechanism 349 to perform the second setting (ST408). If the setting mechanism 349 determines that the setting is not the second setting, the setting information prepared in advance does not exist, so error information is transmitted to the mobile phone 303 on the receiver side, and the process returns to the state before ST404. Of course, the setting is not limited to this. For example, the converted character information may be displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 13 of the recipient-side mobile phone 303 without being converted into an e-mail.

  Next, when a message is transmitted from the sender-side mobile phone 2 to the answering memo of the receiver-side mobile phone 303, the CPU 18 causes the answering machine 350 to receive the voice information of the message via the communication unit 8. (ST409). Specifically, for example, when the number of ringing sounds set in advance on the receiver side mobile phone 303 is exceeded, the CPU 18 sends a predetermined message to the answering machine 350 via the communication unit 8, for example, “Currently cannot be answered. “Please put a message after the beeping sound” is transmitted to the mobile phone 2 on the caller side.

  On the other hand, when the caller transmits a message, the answering machine 350 receives the voice information via the communication unit 8 and records and stores the voice information as voice information data 346 in the data storage unit 342 (ST410). The setting mechanism 349 is notified that the electronic message has been received.

  Then, CPU 18 causes setting mechanism 349 to determine whether the preset setting is the first setting or the second setting (ST411). When the setting mechanism 349 determines that the setting is the first setting, the CPU 18 causes the answering machine mechanism 350 to read out the voice information data 346 from the data storage unit 342 and replicate the voice information data 346 in the voice conversion mechanism 351. Hand over.

  The voice conversion mechanism 351 that has received the voice information converts the voice information into character information (ST412), and passes the converted character information to the answering machine 350.

  The CPU 18 causes the mail transmission mechanism 352 to send the character information transmitted to the answering machine 350 to the set mail address in order to send the character information to the set mail address, for example, according to the preset first setting. With recipient information that identifies the email address to which to send.

  Further, the CPU 18 causes the mail transmission mechanism 352 to read the address data 345 of the data storage unit 342 based on the recipient information attached to the character information from the answering machine 350, and sends the character address to the mail address via the communication unit 8. Information is transmitted as an electronic mail (ST413).

  Thereby, for example, the personal computer 4 can receive an e-mail transmitted from the receiver-side mobile phone 303 at any time (ST414). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 11, the CPU 31 of the personal computer 4 causes the mail receiving mechanism 35 to receive an e-mail transmitted from the communication host device 5 via the communication unit 25 by an input using the operation key 28.

  Then, the CPU 31 of the personal computer 4 causes the character information of the e-mail to be displayed as an image on the liquid crystal display unit 30 of the input / output unit 26 (ST415).

  On the other hand, if the setting mechanism 349 determines that the setting is the second setting in ST411, the CPU 18 displays the answering machine information that the message of the answering machine has arrived at the answering machine 350, for example, the liquid crystal of the input / output unit 7. It is displayed on the display unit 13 with icons, symbols, etc. (ST416). Thereby, the receiver can know that the answering machine message has arrived.

  Further, when the CPU 18 is inputted to the input / output unit 7 to reproduce the voice information of the message of the answering memo by operating the operation key 11 or the like, for example, the voice information data is sent from the data storage unit 342 to the answering machine 350. 346 can be read out and the audio information can be output as audio from the speaker 12 of the input / output unit 7 (ST417).

  This is the end of the description of the operation of the phonetic communication system 301.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the receiver-side mobile phone 303 receives voice information from the sender-side mobile phone 2 in advance, the first setting or reception for converting the voice information into character information Setting means for making a second setting for enabling reproduction of the voice information, and means for converting the voice information received after the setting to character information when the setting means has made the first setting; Thus, voice information is exchanged between mobile phones that are communication terminal devices without using a communication host device such as an answering machine service center, and the voice information is converted into character information. 13 can be displayed as a character string, and even when the voice cannot be heard, the caller's message can be confirmed.

  If, for example, an e-mail address is registered in advance in the receiver-side mobile phone 303 and voice information as an answering message is transmitted from the caller to the receiver-side mobile phone 303, the receiver-side mobile phone is simply In step 303, the voice information is not converted and displayed as character information, but is transmitted from the recipient mobile phone 303 as an e-mail. Therefore, various functions as an e-mail can be used. That is, the answering machine message can be freely viewed at any time by the third communication terminal device that can receive the electronic mail, for example, the personal computer 4.

  Further, the voice conversion mechanism 351 duplicates the recorded voice information after the voice information is recorded in the data storage unit 342, and converts the duplicated voice information into character information. If you answer a request to listen to or if the conversion fails, you can convert it again.

  (Fifth embodiment)

  Next, a fifth embodiment of the phonetic communication system according to the present invention will be described. This embodiment is different from the first and fourth embodiments in that a message terminal message is received without receiving a communication host device and then converted to character information by the communication terminal device, and this point will be mainly described. In addition, about the component which is common in the component of 1st and 4th embodiment, the code | symbol same as the component of 1st and 4th embodiment is attached | subjected, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  FIG. 13 is a schematic block diagram of a phonetic communication system according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an information flow of the phonetic communication system according to the fifth embodiment.

  (Configuration of voiced communication system)

  The phonetic communication system 401 includes, for example, a sender mobile phone 2 as a first communication terminal device, a receiver mobile phone 403 as a second communication terminal device, and a third communication terminal as shown in FIG. A personal computer 4 as a device and a network 6 such as a communication line for connecting these cellular phones, personal computers 4 and the like so as to communicate with each other.

  Here, for example, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 13, the receiver-side mobile phone 403 includes an input / output unit 7, a communication unit 8, a control unit 417, and the like that are second output means.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 13, the control unit 417 records the reception unit 15, the transmission unit 16, the CPU 18 that performs calculation and control, and temporarily records voice information, character information, various data, software, and the like as necessary. The RAM 19 and the ROM 20 that perform smoother control of the receiver-side mobile phone 403, a data storage unit 342 as a recording unit, a software storage unit 421 in which various kinds of software are stored, and the like are included.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 13, for example, the software storage unit 421 includes an identification mechanism 347, an address recording mechanism 348 as a recording means, a setting mechanism 449, an answering mechanism 450, a voice conversion mechanism 351, and a second transmission means. A mail transmission mechanism 352 and a mail reception mechanism 353 are included.

  The setting mechanism 449, which is also a setting unit, is transmitted from the caller-side mobile phone 2 when, for example, setting information is input with predetermined characters or numbers using the operation keys 11 of the receiver-side mobile phone 403 under the control of the CPU 18. For example, the first setting for converting voice information of a message to an answering machine or the like into character information and sending it as an e-mail to an e-mail address registered by the receiver or the voice information as it is at the receiver's mobile phone 403 A second setting for enabling playback is performed. As a result, depending on the situation when a message from the caller-side mobile phone 2 to the answering machine memo or the like is received, an e-mail is sent or voice information to the answering machine is sent as is. Can be freely selected for playback, so even if the recipient's mobile phone 403 cannot be viewed during a meeting, etc., the e-mail can be received and viewed during the meeting with a personal computer 4 or the like. It becomes.

  Of course, instead of sending the first setting by e-mail, the voice information may be converted into character information, and the character information may be displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 13 of the receiver-side mobile phone 403. The above settings are possible in various ways and are not limited to the above settings.

  Furthermore, the answering machine 450 is called, for example, a so-called answering machine memo under the control of the CPU 18, and when it is transmitted from the sender-side mobile phone 2 to the receiver-side mobile phone 403, the receiver does not answer the phone and is not connected. The sender's message is recorded as voice information, and the receiver listens to the voice information recorded on the receiver's mobile phone 403 as the answering memo by operating the operation key 11 of the receiver's mobile phone 403. It can be done.

  Specifically, for example, when the number of ringing sounds set in advance on the receiver side mobile phone 403 is exceeded, transmission from the caller side mobile phone 2 is connected to the answering machine 450. Here, the answering machine 450 sends a predetermined message, for example, “I can't answer the phone now. Please put a message after the beeping sound” via the communication unit 8 under the control of the CPU 18. Transmit to the telephone 2.

  On the other hand, when the caller transmits a message, the answering machine 450, which is also the first receiving means and the voice information recording means, receives the voice information via the communication unit 8, and receives the voice information data 346 in the data storage unit 342. And the fact that the answering message has been received is output as voice or screen display by the input / output unit 7 of the receiver-side mobile phone 403. Thereby, the receiver can know that the answering machine memo is entered from the icon display or the like of the liquid crystal display unit 13 of the receiver-side mobile phone 403.

  At the same time, information indicating that the first setting for conversion to character information and transmission as e-mail, for example, or the second setting received as voice information can be selected and set is also received. You may make it display on the liquid crystal display part 13 of this.

  Furthermore, the answering machine 450 can send information to the answering machine 450 whether the setting in the setting mechanism 449 under the control of the CPU 18 is the first setting or the second setting. Thus, the answering machine 450 controls the set processing under the control of the CPU 18.

  That is, when the answering machine 450 receives the setting information indicating that the first setting has been made from the setting mechanism 449, it reads out the audio information data 346 from the data storage unit 342, duplicates it, and converts the voice information as a converting means. Pass to 351.

  On the other hand, when the answering machine 450 receives the setting information indicating that the second setting has been made from the setting mechanism 449, the voice information of the answering machine is input by the operation key 11 of the receiver-side mobile phone 403. Is received under the control of the CPU 18, for example, the audio information data 346 is read from the data storage unit 342, delivered to the input / output unit 7, and can be output as audio from the speaker 12 of the input / output unit 7.

  (Voice-text communication method)

  Next, the operation of the phonetic communication system 401 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. Note that the operation of the phonetic communication system 401 differs from that of the fourth embodiment in that the setting is made after receiving the answering machine. Therefore, this point will be mainly described, and the operation is the same as that of the fourth embodiment. The description of points is omitted.

  When a message is transmitted from caller-side mobile phone 2 to an answering memo on receiver-side mobile phone 403, CPU 18 causes voicemail mechanism 450 to receive the voice information of the message via communication unit 8 (ST501). . Specifically, for example, when the number of ringing sounds set in advance on the receiver's mobile phone 403 is exceeded, the CPU 18 sends a predetermined message to the answering machine 450 via the communication unit 8, for example, “Current call cannot be answered. “Please put a message after the beeping sound” is transmitted to the mobile phone 2 on the caller side.

  On the other hand, when the caller transmits a message, voice mail mechanism 450 receives the voice information via communication unit 8, and records and stores the voice information as voice information data 346 in data storage unit 342 (ST502).

  Further, the CPU 18 causes the input / output unit 7 of the receiver-side mobile phone 403 to output that the message of the answering memo has been received as a voice or a screen display. Thereby, the receiver can know that the answering machine memo is entered from the icon display or the like of the liquid crystal display unit 13 of the receiver-side mobile phone 403.

  At the same time, information indicating that it is possible to select and set the first setting to be converted into character information and transmitted as e-mail or the second setting to be received as voice information is also displayed on the liquid crystal display of the receiver-side mobile phone 403. It may be displayed on the unit 13.

  Since the operation after ST502 until the image is displayed on personal computer 4 (from ST404 to 415) is substantially the same as the operation of the fourth embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.

  On the other hand, when the setting mechanism 449 determines in ST411 that the setting is the second setting, when the CPU 18 is input to the input / output unit 7 to reproduce the voice information of the answering message by operating the operation key 11 or the like. For example, the voice mail mechanism 450 can be made to read the voice information data 346 from the data storage unit 342, and the voice information can be output as voice from the speaker 12 of the input / output unit 7 (ST503).

  This is the end of the description of the operation of the phonetic communication system 401.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the reception information indicating that the receiver-side mobile phone 403 has received the voice information is output, the first setting or reception for converting the received voice information into the character information. A setting mechanism 449 for performing the second setting for enabling the reproduced voice information to be reproduced; a voice conversion mechanism 351 for converting the received voice information into character information when the setting mechanism 449 performs the first setting; Since the mechanism 449 has the input / output unit 7 that reproduces the received voice information when the second setting is made and displays the character information at least as an image when the first setting is made, the answering machine service The setting can be selected according to the situation without going through a communication host device such as a center, and exchange of voice information between mobile phones and conversion of the voice information into character information is performed by the receiver side mobile phone 403. Displayed as a string on the liquid crystal display unit 13, also you can check the originator of the message when you do not hear a voice.

  Also, when voice information such as an answering memo is transmitted from the caller to the receiver-side mobile phone 403, the voice information is simply converted by the receiver-side mobile phone 403 according to the situation at that time. Can be registered in the recipient's mobile phone 403 and sent from the recipient's portable phone 403 as an e-mail. Thereby, various functions as electronic mail can be used. That is, the answering machine message can be freely viewed at any time by the personal computer 4 which can receive the electronic mail.

  Further, the voice conversion mechanism 351 duplicates the recorded voice information after the voice information is recorded in the data storage unit 342, and converts the duplicated voice information into character information. If you answer a request to listen to or if the conversion fails, you can convert it again.

  The present invention is not limited to any of the above-described embodiments, and can be implemented with appropriate modifications within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the communication terminal device has been described as a mobile phone or a personal computer. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a communication terminal device such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) may be used. Thereby, size reduction and functionalization can be achieved.

  In the above-described embodiment, the mobile phone has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a fixed phone may be used. This further improves the convenience of the communication line.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the setting is the first and second settings, but the setting is not limited to this, and only one of the settings may be set, or not only the two options but also the third setting or the like. The number of settings may be increased. Thereby, it can respond to various communication systems, and a user's convenience increases.

  In the above-described embodiment, the setting mechanism, the answering machine mechanism, the voice conversion mechanism, and the mail transmission mechanism are described as being in either the information terminal device or the communication host device. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be provided in both the person-side mobile phone and the communication host device. As a result, in a place where radio waves do not reach, the communication host device receives the answering machine message, converts the voice information into character information, and transmits the character information as e-mail, for example. On the other hand, at a place where radio waves reach, a message can be received as an answering memo with the receiving mobile phone without going through the communication host device, the voice information can be converted into character information, and the character information can be transmitted as e-mail, for example. Thereby, the convenience of the user of the communication system such as a mobile phone is further increased.

  Furthermore, the caller side mobile phone is equipped with a setting mechanism, voice conversion mechanism, mail transmission mechanism, etc., and the caller side mobile phone is set to convert voice information into character information, which is converted into text or sent by e-mail. You may let them. This further increases the convenience of the user of the communication system such as a mobile phone.

It is a schematic explanatory drawing of the speech-to-speech communication system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a schematic explanatory drawing of a mobile phone. It is a schematic explanatory drawing of a personal computer. It is a schematic block diagram of the phonetic communication system based on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining the flow of the information which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram of the phonetic communication system based on 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the information which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram of the phonetic communication system based on 3rd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the information which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a schematic explanatory drawing of the speech-to-speech communication system which concerns on 4th Embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram of the speech-to-text communication system which concerns on 4th Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the information which concerns on 4th Embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram of the phonetic communication system based on 5th Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the information which concerns on 5th Embodiment.

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  1, 101, 201, 301, 401 Spoken text communication system, 2,102 Caller side mobile phone, 3, 103, 203, 303, 403 Receiver side mobile phone, 4 PC, 5, 105, 205 Communication host device , 6 network, 7, 26, 37 input / output unit, 8, 25, 36 communication unit, 9, 17, 27, 38, 109, 117, 138, 217, 238, 317, 417 control unit, 10 microphone, 11, 28 operation keys, 12, 29 speaker, 13, 30 liquid crystal display unit, 14 antenna, 15 receiving unit, 16 transmitting unit, 18, 31, 39 CPU, 19, 32, 40, 119 RAM, 20, 33, 41, 120 ROM, 21, 34, 43, 121, 143, 161, 221, 243, 321, 421 software Storage unit, 22 address transmission mechanism, 23,223 request information mechanism, 24, 35,353 mail reception mechanism, 42,342 data storage unit, 44 identity verification data, 45,345 address data, 46,346 voice information data, 47,347 Identity verification mechanism, 48,348 Address recording mechanism, 49,149,249,349,449 Setting mechanism, 50,150,250,350,450 Answering machine, 51,351 Voice conversion mechanism, 52,352 Mail Transmission mechanism

Claims (15)

In a spoken character communication system comprising a plurality of communication terminal devices and a communication host device that can communicate via a network,
The plurality of communication terminal devices include first and second communication terminal devices,
The second communication terminal device
When the communication host device receives voice information from the first communication terminal device, a first setting for converting the voice information into character information and transmitting it to the second communication terminal device or the communication host device When the voice information is received from the first communication terminal apparatus, the request information requesting the second setting for transmitting the voice information to the second communication terminal apparatus is transmitted to the communication host apparatus. Means for sending
First receiving means for receiving the voice information or the converted character information from the communication host device;
A first output means for reproducing sound from the sound information or displaying at least the character information as an image;
The communication host device
Second receiving means for receiving the request information from the second communication terminal device;
Setting means for making a first or second setting according to the received request information;
Third receiving means for receiving voice information transmitted by the first communication terminal device;
Means for converting the voice information into character information when the setting means performs the first setting;
When the setting means performs the first setting, the converted character information is transmitted to the second communication terminal device, and when the setting means performs the second setting, the voice information is transmitted to the second communication terminal apparatus. And a second transmitting means for transmitting to the communication terminal device.   The first transmission means is capable of transmitting the request information to the communication host apparatus before receiving the voice information transmitted by the first communication terminal apparatus by the third reception means. The phonetic communication system according to claim 1. The communication host device further includes third transmission means for transmitting reception information indicating that the voice information has been received to the second communication terminal device when the voice information is received;
The second communication terminal apparatus outputs fourth reception means for receiving reception information that the communication host apparatus has received the voice information transmitted by the third transmission means, and outputs the reception information. A second output means;
2. The phonetic character according to claim 1, wherein the first transmission unit is capable of transmitting the request information to the communication host device when the reception information is output by the second output unit. Communication system. The second communication terminal device further includes fourth transmission means for transmitting at least the mail address information of the owner of the second communication terminal device to the communication host device,
The communication host device further includes fifth receiving means for receiving the mail address information, and means for recording the mail address according to the received mail address information.
In the first setting, the voice information is converted into character information, and the character information is transmitted to the mail address as an email.
The second transmission means transmits the converted character information as an e-mail when the first setting is performed,
4. The speech-to-text communication system according to claim 1, wherein the character information of the first receiving unit is character information transmitted as the electronic mail. 5. In a spoken character communication system comprising a plurality of communication terminal devices and a communication host device that can communicate via a network,
The plurality of communication terminal devices include first and second communication terminal devices,
The communication host device
First receiving means for receiving voice information transmitted by the first communication terminal device;
The first setting for converting the voice information received by the first receiving means into character information and transmitting it to the second communication terminal apparatus or the voice information received by the first receiving means for the second communication Second receiving means for receiving from the first communication terminal device request information for requesting a second setting to be transmitted to the terminal device;
Setting means for making a first or second setting according to the received request information;
Means for converting the received voice information into character information if the setting means has made the first setting;
When the setting means has made the second setting, the voice information is transmitted to the second communication terminal device, and when the setting means has made the first setting, the converted character information is sent to the second communication terminal device. First transmitting means for transmitting to the two communication terminal devices,
The first communication terminal device is:
Second transmission means for transmitting the audio information to the communication host device;
Third transmission means for transmitting the request information to the communication host device,
The second communication terminal device
Third receiving means for receiving the voice information or the converted character information from the communication host device;
And a first output means for reproducing the voice information or displaying at least an image of the character information.   The said 3rd transmission means can transmit the said request information to the said communication host apparatus, before transmitting the said audio | voice information to the said communication host apparatus by the said 2nd transmission means. The described phonetic communication system.   The said 3rd transmission means can transmit the said request information to the said communication host apparatus, after transmitting the said audio | voice information to the said communication host apparatus by the said 2nd transmission means. Phonetic communication system. The second communication terminal device further includes fourth transmission means for transmitting at least the mail address information of the owner of the second communication terminal device to the communication host device,
The communication host device further includes fourth receiving means for receiving the mail address information, and means for recording the mail address according to the received mail address information.
In the first setting, the voice information is converted into character information, and the character information is transmitted to the mail address as an email.
The first transmission means transmits the converted character information as an e-mail when the first setting is made,
8. The speech-to-text communication system according to claim 5, wherein the character information of the third receiving unit is character information transmitted as the electronic mail. 9. The communication host device or the second communication terminal device further includes audio information recording means for recording the audio information,
The conversion unit is configured to copy the recorded voice information after the voice information is recorded by the voice information recording unit, and to convert the copied voice information into character information. The speech-to-text communication system according to any one of claims 1 to 8. In a spoken text communication system including a plurality of communication terminal devices capable of communicating via a network,
The plurality of communication terminal devices include first and second communication terminal devices,
The second communication terminal device
When receiving voice information from the first communication terminal apparatus, when receiving the first setting for converting the received voice information into character information, or when receiving voice information from the first communication terminal apparatus Setting means for performing a second setting for enabling reproduction of the received audio information;
First receiving means for receiving the voice information from the first communication terminal device;
Means for converting voice information received by the first receiving means into character information when the setting means has made the first setting;
The setting means reproduces the voice information received by the first receiving means when the second setting is made, and displays at least the character information as an image when the first setting is made. Output means, and
The first communication terminal apparatus includes a first transmission unit that transmits the voice information to the second communication terminal apparatus.   The setting means is capable of performing the first setting or the second setting before receiving the voice information from the first communication terminal apparatus by the first receiving means. The phonetic communication system according to claim 10. The second communication terminal device further includes second output means for outputting reception information indicating that the voice information has been received when the voice information is received by the first reception means,
11. The voice according to claim 10, wherein the setting unit is capable of performing the first setting or the second setting after the reception information is output by the second output unit. Characterized communication system. The plurality of communication terminal devices further include a third communication terminal device capable of communicating with at least the second communication terminal device by e-mail,
The second communication terminal apparatus further includes means for recording at least the mail address of the owner of the second communication terminal apparatus, and second transmission means for transmitting the character information to the mail address.
In the first setting, the voice information is converted into character information, and the character information is transmitted to the mail address as an email.
The second transmission means transmits the converted character information as an e-mail when the first setting is made,
The third communication terminal device has a second receiving means for receiving the character information transmitted as the electronic mail from the second communication terminal device, and at least an image of the received character information. 13. The speech-to-text communication system according to claim 10, further comprising: 3 output means. The second communication terminal device further includes audio information recording means for recording the audio information,
The conversion unit is configured to copy the recorded voice information after the voice information is recorded by the voice information recording unit, and to convert the copied voice information into character information. The speech-to-text communication system according to any one of claims 10 to 13. In a spoken character communication method comprising first to third communication terminal devices and a communication host device capable of communicating via a network,
The second communication terminal device transmitting at least the mail address information of the owner of the second communication terminal device to the communication host device;
The communication host device receiving the mail address information transmitted from the second communication terminal device;
The communication host device records the received mail address information in a recording unit of the communication host device;
When the second communication terminal apparatus receives voice information from the first communication terminal apparatus, the second communication terminal apparatus converts the voice information into character information and converts the character information as an e-mail to the mail address. Transmitting request information for requesting a first setting to be transmitted or a second setting for transmitting the voice information to the second communication terminal device;
The communication host device receiving the request information from the second communication terminal device;
The communication host device performs first or second setting according to the received request information;
The communication host device receiving voice information transmitted by the first communication terminal device;
Converting the voice information received after the first setting to the character information when the communication host device makes the first setting;
The communication host device sending the converted character information as an e-mail to the e-mail address when the first setting is made;
The third communication terminal apparatus receiving the electronic mail transmitted from the communication host apparatus;
The third communication terminal device displaying an image of the character information of the received e-mail;
When the communication host device has made the second setting, transmitting the audio information received after the second setting to the second communication terminal device;
The second communication terminal device receiving the voice information transmitted by the communication host device;
The second communication terminal apparatus has a step of reproducing and outputting a voice from the received voice information.

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