JP2000115335A - Communication equipment and registration data management method and storage medium thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide communication equipment with which where deletion of registered telephone directory data and deletion operations for registered collation voice data are respectively simplified. SOLUTION: A facsimile equipment recognizes a registration number, corresponding to deleted telephone directory data when one of the telephone directory data is deleted and an operate task 202 issues a voice recognition start command 0 describing this registration number. A voice recognition task 208, receiving the voice recognition start command 0, finds out a registration address of voice data corresponding to the registration number designated by the command 0 and deletes the voice data stored in the registered address.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication device having a voice recognition function for performing voice recognition for recognizing input voice data, a registration data management method and a storage medium used for the communication device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a communication device such as a telephone terminal, in order to simplify dialing to a destination, a function of registering a plurality of destination numbers with one-touch keys or abbreviated keys, or abbreviations or numbers of destinations are used. Some have a telephone directory function of registering them, displaying them, and selecting a desired destination from them.

In order to further improve convenience,
A telephone terminal equipped with a voice recognition function and recognizing a destination dial number from voice data input by the voice recognition function has already been proposed. In the destination recognition function based on voice recognition, in the same way as the destination abbreviation and destination number are registered in the telephone directory function, the matching voice data used for voice recognition and the corresponding destination name and destination number are used. Is registered.

[0004]

Here, if the destination recognition function by voice recognition and the telephone directory function are installed,
It is considered that convenience can be further improved by selectively using both functions. However, in the case where the destination recognition function based on the voice recognition and the telephone directory function are mounted, the destination recognition function based on the voice recognition is similar to the destination abbreviation, the destination number, and the like registered in the telephone directory function. Since the matching voice data used for voice recognition and the corresponding destination name and destination number are registered, when deleting the data registered in each function, a predetermined An erase operation needs to be performed. Therefore, when deleting the common destination registered in both the destination recognition function by voice recognition and the telephone directory function,
An operation for erasing a common destination must be performed for each function, and the erasing operation is troublesome and troublesome.

An object of the present invention is to provide a communication device, a registered data management method, and a storage medium which can simplify a delete operation for each of registered telephone directory data and registered verification voice data. It is in.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
What is claimed is: 1. A communication apparatus having a telephone directory function and a destination recognition function based on voice recognition, comprising: a telephone directory registration unit for registering telephone directory data used for the telephone directory function; and matching voice data used for the voice recognition. And voice management means for managing correspondence between collation voice data registered in the voice registration means and telephone directory data registered in the telephone directory registration section. Voice management information holding means, and when any of the telephone directory data is deleted from the telephone directory registration means, by referring to the management information held in the voice management information holding means, It is determined whether or not there is collation voice data associated with the phonebook data in the voice registration unit, and the collation voice data associated with the erased phonebook data is registered in the voice register. When in the unit may erase the collating speech data from the speech registration unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the communication device according to the first aspect, a voice input unit for inputting a voice, a voice data generating unit for generating voice data extracting characteristics of the input voice, And voice data output means for outputting the generated voice data as voice data to be recognized at the time of voice recognition and as the collation voice data at the time of registration with the voice registration means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the communication device according to the first aspect, the telephone directory data registered in the telephone directory registering means includes at least a destination abbreviation and a destination number corresponding to the destination abbreviation. It is characterized by comprising.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the communication apparatus according to the first aspect, further comprising a key for searching for telephone directory data registered in the telephone directory registering means, wherein the key is inputted in response to the key input. It is characterized by searching telephone directory data.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the communication device according to the first aspect, a communication function of connecting to a line and communicating with a partner device, and a facsimile function connecting to the line and communicating with the partner device. It has at least one of the facsimile functions for communication.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a registered data management method used for a communication apparatus having a telephone directory function and a destination recognition function based on voice recognition. Registering in the book storage means, registering collation voice data used for the voice recognition in the voice storage means, collating voice data registered in the voice storage means and being registered in the telephone directory storage means Holding the management information for managing the correspondence relationship with the telephone directory data stored in the voice management information storage unit; and, when any of the telephone directory data is deleted from the telephone directory storage unit, storing the voice management information. Determining whether or not there is collation voice data associated with the erased telephone directory data in the voice storage means with reference to the management information held in the means. When the matching speech data associated with the telephone book data in which the erased are in said speech storage means, characterized by having a step of eliminating collating speech data from said voice storage unit.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the registration data management method according to the sixth aspect, a step of inputting a voice from a voice input means, and a step of generating voice data in which characteristics of the input voice are extracted, The generated audio data is
Outputting the voice data as voice data to be recognized during the voice recognition and as the collation voice data during registration in the voice storage means.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the registered data management method according to the sixth aspect, the telephone directory data registered in the telephone directory storage means is a combination of at least a destination abbreviation and a destination number corresponding thereto. It is characterized by being composed of data.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the registered data management method according to the sixth aspect, the communication device has a key for searching for telephone directory data registered in the telephone directory storage means. The telephone directory data can be searched according to a key input operation.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the registered data management method according to the sixth aspect, the communication device is connected to a line and communicates with a partner device, and the communication device is connected to the line and communicates with the line. It has at least one of the facsimile functions for performing facsimile communication with a partner device.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium storing a program for constructing a registration data management system on a communication device having a telephone directory function and a destination recognition function based on voice recognition. A telephone directory registration module for registering telephone directory data used for the telephone directory function in a telephone directory storage unit, and a voice registration module for registering collation voice data used for the voice recognition in a voice storage unit, A voice management information holding module for holding management information for managing a correspondence relationship between voice data registered in the voice storage means and telephone directory data registered in the telephone directory storage means in a voice management information storage means When any one of the telephone directory data is erased from the telephone directory storage unit, the data is stored in the voice management information storage unit. A determining module for determining whether the collation audio data associated with the telephone book data the erase by referring to the management information is in said voice storage means,
When there is collation voice data associated with the erased telephone directory data in the voice storage means, there is provided an erasing module for deleting the collation voice data from the voice storage means.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium according to the eleventh aspect, the program generates a voice input module for inputting voice from voice input means, and voice data extracting features of the input voice. A voice data output module that outputs the voice data as voice data to be recognized during the voice recognition and as the collation voice data when registered in the voice storage unit.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium according to the eleventh aspect, the telephone directory data registered in the telephone directory storage means includes at least a combination of a destination abbreviation and a destination number corresponding thereto. It is characterized by comprising.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium according to the eleventh aspect, the communication device has a key for retrieving telephone directory data registered in the telephone directory storage means. It is characterized by having a search module for searching the telephone directory data according to an input operation.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium according to the eleventh aspect, the communication device is connected to a line and communicates with the other device, and the communication device is connected to the line and the other device is connected. And at least one of facsimile functions for performing facsimile communication with the device.

[0021]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile apparatus which constitutes one embodiment of the communication apparatus of the present invention.
In this embodiment, a facsimile apparatus equipped with a cordless telephone function of an analog low power system and having a facsimile communication function and a simple copy function conforming to the ITU recommendation G3 standard will be described as an example.

As shown in FIG. 1, the facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a hand scanner unit (HSU) 125 capable of reading a color document image. The hand scanner unit 125 includes a main body and a curl code (not shown). ) And are configured to be detachable. The attachment / detachment state of the hand scanner unit 125 to / from the apparatus main body is detected by the sensor 126, and the sensor 1
The output signal of 26 is input to the CPU 101. The hand scanner unit 125 includes a color contact sensor (C
S) 112, and an encoder 116 for measuring a relative moving distance between the original and the read document. The color contact sensor 112 converts an original image into R, G, and B analog signals and outputs the analog signals. The encoder 116 outputs a signal indicating a relative moving distance with respect to the read document, and this signal is input to the encoder detection circuit 113. The encoder detection circuit 113 generates moving distance data indicating a relative moving distance with respect to the read document based on a signal from the encoder 116, and the moving distance data is transmitted to the CPU 1 via a bus line 123.
01 is input.

The image data read by using the hand scanner unit 125 is copied onto a recording sheet by a copy function or transmitted by a facsimile function.

First, the copy function will be described. R, G, B output from the hand scanner unit 125 are described.
Are input to the image processing unit 114. The image processing unit 114 converts the R, G, and B analog signals (line-sequential resolution: 200 dpi) input from the hand scanner unit 125 in response to an instruction from the CPU 101. Process and output. Here, when the color raw image data is temporarily stored in the DRAM 118 and copied according to an instruction from the CPU 101, the R, G, and B analog signals input from the color contact sensor 112 are each 8 bits (1 bit).
(24 bits per pixel) to 90 dpi digital data, and when color copying is performed directly, R, R,
Each of G and B analog signals is 360 dpi binary YM
Convert to CK digital data. The digital data in either case is also transferred to the DMA controller 117.
The DMA controller 117 converts the color raw image data into D
When the image data is stored in the RAM 118, the digital data of 90 dpi is transferred to the DRAM 118, and when the color copy is performed directly, the digital data of 360 dpi binary YMCK is transferred to the recording control unit 119.

The monochrome raw image data is stored in the DRAM 1
When copying and storing the image data in the image processing unit 18,
R, G, B input from the color contact sensor 112
Are converted into monochrome binary 200 dpi digital data and transferred to the DMA controller 1117. The DMA controller 117 transfers the monochrome 2
The 200 dpi digital data of the value is transferred to the DRAM 118. Thus, when one page of data is accumulated in the DRAM 118, the data is read out from the DMA controller 117 and transferred to the recording control unit 119. When performing monochrome copying directly, the image processing unit 114 converts each of the analog signals of R, G, and B input from the color contact sensor 112 into monochrome binary 360 dpi digital data, and transfers the digital data to the recording control unit 119. I do.

The recording control unit 119 converts the input digital data into print data recordable by the recording unit 120,
This print data is input to the recording unit 120. Recording unit 1
Reference numeral 20 denotes an ink discharge type color printer,
Based on the input print data, an image is recorded on a recording paper while moving in a main scanning direction a cartridge in which an ink tank and an ink ejection section are integrally formed.

Here, to supplement the copy operation, the copy mode is the direct mode when the hand scanner unit 125 is attached to the apparatus main body.
The read image data is transferred to the recording control unit 119 without being stored in the DRAM 118, and is recorded on recording paper by the recording unit 120. In this case, the image data D
Since the storage in the RAM 118 is not required, no memory overflow occurs even at a high resolution. Therefore, the resolution is matched to the recording unit 120 and the color contact sensor 1
The read data of No. 12 is 360 dpi in the sub-scanning direction.
The copy size is up to B4 width in monochrome and up to A4 width in color according to the specifications of the recording unit 120.

From the apparatus body to the hand scanner unit 12
5, when the original image is read by hand scanning and copying is performed, the copy mode is set to the memory mode, and the read image data is temporarily stored in the DRAM 118.
Is stored in the page. This is a measure for the printing speed of the recording unit 120 to be slower than the speed at which the operator performs a hand scan without stress.
By storing the data in the RAM 118, the hand scan can be executed at a high speed. Also, the reading resolution is adjusted to match the specifications of the
If it is set to 0 dpi, the image data capacity for one page becomes too large and occupies the DRAM 118, which hinders the operation of the apparatus. In addition, if the capacity of the DRAM 118 is increased, the reading resolution is suppressed to 200 dpi for monochrome and 90 dpi for color because the cost increases. For the same reason, the copy size in monochrome is up to B4 width, but the copy size in color is A6.
(Or official postcard size).

Here, the data capacity of one page of B4 size at monochrome 200 dpi is about 700 KB, and the data capacity of one page of A6 size at 90 dpi color is about 600 KB.
18 can be stored. Compression encoding of image data
If the data is stored in the RAM 118, the size and the resolution can be further increased. However, when this compression encoding is performed by software, this encoding takes a long time and the execution speed of the hand scan decreases. Further, it is also possible to execute the compression encoding by hardware, but adding this hardware causes a significant increase in cost.

In this copy mode, enlargement / reduction processing can be performed, and the enlargement / reduction is performed by the resolution conversion circuit 115.

Next, the case of the facsimile mode will be described.

The hand scanner unit 125 is mounted on the main body of the apparatus.
When the facsimile transmission is performed in a state where the camera is attached, the facsimile transmission mode is set to the direct mode, and the read image data, that is, the color contact sensor 112 is
R, G, and B analog signals from the image processing unit 11
4, the data is converted into monochrome 360 dpi digital data (monochrome binary raw image data) and transferred to the DMA controller 117. The DMA controller 117
The monochrome binary raw image data is output to the run-length circuit 110 without accumulating pages in the DRAM 118, and the run-length circuit 110 generates a run-length code from the monochrome binary raw image data and transfers the generated run-length code to the modem 102.
The modem 102 is a modem having a configuration according to the ITU recommendation G3 mode standard. 29, V.S. 2
1, V. In addition to the communication function based on the procedure based on 27ter,
DTMF recognition function, voice recording to DRAM 118, DR
It has an audio codec function for audio playback from the AM 118 and the like. The modem 102 modulates the input data, and the modulated signal is
Is input to the NCU 109 via the. NCU 109
A network control device that controls an interface with a line, connects the line, and sends out a signal from the modem 102 to the line.

When facsimile transmission is performed while performing hand scanning when the hand scanner unit 125 is detached from the apparatus main body, the facsimile transmission mode is set to the memory mode, and the R,
The analog signals of G and B are processed by the image processing unit 114.
After being converted into monochrome binary 200 dpi digital data, it is transferred to the DMA controller 117. DMA
The controller 117 transfers the monochrome binary 200 dpi digital data to the DRAM 118. When one page of data is accumulated in the DRAM 118, the data is read out from the DMA controller 117 and output to the run length circuit 110. The run-length circuit 110 generates a run-length code from the monochrome binary raw image data and transfers the generated run-length code to the modem 102. The modem 102 modulates the input data.
The data is input to the CU 109 and transmitted from the NCU 109 to the line. Here, the read image data is stored in the DRAM 118.
Is a measure equivalent to the memory mode at the time of copying, that is, a measure for the communication speed of the modem 102 to be slower than the speed at which the operator performs the hand scan without stress. DRAM 11
8 to enable high-speed hand scanning. The resolution and size are set in the same manner as in the memory mode at the time of copying.

In the facsimile reception mode, the signal transmitted to the line is transmitted to the NCU 109 and the cross point SW1.
The modem 102 demodulates the signal received by the modem 102 via the modem 04. The demodulated signal is converted into monochrome binary image data by the run-length circuit 110, and then converted to DRA via the DMA controller 117.
It is stored in M118. The image data stored in the DRAM 118 is transferred to the recording control unit 119, and the recording control unit 1
Reference numeral 19 converts the input digital data into print data recordable by the recording unit 120. The print data is input to the recording unit 120, and the recording unit 120 records an image on recording paper based on the input print data.

When the resolution of the binary image received from the line does not match the resolution of the recording unit 120, the received binary image is input by the resolution conversion circuit 115, and the resolution of the resolution corresponding to the resolution is input to the recording unit 120. It is possible to convert to a value image.

In the present embodiment, in addition to the copy function and the facsimile function, a cordless telephone function of the analog low power system, abbreviations and numbers of destinations are registered, and these are displayed and a target destination is selected from them. And a function of recognizing a destination dial number from voice data input by a voice recognition function (a voice recognition destination recognition function). The details of the telephone directory function and the destination recognition function by voice recognition will be described later.

In the configuration for executing the cordless telephone function, a base unit 103 for performing wireless communication with the slave unit 105 in the analog low power system is provided. The base unit 103 controls the wireless communication based on an instruction from the CPU 101. I do. The connection between the base unit 103 and the NCU 109 is performed via the cross point SW 104.
The cross point SW 104 includes a handset 106, a microphone 107, a speaker 108, an NCU 109, a base unit 103,
The connection of the analog signal between the audio data input terminal of U101 and each block of the modem 102 is switched.

The above-described copy function, facsimile function,
The control regarding the cordless telephone function, the telephone directory function, and the destination recognition function by voice recognition is executed by the CPU 101, and the procedure regarding this control is described in a program stored in the ROM 121. The ROM 121 stores various fixed data together with the above programs. The work area of the CPU 101 is secured on the DRAM 118. The DRAM 118 is used as a storage memory for the above-described image data, a work memory for the CPU 101, and a storage memory for voice data by an answering machine function or the like. For example, the DRAM 118 has a capacity of 2 MB, of which 1.5 MB is used for storing image data and audio. 0.5M remaining capacity
The B portion is used as a work memory.

The data registered in each of the above functions is:
It is stored in the SRAM 124. For example, the SRAM 124
Stores various software switches, telephone directory data, collation voice data used for voice recognition, telephone numbers of devices, personal IDs such as abbreviations, and the like. This SRAM
Reference numeral 124 is backed up by a battery in order to prevent the stored data from being lost due to power interruption.

The operation panel 122 issues an instruction to the CPU 101 regarding setting of each function, selection of an item, setting, and the like. Further, an RTC 111 composed of a clock IC is connected to the CPU 101 via a bus line 123.

The structure of the operation panel 122 is shown in FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of an operation panel in the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, the operation panel 122 includes a handset 106, a microphone 107 (not shown in FIG. 3), and a speaker 108 (not shown in FIG. 3).
, A color LED 307 which is turned on when a color mode is selected by a color / monochrome key 308 described later, and a monochrome liquid crystal display (hereinafter, referred to as L) capable of displaying 16 lines of 16 characters.
ED) 306 is provided. Audio is input to the microphone 107 via the microphone opening 319. L
The ED 306 displays a device status, various messages, a data input screen, and the like.

The keys include a function key 302 for various registrations and settings, a recording key 303 for instructing recording of a message or telephone conversation as voice data in the DRAM 118, and a voice codec function of the modem 102. A reproduction key 304 for instructing the CPU 101 to reproduce the audio data recorded in the DRAM 118 by the
Erase key 305 for instructing erasure of various data stored in DRAM 124 and the like, and color / monochrome key 30 for selecting a color mode or a monochrome mode.
8. An image quality key 309 for selecting the image quality in the monochrome mode, a key that serves as both a "phone book key" for calling the phone book data and a "set key" for confirming the registered contents (hereinafter simply referred to as a set key) ) 310, L
Up, down, left, and right cursor keys 311, 312, 313, 314 used for screen operations displayed on the ED 306, a transmission key 315 for facsimile transmission, a reception / print key 316 for facsimile reception and printout of a received image, copy A copy key 317 for instructing execution, a stop key 318 for interrupting an operation being executed, a numeric keypad group 320 including numeric keys, a microphone 107 is activated to output sound on the line, and to output a sound on the line. Speaker phone key 321 for setting a state of outputting the message to the speaker 108, a voice recognition key 322 for executing a destination automatic dialing by voice recognition, and an absence for automatically recording the other party's call content of the incoming call in the DRAM 118. Key 323, call the slave unit 105 from the main unit and call the extension A handset key 324 for executing, a hold key 325 for sending a melody to the other party while holding the call state, a redial key 326 for automatically dialing the telephone number of the last party called, and a call waiting during an outside line call. A catch key 327 used to switch the call to a call of a call waiting when the call enters, and to switch the call from the switched call waiting to the original call.
There is.

Next, the task configuration of the present apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a task configuration of the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

In the software of the present apparatus, as shown in FIG. 2, the multitask OS 212 provides an environment in which each task can operate in parallel. Here, the status monitoring task 20 is used as each task.
1, an operating task 202, a line control task 203,
Dial control task 204, communication task 205, reading task 206, code decoding task 207, voice recognition task 2
08, a recording task 209, a report task 210, and a print task 211.

The status monitoring task 201 has a function of monitoring each event occurring in the apparatus and, when detecting the occurrence of an event that needs to change the state of the apparatus, notifying the necessary task of the information. For example, the operation panel 12
When the key information from the second task is detected, the operation task 20
2 and the necessary key information to the line control task 203 to start the device function.

The operating task 202 receives the key code A from the status monitoring task 201, determines the operation mode, issues a start command to the task for executing the corresponding function, and displays the start command on the operation panel 122 based on the key code A. Control the display function of.

The line control task 203 controls the NCU 109 to accept an incoming call from the line, capture a line to send a dial signal in response to a dial request command from the operation task 202, and disconnect the line. Execute a sequence to terminate communication.
In addition, the transmission key 315 and the reception / print key 316 are detected by the key code B from the state monitoring task 201 in the line connection state, or the signal on the line is analyzed by analyzing the signal on the line to determine whether the caller is a telephone or facsimile. Determine,
If the other party is a facsimile, a communication start command for facsimile communication is issued to the communication task 205.

The dial control task 204 has a function of transmitting various dial signals to the exchange in response to a dial start command from the line control task 203 or the communication task 205.

The communication task 205 includes the line control task 20
Various facsimile communications (execution of communication procedures and transmission of image data) are executed in response to a communication start command from the server 3.

The reading task 206 is an operation task 2
In response to a read start command from the scanner 02, the hand scanner unit 125 and the image processing unit 122 are controlled to read a document.

The code decoding task 207 includes the communication task 20
5. In accordance with various code decoding start commands from the reading task 206 or the recording task 209, encoding and decoding of image data is executed by software. As a result, in the present apparatus, it is possible to greatly reduce hardware costs for encoding and decoding. In this encoding, the MH code is applied to the monochrome image, and the Huffman code is assigned to the RGB multi-valued DPCM method (a method of calculating the difference value between adjacent pixels using each of the 8-bit values of RGB) for the color image. Apply the encoding method. These encoding methods are known.

The voice recognition task 208 includes the handset 1
It is composed of software including a voice recognition algorithm that analyzes the user's utterance input from step 06 and compares it with pre-registered voice data (plurality), and detects and notifies a match. This voice recognition task 208
Is activated by a speech recognition start command from the operating task 202. Termination of the voice recognition task 208 is performed by the voice recognition task 208 itself. The voice recognition task 208 returns the result of voice training (voice registration) and voice recognition to the operating task 202 as a voice recognition result command. Here, voice registration is
Generates data to be compared and analyzed for voice recognition
It means registering in the voice registration memory in M124.

Specifically, in this voice registration, the handset 106, the microphone 107, the line through the NCU 109, or the base unit 103 through the handset 10
5 is input to the CPU 101 as audio data via the cross point SW 104. Various operations are performed on the input voice data to generate collation voice data used for voice recognition.
4 is registered in the voice registration memory. The result of the voice registration is used as the voice recognition result command as the operation task 202.
Will be returned to

In voice recognition, voice input from the handset 106, microphone 107, NCU 109, or a line input from the slave unit 105 through the base unit 103 is input to the CPU 101 as voice data through the crosspoint SW 104. The data obtained by performing various operations on the input voice data is compared with the voice data registered in the voice registration memory in the SRAM 124, and based on the result of the comparison, the data obtained from the input voice data is obtained. The registered voice data closest to the selected data is selected, and the selected result is returned to the operating task 202 as a voice recognition result command. The details of the speech recognition will be described later.

The recording task 209 includes the report task 21
The print unit 120 has a function of printing out image data requested in response to a print start command from the print task 211 or the print task 211.

The report task 210 creates a function setting list such as a communication management report in which a communication history is recorded and information registered in the SRAM 124 as character data.
It consists of software for creating various reports for developing it into image data and requesting the recording task 209 to record it.

The print task 211 always monitors whether or not the image data that needs to be automatically recorded is stored in the DRAM 118, and confirms that the image data that needs to be recorded is stored in the DRAM 118. Upon detection, it has a function of issuing a recording start command to the recording task 209.

Next, each operation of the telephone directory function and the destination recognition function by voice recognition in the present apparatus is shown in FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. 4 to 6
Is a diagram showing an example of an operation screen related to a registration operation of the telephone directory function,
7 to 9 show examples of operation screens related to the phone book function correction operation, FIG. 10 shows examples of screens related to the phone book function deletion operation, and FIGS. 11 to 13 show screens related to the phone book function search operation. FIGS. 14 to 16 show examples.
FIG. 17 shows an example of a screen relating to a registration operation of a destination recognition function by voice recognition, FIGS. 17 to 20 show examples of a screen relating to an operation of executing a destination recognition function by voice recognition, and FIGS. It is a figure showing the example of a screen regarding a deletion operation of a function.

First, the registration operation of the telephone directory function is shown in FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. By pressing the up / down cursor keys 311 and 312 from the menu screen displayed on the LCD 306 by pressing the function key 302, the screen is scrolled to select the telephone directory registration screen.

When the telephone directory registration screen is selected, the LCD 3
At 06, the initial screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. On this initial screen, the number of remaining data that can be registered is displayed, and the registration of telephone directory data is started by pressing the set key 310. Display guide information.
In the present embodiment, the maximum registerable number of telephone directory data is set to 100, and the above screen indicates that the number of remaining registerable items is 70. Here, when the set key 310 is pressed, switching to the screen shown in FIG. 5A is performed. In this screen, the input screen is displayed in the upper part, and the character string selected as the input character string is shown in the lower part. Is displayed. In the upper part, the input portion is designated by the cursor portion (black portion), and the corresponding characters and numbers are input. Katakana, alphanumeric characters, and symbols are set as the characters that can be entered. A character string to be candidate is displayed in the lower row, and by selecting a candidate character from this character string, the selected character is displayed in the upper row. Input to the cursor. The selection of the candidate character string and the selection of the candidate character from the character string are performed by pressing a predetermined key (for example, each key in the numeric keypad group 320, a combination of a plurality of keys, and the like). .

When the input of the destination name (abbreviation) is completed, a telephone number input screen corresponding to the destination is displayed in the lower part, and the telephone number is input. When the set key 310 is pressed in a state where the input of the destination name (upper row) and the telephone number (lower row) shown in FIG. 5B is completed, the destination name and the telephone number are displayed as shown in FIG. Is determined and SRAM
124 indicates that the information has been registered in the telephone directory data table.

When one registration is completed in this way, FIG.
As shown in (a), a screen for selecting whether to register audio data is displayed. On this display screen, the number of remaining audio data that can be registered is also displayed. In the present embodiment, the number of audio data that can be registered is set to a maximum of 15, and this screen indicates that 15 audio data can be registered.

On this screen, left and right cursor keys 313,
By operating the 314 and the set key 310,
“Sinai” is selected. When "SUL" is selected, switching to a voice registration screen described later is performed. In contrast,
When "Sinai" is selected, the screen shifts to the screen shown in FIG. This screen is a screen for selecting whether to continuously register the telephone directory data. When “SUL” is selected by the same operation as described above, the screen shown in FIG. 5A is displayed. Then, the next destination name and its telephone number can be registered. On the other hand, if "Sinai" is selected,
The screen returns to the screen in the standby state (for example, the screen normally displayed with the time).

Next, an operation for correcting registered telephone directory data will be described with reference to FIGS.

When the set key 310 is pressed in the standby state, the registered telephone directory data is stored in the SR from the beginning.
The phonebook data is read out from the phonebook data table in the AM 124 and displayed, and the screen is scrolled by operating the up and down cursor keys 311 and 312 to select the phonebook data to be corrected. Here, it is assumed that, as shown in FIG. 7A, the upper destination is selected as a correction target from the destinations of the two telephone directory data displayed simultaneously.
When voice data used for voice recognition is registered for the telephone directory data of the displayed destination name, a letter “V” is displayed on the right end to indicate that voice data is registered. I have.

Select the data to be corrected and press the set key 3
When the button 10 is pressed, the screen is switched to a screen in which characters can be input as shown in FIGS. 7B and 7C. By moving the cursor to the character position to be corrected in the upper part of this screen and selecting a candidate character to be input in the lower part, the character is input at the correction position,
The content of the registration data is modified.

The correction of the destination name is completed by selecting "lower" in the lower row, and then switching to a screen shown in FIG. 8A for correcting the telephone number is performed. If there is no correction to the telephone number displayed on this screen, the set key 310 is pressed. To correct the telephone number, on the other hand, as shown in FIG. 8B, the displayed telephone number is deleted by pressing the delete key 305, and then the telephone number is input again.

Here, when voice data used for voice recognition is registered for the corrected telephone directory data, as shown in FIG. 9A, the user is inquired whether or not the voice data has been changed. Display the screen. When "Sinai" is selected on this screen, the voice data registered for the corrected telephone directory data is deleted.
That is, no voice data used for voice recognition is registered for the corrected telephone directory data.
On the other hand, when "SUL" is selected on the screen, an inquiry is made as to whether or not the registered voice data has been replaced.
The screen is switched to the screen shown in (b). When "SUL" is selected on the screen shown in FIG. 9B, the currently registered audio data is deleted, and new audio data is input again. This operation procedure is the same as the voice data registration method described later. Here, when "Sinai" is selected, the voice data registered before the correction is used for the corrected telephone directory data.

Next, an operation of deleting registered telephone directory data will be described with reference to FIG.

When the set key 310 is pressed in the standby state, the registered telephone directory data is stored in the SRAM 12.
4 is read and displayed from the top of the telephone directory data table, and the screen is scrolled by operating the up and down cursor keys 311 and 312 to select the telephone directory data to be deleted. Here, it is assumed that, as shown in FIG. 10A, the upper destination is selected as a deletion target from the destinations of two telephone directory data displayed simultaneously. When the destination of the telephone directory data to be deleted is selected, FIG.
As shown in (b), the destination of the selected telephone directory data is displayed as an object to be deleted in the upper part of the screen, and guide information indicating that the destination is to be deleted by pressing the set key 310 is displayed in the lower part of the screen. . Then, when the set key 310 is pressed, as shown in FIG. 10C, the lower part of the display indicates that the telephone directory data of the destination name displayed in the upper part has been deleted. At this time, when voice data used for voice recognition is registered for the deleted telephone directory data, the registered voice data is also stored in the SRAM 12.
4 is automatically deleted from the voice registration memory. afterwards,
As shown in FIG. 10D, the destination name of the telephone directory data following the deleted telephone directory data is displayed.

Next, a search operation of the telephone directory data will be described with reference to FIGS.

When the set key 310 is pressed in the standby state or after the line is captured, as shown in FIG. 11A, the destination names of the registered telephone directory data are stored in the phonebook data table in the SRAM 124 in the order of the Japanese syllabary. Read and displayed. When voice data is registered for the displayed telephone directory data, a letter “V” indicating that registered voice data exists is displayed. Up and down cursor keys 311 and 312 are used to scroll the telephone directory data. By operating the up and down cursor keys 311 and 312, the "arrow" is moved up and down, and the destination name is indicated by the "arrow". By
Desired telephone directory data can be designated. For example,
When the down cursor key 312 is pressed in the screen state shown in FIG. 11A, the “arrow” is moved to the lower row as shown in FIG. 11B. Here, when the upper cursor key 311 is pressed, the destination name indicated by the “arrow” is moved to the upper stage as shown in FIG. 11C, and the destination name following the destination name is displayed in the lower stage in the lower stage. You.

To display the telephone directory data of the destination name indicated by the "arrow", the right cursor key 314 is pressed. For example, when the right cursor 314 is pressed in the screen state shown in FIG. 12A, the screen is switched to the screen shown in FIG. 12B for displaying the details of the telephone book data of "Inoue". That is, the destination and the telephone number associated with the destination are displayed. When the up and down cursor keys 311 and 312 are pressed in the screen state where the details are displayed, the up and down cursors 311 and 31 are changed from the screen state immediately before the details are displayed.
The same operation as when 2 is pressed is performed. When the stop key 318 is pressed in the screen state where the details are displayed, the screen returns to the standby state screen, and if the line is being captured, the screen returns to the display screen of “TEL =” (FIG. 19A).

When the set key 310 is pressed in the screen state shown in FIG.
The screen shown in (b) is displayed, and the displayed telephone number is dialed. On the other hand, unless the line is being captured, the pressing of the set key 310 is ignored, and FIG.
As shown in FIG. 13C, the screen state shown in FIG.

Next, registration of audio data will be described with reference to FIGS.

As described above, when registering the telephone directory data, after registering the telephone number, a screen shown in FIG. 14A for inquiring whether or not voice data has been registered is displayed.
When "SURU" is selected on this screen, switching to the screen shown in FIG. 14B is performed. On this screen, guide information "Juwaki @ Agetekudasai" is displayed. When the receiver is lifted, the screen is switched to the screen shown in FIG. 14C, and the next operation procedure is guided on this screen. Here, guide information "Peon No Atoni / Ohana Shikudasai" is displayed.

Next, a beep sounds, the screen shown in FIG. 14 (d) is displayed as the next screen, and the guide information of the next operation procedure "Ohanashikudasai" is displayed.
Then, when the user speaks the registered name toward the receiver, the voice is detected and the screen is switched to the screen shown in FIG. On the screen after the switching, guide information indicating a state of “ON SECURITY” is displayed. The input voice is analyzed to extract a characteristic portion thereof, and voice data including the extracted characteristic is held. When the analysis of this voice is started, FIG.
The screen is switched to the screen shown in (b), and information indicating that the voice is currently being analyzed is displayed. Subsequently, when the analysis ends normally, a screen shown in FIG. 15C is displayed, and the information indicating that the analysis has ended normally and the remaining number of registered voices are displayed. That is, voice registration is set to be performed a plurality of times, and in this example, voice registration is performed three times for one destination.

Next, the same voice registration is performed twice later, and when the three voice registrations are normally completed, FIG.
Is displayed, and information indicating that voice data is registered for the specified telephone directory data is displayed. When the voice data is registered in the voice registration memory in the SRAM 124, the screen is switched to the screen shown in FIG. 16B, and the operation guide information “JUWAKI OETECDASI” is displayed. When the handset is put down, information indicating that voice data has been registered is displayed on the screen shown in FIG. 16C, and registration of the next voice data is subsequently performed on the screen shown in FIG. 16D. An inquiry is made as to whether to continue. When “Sur” is selected on this screen, a destination name registration screen for telephone directory data (FIG. 5A)
), And selecting “NO” returns to the standby screen.

Next, an operation procedure for making a call by the destination recognition function based on voice recognition will be described with reference to FIGS.

When a telephone call is made with the handset 106 off-hook after pressing the voice recognition key 322, the screen shown in FIG. "Is displayed. Then, when the receiver is picked up, the screen is switched to the screen shown in FIG. 17B, and guide information of "Pion No Atoni / Ohanasashidasai" is displayed.

Next, a beep sounds, the screen shown in FIG. 17C is displayed as the next screen, and the guide information of the next operation procedure "Ohanashikudasai" is displayed.
When the user speaks the registered name to the receiver, the voice is detected, and the screen is switched to the screen shown in FIG. On the screen after the switching, guide information indicating a state of “ON SECURITY” is displayed. The input voice is analyzed and its characteristic portion is extracted. The voice data including the extracted feature is compared with the voice data registered in the voice registration memory in the SRAM 124 and matches the input voice data. Registered voice data (a registration number to be described later) is extracted. Registered voice data (registration number) that matches the input voice data
Is extracted, the screen is switched to the screen shown in FIG. 18A. On this screen, the telephone directory data of the destination corresponding to the registered voice data (registration number) is displayed from the telephone directory data table in the SRAM 124. The destination name and the telephone number of the telephone directory data are read out and displayed. Here, if "auto (automatic)" has been set in the item of "On-Shin-Kiki-no-Dosa (operation at the time of voice recognition)" in advance, a call to the displayed destination is started. If "Set key gusset (set key wait)" is set,
The screen shifts to the screen shown in FIG. 18B, and when the set key 310 is pressed, the screen changes to the screen shown in FIG.

On the other hand, when making a call by pressing the voice recognition key 322 after off-hook of the handset 106, first, the off-hook of the handset 106 displays a telephone number input screen shown in FIG. Then, when the voice recognition key 322 is pressed, FIG.
The screen is switched to the screen shown in (b), and guide information “Peon No Atoni / Ohana Shikudasai” is displayed.

Next, a beep sounds, the screen shown in FIG. 19 (c) is displayed as the next screen, and the guide information of the next operation procedure "Ohanasashidasai" is displayed.
When the user speaks the registered name to the receiver, the voice is detected, and the screen is switched to the screen shown in FIG. On the screen after the switching, guide information indicating a state of “ON SECURITY” is displayed. The input voice is analyzed, and registered voice data (registration number) that matches the input voice data is extracted by voice recognition processing. When registered voice data (registration number) that matches the input voice data is extracted,
The screen is switched to the screen shown in FIG. 20A. On this screen, the telephone directory data of the destination corresponding to the registered voice data (registration number) is read from the telephone directory data table in the SRAM 124, and The destination name and telephone number of the data are displayed. Here, if "Jido" is set in advance in the item "Onseijinkijinosa",
When a call is started to the displayed destination and “set key gusset” is set, the screen shifts to the screen shown in FIG.
The screen shown in (a) is displayed and the call is started.

Next, an operation of deleting registered voice data will be described with reference to FIGS. 21 and 22.

First, after displaying the destination name and the telephone number of the registered voice data to be deleted on the operation screen of the telephone directory data, a switching operation to the screen shown in FIG. 21A is performed. Is selected, the screen is switched to the screen shown in FIG. 21 (b). On this screen, an inquiry is made as to whether or not this audio data is to be erased, and if "YES" is selected, the audio data is erased, and FIG.
The screen of (c) is displayed. Then, the screen returns to the telephone directory data screen, and the voice data deletion processing ends.

Also, on the screen shown in FIG.
When is selected, the screen is switched to the screen shown in FIG. 22, and an inquiry is made as to whether or not to replace the audio data. When swapping, “Sulu” is selected. Then, new audio data is registered in place of old audio data in the same procedure as the audio data registration procedure.

Next, a software configuration for realizing a destination recognition function by voice registration processing and voice recognition will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG.
FIG. 24 is a block diagram showing a software configuration for realizing a destination recognition function by voice recognition in the facsimile apparatus of FIG. 1; FIG. 24 is a diagram showing types of voice recognition start commands issued by the operating task of FIG. FIG. 25 is a diagram showing the type of voice recognition result command returned by the voice recognition task to the operating task and its configuration, and FIG. 26 is a diagram showing the type of reason code added to the voice recognition command of FIG. 25 as necessary and its configuration. It is a figure showing contents.

As shown in FIG. 23, the software configuration for realizing the destination recognizing function by voice registration processing and voice recognition includes an operation task 202 and a voice recognition task 208.
The phone book data memory 401 in the AM 124 is managed, and the voice recognition task 208 manages the voice registration memory 402 in the SRAM 124. When performing voice registration in association with telephone directory data or performing voice recognition dialing using the voice recognition key 322, the operating task 202 issues a voice recognition start command, and executes the voice recognition task 2.
08 starts voice registration processing and voice recognition processing in response to a voice recognition start command. This operation task 20
2 is a speech recognition start command issued from FIG.
As shown in the table, commands are classified into seven commands from command 0 to command 6.
Each item includes a process type such as recognition and restriction recognition, a registration number, and result data required for the voice recognition task 208. Here, the command 0 is used to delete the specified registered voice data from the voice registration memory 402. Command 1 and command 2 are used to request voice registration processing, and command 3 and command 4
Used to request speech recognition processing. Command 5
And the command 6 are commands used for requesting the limited recognition. The limited recognition is to exclude the registered voice data of the registration number notified by this command from the comparison target and to notify the notified registration number. Means voice recognition performed only for registered voice data excluding the registered voice data.

The voice recognition task 208 includes the handset 1
06, the analog audio signal input from the microphone 107 is
The digital signal is sampled and converted into digital data by an A / D conversion circuit built in the PU 101, and the digital data is taken in as audio data and subjected to various arithmetic processing. The content of this arithmetic processing is determined according to the voice recognition start command, and the result of this arithmetic processing is returned to the operating task 202 as a voice recognition result command. As shown in FIG. 25, the speech recognition result command is classified into four commands from command 1 to command 4, and each command includes a processing type, a registration number, and each item of result data to be notified to the operating task. Command 1 and command 2 are used to notify a voice registration result, and command 3 and command 4 are used to notify a voice recognition result.

When the "display reason code" switch item on the SRAM 124 is turned on, if the processing for voice registration and voice recognition does not end normally, the processing ends normally. The reason code indicating the reason for the failure is reflected in the voice recognition result command. As shown in FIG. 26, the reason codes are classified into seven reason codes R01 to R07, and codes indicating the corresponding reason contents are added to the speech recognition result command. Upon receiving the reason code, the operating task 202 displays the content indicated by the received reason code on the operation panel 122. Therefore, this display can inform the outside of the reason why the process did not end normally at the time of manufacturing inspection, at the time of user use, or the like.

Next, the configurations of the telephone directory data memory 401 and the voice registration memory 402 in the SRAM 124 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a configuration of a telephone directory data memory and a voice registration memory in the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

The telephone directory data memory 4 in the SRAM 124
01 is managed by the operating task 202 as described above, and has a telephone directory data table common to users and a personal telephone directory table. The telephone directory data table common to the users includes a plurality of blocks each having item data of an abbreviation, a destination telephone number, a voice registration flag, and a voice registration number, and the blocks are prepared for a predetermined maximum number of registers that can be registered. ing. Although the personal telephone directory table has the same configuration as the telephone directory data table common to all users, the personal telephone directory table is managed by a personal ID table. The personal ID table is
It comprises a plurality of blocks each having item data of an abbreviation, voice registration, voice registration number, and address of a personal telephone directory table, and the blocks are prepared for a predetermined maximum number of registrable items.

Voice registration memory 402 in SRAM 124
Is managed by the voice recognition task 208, as described above, and is composed of a plurality of blocks having item data of a registration number, a state, an exclusion flag, and a registration address. This block is prepared in advance for a predetermined number,
This number of blocks indicates the maximum number of audio data that can be registered. In this example, the maximum number of audio data that can be registered is set to 15. The “registration number” of each block corresponds to a registration address, and the registration address is a substantial address in the SRAM 124 where audio data is stored. The "registration number" is set so as to correspond one-to-one with the "registration number" described in the telephone directory data table, the personal ID table, and the personal telephone table. The voice registration memory, the telephone directory data table, the personal ID table, and the personal telephone directory table are associated with each other by the “number”. The “state” indicates whether the state is a registered state or an empty state. The “exclusion flags” are all reset to OFF when the voice recognition task 208 receives any of the commands 0 to 4 shown in FIG. On the other hand, when the voice recognition task 208 receives one of the commands 5 and 6 shown in FIG. 24, the “exclusion flag” of the registration number specified by the received command is set to ON. "Exclusion flag" is O
If N, the voice data is excluded from the comparison target during the voice recognition processing.

To execute the destination dialing by voice recognition, the user presses the voice recognition key 322 and presses the destination name (abbreviation).
Is spoken, and the phone number of the destination is recognized, and dialing of the phone number is executed. Here, for example, if the voice data of the registration number 1 in the voice registration memory is recognized by the voice recognition,
It is determined whether the table describing the registration number 1 is a telephone directory data table or a personal ID table.
In this example, since the registration number 1 is described in the telephone directory data table, the telephone number corresponding to the registration number 1 is read from the telephone directory data table and dialing is performed. On the other hand, for example, when the voice data of the registration number 7 in the voice registration memory is recognized, since the table describing the registration number is the personal ID table, the recognized voice data is stored in the personal telephone directory table. Is the user abbreviation that manages. Therefore, voice recognition for reading the destination described in the personal telephone directory table is continuously performed, and the destination corresponding to the registration number obtained by the voice recognition is read from the personal telephone directory table.
Then, the dial is executed.

Next, a description will be given of an operation procedure for deleting voice data registered in the voice registration memory in association with the deleted telephone directory data accompanying the deletion of the telephone directory data.

When, for example, the data of “Mizue” (see FIG. 27) in the telephone directory data table is deleted by the above-described operation procedure, the voice data registered for the deleted telephone directory data “Mizue” is deleted. It is determined whether or not there is. Here, since the voice data is registered for the telephone directory data “Mizue”, the registration number “NO.01” is recognized, and the operating task 202 recognizes the voice recognition describing the registration number “NO.01”. Start command 0
Issue Upon receiving the voice recognition start command 0, the voice recognition task 208 finds out, from the voice registration memory 402, the registration address of the voice data corresponding to the registration number “NO.01” specified by the command 0. Here, the registered address “85C32h” is found, and the audio data stored at the registered address is deleted.

Next, an operation procedure when dialing a destination recognized by the voice recognition will be described with reference to FIGS. 28 and 29. 28 and 29
4 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure when dialing a destination recognized by voice recognition in the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 28, first, at step S10
In step 1, a variable N indicating the number of registered voice data is initialized and set to "0". In step S102, it is monitored whether the voice recognition key 322 has been pressed. Voice recognition key 3
If the pressing of the button 22 is detected, the process proceeds to step S103,
Display guide information and generate guide tones. For example, the screen display shown in FIGS. 17A and 17B or FIG. 19B is performed. Then, the process proceeds to step S104,
Issue a voice recognition start command. The voice recognition command issued here is command 3 or command 4. The issuance of this command causes the voice recognition task 208 to start voice recognition.

Next, in step S105, the process waits for the end of the speech recognition.
Proceeding to step 06, it is determined whether or not the speech recognition has been normally completed based on the speech recognition result command returned from the speech recognition task 208. If the voice recognition has not been completed normally, the process proceeds to step S121, and the voice recognition task 2
It is determined whether a reason code has been added to the voice recognition result command returned from step 08. If the reason code has been added, the process proceeds to step S122, where the reason indicated by the added reason code is displayed on the operation panel 122. LCD3
06 is displayed. Then, in step S123, an error is displayed, and the process shifts to a standby state. On the other hand, when the reason code is not added to the voice recognition result command, step S122 is skipped and step S123 is skipped.
To display an error, and shift to a standby state.

If it is determined in step S106 that the speech recognition has been completed normally, step S10
In step 7, the registration number corresponding to the recognized voice data is recognized from the voice recognition result command, and the data of the registration number corresponding to the recognized voice data is searched from the telephone directory data table and the personal ID table. Subsequent step S
At 108, it is determined whether or not the abbreviation corresponding to the registration number is the abbreviation of the personal ID ("Tetsuya", "Miyuki" in the example shown in FIG. 27). If the abbreviation is the abbreviation of the personal ID, it is determined that it is necessary to recognize the destination registered in the personal telephone directory table by voice recognition, and the process proceeds to step S124, where the personal ID (abbreviation) is displayed. Then, returning to step S103, voice recognition for recognizing the destination registered in the personal telephone directory table is performed.
Search for a registration number corresponding to the recognized voice data.

If the abbreviation corresponding to the registration number is not the abbreviation of the personal ID in step S108, that is, the abbreviation of the telephone directory data table or the abbreviation of the personal telephone directory table, it is determined that the destination to be dialed has been found. Then, the process proceeds to step S109, where the destination name (abbreviation) and the telephone number of the destination are displayed (see FIG. 20A).

Then, the flow advances to step S110 shown in FIG. 29 to determine whether or not facsimile transmission is to be performed. It is determined whether or not “set key gusset” is set based on. If “set key gusset” is not set, that is, if “auto” is set, step S
The program proceeds to step 118, where a predetermined time is set in the timer T to start timekeeping.
It is determined whether or not the button is pressed. Here, the predetermined time set in the timer T is a time stored in the SRAM 124 in advance. If the pressing of the stop key 318 is not detected, the process proceeds to step S120, and it is determined whether or not the time of the timer T has expired. If the time has not expired, the process returns to step S119 again. When the timer T expires, the process shifts to dialing the displayed destination. On the other hand, if the stop key 318 is pressed before the timer T expires, it is determined that the dialing to this destination is to be stopped, and the state shifts to the standby state. In this way, when the item of "Onseijinshijidosa" is set to "Jido",
Since the displayed destination is automatically dialed, a period in which the user can perform the change operation is secured by delaying the timer T by a predetermined time before the execution of dialing is performed.

If it is determined in step S111 that "set key gusset" has been set, the flow advances to step S112 to determine whether or not the set key 310 has been pressed.
It is determined whether or not the voice recognition key 322 has been pressed. If the voice recognition key 322 has not been pressed, the processing from step S112 is repeated again, and the set key 310
Alternatively, the control waits until the voice recognition key 322 is pressed. Set key 3
When the button 10 is pressed, it is determined that the displayed destination matches the destination desired by the user, and the process shifts to dialing the displayed destination.

On the other hand, when the voice recognition key 322 is pressed, it is determined that the displayed destination is different from the destination desired by the user, and the flow advances to step S114 to set the variable N to 1
The value is incremented, and it is determined in the following step S115 whether the variable N is equal to or larger than the number of registered voice data. Variable N
If is not equal to or greater than the number of registered voice data, step S
In step 116, the operation task 202 generates a speech recognition start command (command 5 or command 6) for excluding the registration number of the destination in order to request limited voice recognition to be performed excluding the destination recognized this time. Then, in the following step S117, the voice recognition start command is issued. Then, the process returns to step S105. As described above, the voice recognition task 208 receiving the voice recognition start command excludes the registered voice data of the registration number notified by this command from the comparison target (the “exclusion flag” is turned ON), and Speech recognition is performed only for the registered voice data excluding the registered voice data of the number. Then, when the desired destination is not recognized by the voice recognition, limited voice recognition excluding the destination is further performed, and the limited voice recognition is performed until the variable N becomes equal to or more than the registered number of voice data. If the limited voice recognition is repeatedly performed over the number of registered voice data, that is, if the variable N becomes equal to or more than the number of registered voice data in the above step S115, the above step S12
Returning to step 3, an error message is displayed, and the process shifts to the standby state.

If it is determined in step S110 that the transmission is facsimile transmission, step S111 is skipped and the flow advances to step S112. If the set key 310 is pressed, it is determined that the displayed destination matches the destination desired by the user. Then, the process shifts to dialing the displayed destination, and when the voice recognition key 322 is pressed, limited voice recognition is performed.

As described above, in this embodiment, when one of the telephone directory data is deleted, the registration number corresponding to the deleted telephone directory data is recognized, and the operation task 2 is deleted.
From 02, a speech recognition start command 0 describing this registration number is issued. This voice recognition start command 0
Is received, the voice recognition task 208 finds the registration address of the voice data corresponding to the registration number specified by the command 0 and deletes the voice data stored at the registration address. The deletion operation for each of the voice data registered in the memory can be simplified.

In the present embodiment, a facsimile apparatus has been described as an example of a communication apparatus. However, it goes without saying that the principle of the present invention can be applied to a communication apparatus such as a telephone terminal.

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As described above, according to the communication apparatus of the first aspect, the telephone directory registration means for registering telephone directory data used for the telephone directory function, and the verification voice used for voice recognition. Voice registration means for registering data;
Voice management information holding means for holding management information for managing the correspondence between collation voice data registered in the voice registration means and telephone directory data registered in the telephone directory registration means; When any one of the telephone directory data is deleted from the registration unit, the reference voice data associated with the deleted telephone directory data is referred to the management information held in the voice management information holding unit, and the verification voice data is stored in the voice registration unit. It is determined whether or not there is, and when the collated voice data associated with the deleted telephone directory data is present in the voice registration unit, the collated voice data is deleted from the voice registration unit and the registered telephone directory data is deleted. It is possible to simplify the deletion operation for each of the voice recognition voice data that has been performed.

According to the communication device of the second to fifth aspects, the same effect as the communication device of the first aspect can be obtained.

According to the registered data management method of the present invention, the step of registering the telephone directory data used for the telephone directory function in the telephone directory storage means and the step of registering the collation voice data used for voice recognition in the voice storage means And storing the management information in the voice management information holding means for managing the correspondence between the matching voice data registered in the voice storage means and the telephone directory data registered in the telephone directory storage means. ,
When any one of the telephone directory data is deleted from the telephone directory storage unit, the reference voice data associated with the deleted telephone directory data is stored in the voice storage with reference to the management information held in the voice management information storage unit. Means for determining whether or not there is in the means, and, when there is collation voice data associated with the erased telephone directory data in the voice storage means, there is a step of deleting the collation voice data from the voice storage means, The deletion operation for each of the registered telephone directory data and the registered verification voice data can be simplified.

According to the registered data management method according to the seventh to tenth aspects, the same effect as the registered data management method according to the sixth aspect can be obtained.

According to the storage medium of the eleventh aspect, the program includes a telephone directory registration module for registering telephone directory data used for the telephone directory function in the telephone directory storage means,
A voice registration module for registering collation voice data used for voice recognition in voice storage means, and a correspondence relationship between voice data registered in voice storage means and phonebook data registered in phonebook storage means. A voice management information holding module for holding management information for management in a voice management information holding unit, and a management held in the voice management information holding unit when any telephone directory data is deleted from the telephone directory storage unit. A determination module for determining whether or not the reference voice data associated with the deleted phone book data is present in the voice storage unit with reference to the information; and a reference voice data associated with the deleted phone book data. When in the voice storage means, there is an erasing module for erasing the collation voice data from the voice storage means. It is possible to simplify the deletion operation for each of the matching speech data registered.

According to the storage medium of the twelfth to fifteenth aspects, the same effect as that of the storage medium of the eleventh aspect can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a facsimile apparatus which forms one embodiment of a communication apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a task configuration of the facsimile machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of an operation panel in the facsimile machine of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation screen related to a registration operation of a telephone directory function.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation screen related to a registration operation of a telephone directory function.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation screen related to a registration operation of a telephone directory function.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation screen related to a correction operation of a telephone directory function.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of an operation screen related to a correction operation of a telephone directory function.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation screen related to a correction operation of the telephone directory function.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen related to a deletion operation of a telephone directory function.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen related to a search operation of a telephone directory function.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen related to a search operation of a telephone directory function.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen related to a search operation of a telephone directory function.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen related to a registration operation of a destination recognition function by voice recognition.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen related to a registration operation of a destination recognition function by voice recognition.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen related to a registration operation of a destination recognition function by voice recognition.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen related to an operation of executing a destination recognition function by voice recognition.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen related to an operation of executing a destination recognition function by voice recognition.

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen related to an operation of executing a destination recognition function by voice recognition.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen related to an operation of executing a destination recognition function by voice recognition.

FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen related to an operation of deleting a destination recognition function by voice recognition.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen related to an operation of deleting a destination recognition function by voice recognition.

FIG. 23 is a block diagram showing a software configuration for realizing a destination recognition function by voice recognition in the facsimile apparatus of FIG. 1;

24 is a diagram showing the types of voice recognition start commands issued by the operating task of FIG. 23 and the configuration thereof.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing the types of voice recognition result commands returned by the voice recognition task to the operating task and the configuration thereof.

26 is a diagram showing the types of reason codes added as necessary to the voice recognition command of FIG. 25 and the configuration thereof.

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a configuration of telephone directory data and a voice registration memory in the facsimile apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure when dialing a destination recognized by voice recognition in the facsimile apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure when dialing a destination recognized by voice recognition in the facsimile apparatus of FIG. 1;

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 101 CPU 106 Handset 107 Microphone 109 NCU 118 DRAM 119 Recording Control Unit 120 Recording Unit 121 ROM 122 Operation Panel 124 SRAM 125 Hand Scanner Unit 201 State Monitoring Task 202 Operate Task 203 Line Control Task 204 Dial Control Task 205 Communication Task 208 Voice Recognition Task 209 Recording task 211 Print task 212 Multitask OS 306 LCD 310 Set key 311 Up cursor key 312 Down cursor key 313 Left cursor key 314 Right cursor key 318 Stop key 322 Voice recognition key

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[Claims] 1. A communication device having a telephone directory function and a destination recognition function by voice recognition, comprising: a telephone directory registration unit for registering telephone directory data used for the telephone directory function; A voice registration unit for registering verification voice data to be used, and a management unit for managing a correspondence relationship between the verification voice data registered in the voice registration unit and the telephone directory data registered in the telephone directory registration unit. Voice management information holding means for holding management information, and when any of the phonebook data is deleted from the phonebook registration means, refer to the management information held in the voice management information holding means. It is determined whether collation voice data associated with the erased telephone directory data is present in the voice registration unit, and collation audio data associated with the erased telephone directory data is determined. A communication device that deletes the collation voice data from the voice registration unit when is present in the voice registration unit. 2. Voice input means for inputting voice, voice data generating means for generating voice data extracting characteristics of the input voice, and voice data to be recognized during the voice recognition. 2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: audio data output means for outputting the collation audio data when registered in the audio registration means. 3. The communication according to claim 1, wherein the telephone directory data registered in said telephone directory registering means is composed of data obtained by combining at least a destination abbreviation and a destination number corresponding thereto. apparatus. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a key for retrieving telephone directory data registered in said telephone directory registering means, and retrieving said telephone directory data in response to the key input. Communication device. 5. A communication function having at least one of a communication function for connecting to a line and communicating with a partner device and a facsimile function for connecting to the line and performing facsimile communication with the partner device. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein: 6. A registration data management method used for a communication device having a telephone directory function and a destination recognition function based on voice recognition, wherein telephone directory data used for the telephone directory function is registered in a telephone directory storage means. Registering matching voice data used for the voice recognition in voice storage means, and comparing the matching voice data registered in the voice storage means with the phonebook data registered in the phonebook storage means. Holding the management information for managing the correspondence in the voice management information holding means, and, when any of the phonebook data is deleted from the phonebook storage means, holding the management information in the voice management information holding means. A step of determining whether reference voice data associated with the deleted telephone directory data is present in the voice storage unit with reference to management information; When the collation voice data associated with the book data exists in the voice storage means, the method further comprises the step of deleting the collation voice data from the voice storage means. 7. A step of inputting a voice from voice input means, a step of generating voice data in which characteristics of the input voice are extracted, and a step of using the generated voice data as voice data to be recognized in the voice recognition. 7. The registered data management method according to claim 6, further comprising the step of: outputting the collated voice data at the time of registration in the voice storage means. 8. The registration according to claim 6, wherein the telephone directory data registered in said telephone directory storage means comprises at least a combination of a destination abbreviation and a destination number corresponding thereto. Data management method. 9. The communication device has a key for searching for telephone directory data registered in the telephone directory storage means, and can search the telephone directory data in response to an input operation of the key. 7. The registration data management method according to claim 6, wherein: 10. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein said communication device is connected to a line and communicates with another device, and said communication device is connected to said line and performs facsimile communication with said other device. 7. The registration data management method according to claim 6, wherein said method has a function. 11. A storage medium storing a program for constructing a registration data management system on a communication device having a telephone directory function and a destination recognition function by voice recognition, wherein the program stores the program in the telephone directory function. A telephone directory registration module for registering telephone directory data to be used in a telephone directory storage unit, a voice registration module for registering collation voice data used for the voice recognition in a voice storage unit, and registration in the voice storage unit A voice management information holding module for holding, in a voice management information holding means, management information for managing the correspondence between the stored voice data and the phone book data registered in the phone book storage means; and When any of the telephone directory data is erased from the means, the management information stored in the voice management information holding means is referred to before the deletion. A determining module for determining whether or not the collated voice data associated with the erased telephone directory data is present in the voice storage unit; and a collating voice data associated with the erased telephone directory data being the audio data. An erasing module for erasing the collation voice data from the voice storage means when it is present in the storage means. 12. The program includes: a voice input module for inputting voice from a voice input unit; a voice data generation module for generating voice data in which characteristics of the input voice are extracted; 12. The storage medium according to claim 11, further comprising: a voice data output module that outputs, as voice data to be recognized during voice recognition, the reference voice data when registered in the voice storage unit. 13. The storage according to claim 11, wherein the telephone directory data registered in the telephone directory storage means is constituted by at least a combination of a destination abbreviation and a destination number corresponding thereto. Medium. 14. The communication device has a key for searching for telephone directory data registered in the telephone directory storage means, and a search for searching for the telephone directory data in response to an input operation of the key. The storage medium according to claim 11, comprising a module. 15. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the communication device is connected to a line and communicates with a partner device, and the communication device is connected to the line and performs facsimile communication with the partner device. The storage medium according to claim 11, having a function.