JPH01320574A - automatic interview device - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention is utilized in the field of medical aids and random access of audio digital data.

The present invention relates to an automatic medical interview device, and more specifically, the present invention relates to an automatic medical interview device, and more specifically, instead of proceeding with the medical interview through one-on-one dialogue between a doctor and a patient,
Conventional technology related to an automatic medical interview device that randomly accesses the memories of T-screen display and audio display to proceed with the medical examination] The audio data in the conventionally known audio display is as follows:
The content of each question is written in advance in non-volatile semiconductor memory (ROM), and in conjunction with the screen display,
Audio is displayed through a speaker via an audio synthesis and amplification circuit.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, the contents of the medical interview vary depending on each user and the section used. This causes the following problems.

1) Although it is easy to add or change the screen display, it is almost impossible for the user to add or change the audio display.

2) Furthermore, adding or changing the audio display is very expensive.

A ROM is required for a one-pattern audio display such as in a vending machine, but problems arise when a ROM is applied to an automatic medical interview device as described above.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic medical interview device that allows each user to easily change or add questions to both the screen display and the audio display.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The above object is to provide an automatic medical interview device that includes a screen display section, an audio output section, a digital recording device, and a computer system that controls these. The input signal is stored as compressed voice data by the voice analysis LSI, and the stored compressed voice data is read out and restored by the voice synthesis LSI and output to the original voice for confirmation.Then, the stored compressed voice data is recorded. The digital recording device has a question answer branch reference table, a screen display table, and a voice display table, the former two having the same memory length for each question. This is achieved by making it fixed and performing random access.

[Function] The memory length of the screen display and audio display of each question is fixed (adjusted to the longest length), and at the same time random access is made depending on the content of the response, the answer branch table memory is referenced so that changes and additions can be easily made. Ru.

Note that the voice analysis device is incorporated into the voice display device, and the display of the screen and voice can be easily changed or added by the user.

In other words, by making the memory length of each question the same,
It has a screen and audio content table with sufficient memory capacity to easily add and change audio display content, etc., and an answer branch reference table (addition, In addition, in order to easily add and change the voice display, a voice analysis device and a voice synthesis device are built-in, and the medical interview can be carried out using the screen and voice image display.

[Example] A preferred embodiment of the invention will be explained based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of an automatic medical interview device according to the present invention.

In the drawing, 10 is a CPU, 12 is a display or CR
T, 14 is an input device or keyboard, 16 is RAM, 1
8 is a force 7 reader into which the patient's ID card etc. is inserted;
20 is a floppy disk drive, 22 is a hard disk drive, 24 is a printer for printing out the interview results if necessary, 26 is a communication interface, and 30 is a controller that controls a speech analysis device 32 and a speech synthesis device 34.

The voice analysis device 32 includes a microphone 32a, an amplifier 32b, and an A/
Consists of a D converter 32c and a voice analysis LSI 32d,
The speech synthesizer 34 includes a speech synthesis LSI 34a and an amplifier 3.
4b and a speaker.

Existing screen display contents and audio display contents are read from the floppy disk 20, and each data of the screen display table and the audio display table is written to a predetermined position on the hard disk 22.

Regarding the screen display, additions or corrections are made using the keyboard 14, and the screen 12 is changed to f! 2. The screen display data is then written to a predetermined memory location in the screen display table.

In addition, to change the audio display, input voice through the microphone 32a, and after the audio data is converted to A/DIR,
The audio analysis LSI 32d converts the data into compressed audio data, and the data is written into the RAM 16 via the controller 30.

Next, in order to confirm whether the analysis and recording were performed normally, the contents of the RAM are restored to audio data through the audio synthesis LSI 34a, and the audio is reproduced from the speaker 34c. If the audio data is normal, the contents stored in the RAM 16 are written to a predetermined position in the audio table of the hard disk 22.

In the case of modification, data is written starting from the start address of a predetermined area of the table to be modified. When adding, the address is added at an address +a or +b from the address of the area where the final question is stored.

a, l! :b represents the fixed memory length of the screen display table and the \:voice display table, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.

When questions are added, modify and add each answer branch table. The format is illustrated in FIG.

Modifications and additions to various standardized tables can be easily performed as described above.

Once the additions and corrections are completed, by switching to the automatic medical interview main program (as before), the automatic medical interview is carried out using the image display on the screen and audio.

The essential operation sequence of the automatic medical interview device is the same as the conventional example.

The illustrated embodiment shows a method using a branching answer method, but it also includes a branching method based on job category and each section (by specialized field,
The present invention can also be applied to medical interviews using the (four-branch method).

[Effects] Adding voice display to automatic medical interviews will speed up answers, and the questions will be confirmed by voice, which is expected to provide accurate answers.

In the past, it was nearly impossible to add or modify audio display.
Since it was not possible to handle a wide variety of interview questions, in reality, interviews were limited to what was displayed on the screen. According to the present invention, it is possible to conduct an interview using both a screen display and an audio display, so that results that are better than those obtained from one-on-one interviews with a doctor (for example, the patient can directly respond to questions that are difficult to discuss with a doctor) are obtained.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 shows an example of the format of the screen display table, FIG. 3 shows an example of the format of the voice display table, and FIG. 4 shows an example of the format of the answer branch reference table. 12 is CRT, 14 is keyboard, 16 is RAM, 20
2 is a floppy disk drive, 22 is a hard disk drive, 32 is a speech analysis device, and 34 is a speech synthesis device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In an automatic medical interview device that has a screen display section, a voice output section, a digital recording device, and a computer system that controls these, the voice input section and the digitized voice input signal are stored as voice compressed data by a voice analysis LSI. and means for reading the stored compressed audio data, restoring it using a speech synthesis LSI, outputting the original audio, and confirming the stored compressed audio data, and then storing the stored compressed audio data in an audio display table of the recording device. , the digital recording device has a question answer branch reference table, a screen display table, and an audio display table, and the former two have the same fixed memory length for each question and can be accessed randomly. Features: Automatic medical interview device.